Bloemfontein

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city judicial capital

Bloemfontein is a major South African city known as the seat of the country’s highest courts and one of its three national capitals.

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Label Occurrences
Bloemfontein canonical 73
Bloemfontein metropolitan area 2
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
judicial capital ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bloem ⓘ
City of Roses ⓘ
callingCode +27 51 ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
climateClassification BSk (Köppen) ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
countryCapitalRole judicial branch ⓘ
elevation approximately 1395 metres above sea level ⓘ
foundedBy Major Henry Douglas Warden ⓘ
foundingDate 1846 ⓘ
governingBody Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
surface form: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Council
hasAirport Bram Fischer International Airport ⓘ
hasBotanicalGarden Free State National Botanical Garden ⓘ
hasMonument National Women’s Monument ⓘ
hasMuseum Anglo-Boer War Museum ⓘ
National Museum Bloemfontein ⓘ
hasStadium Free State Stadium ⓘ
hasUniversity Central University of Technology ⓘ
University of the Orange Free State ⓘ
surface form: University of the Free State
historicalRole capital of the Orange Free State ⓘ
judicial center in the Union of South Africa ⓘ
homeClub Free State Cheetahs rugby team ⓘ
hostedEvent 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
surface form: 2010 FIFA World Cup matches
hosts Constitutional Court-related judicial institutions ⓘ
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ
isCapitalOf Free State ⓘ
isOneOf three national capitals of South Africa ⓘ
isSeatOf Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
locatedIn Free State ⓘ
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
central South Africa ⓘ
nameMeaning fountain of flowers ⓘ
populationEstimate over 250000 (city proper) ⓘ
over 500000 (urban area) ⓘ
postalCodeRange 9300–9324 ⓘ
province Free State ⓘ
region Highveld ⓘ
role judicial capital of South Africa ⓘ
sharesCapitalStatusWith Cape Town ⓘ
Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Pretoria
sportsCulture strong rugby tradition ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Africa → judicialCapital → Bloemfontein ⓘ
South Africa → majorCity → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Pretoria, South Africa → sharesCapitalStatusWith → Bloemfontein ⓘ
subject surface form: Pretoria
Free State → capital → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Christiaan de Wet → deathPlace → Bloemfontein ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
Christiaan de Wet → burialPlace → Bloemfontein ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bloemfontein, South Africa
2010 FIFA World Cup → hostCity → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Orange Free State → capital → Bloemfontein ⓘ
J. R. R. Tolkien → placeOfBirth → Bloemfontein ⓘ
African National Congress → foundingLocation → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Highveld → contains → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Richmond, Natal → judicialCapitalOfCountry → Bloemfontein ⓘ
University of the Orange Free State → locatedIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
N1 highway → passesNear → Bloemfontein ⓘ
N1 highway → hasJunctionIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
South African → hasCapitalCity → Bloemfontein ⓘ
town of Hertzogville, South Africa → provinceSeat → Bloemfontein ⓘ
subject surface form: Hertzogville
this entity surface form: Bloemfontein (for Free State)
Maseru → roadConnectionTo → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Dominion of South Africa → judicialCapital → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (for some constitutional functions) → locatedIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
subject surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (for some constitutional functions) → seat → Bloemfontein ⓘ
subject surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa → locatedIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa → seat → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa → cityStatus → Bloemfontein ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of South Africa
Bloem → fullName → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Bloem → shortFor → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Central University of Technology → locatedIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Central University of Technology → city → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Bram Fischer International Airport → serves → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Bram Fischer International Airport → locatedIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Bram Fischer International Airport → cityServed → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Bram Fischer International Airport → isPrimaryAirportFor → Bloemfontein ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bloemfontein metropolitan area
Free State Cheetahs rugby team → basedIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
subject surface form: Free State Cheetahs
Free State Cheetahs rugby team → city → Bloemfontein ⓘ
subject surface form: Free State Cheetahs
Free State Cheetahs rugby team → trainingBase → Bloemfontein ⓘ
subject surface form: Free State Cheetahs
National Museum Bloemfontein → city → Bloemfontein ⓘ
National Museum Bloemfontein → locatedIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
National Women’s Monument → locatedIn → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Free State National Botanical Garden → locatedNear → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Free State National Botanical Garden → nearCity → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Major Henry Douglas Warden → placeOfActivity → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Major Henry Douglas Warden → associatedWith → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality → contains → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality → seat → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality → governs → Bloemfontein ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Bloemfontein
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality → hasUrbanCentre → Bloemfontein ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bloemfontein metropolitan area
Free State Stadium → city → Bloemfontein ⓘ
South African national rail network → linkedCity → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Charles Robberts Swart → placeOfDeath → Bloemfontein ⓘ
Charles Robberts Swart → workLocation → Bloemfontein ⓘ