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.

Aliases (3)

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 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 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 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 →
sportsCulture	strong rugby tradition →
timeZone	South African Standard Time →
utcOffset	+2 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Free State → Orange Free State →	capital
Christiaan de Wet ("Bloemfontein, South Africa") →	burialPlace
Highveld →	contains
Christiaan de Wet ("Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa") →	deathPlace
African National Congress →	foundingLocation
South African →	hasCapitalCity
N1 highway →	hasJunctionIn
2010 FIFA World Cup →	hostCity
South Africa →	judicialCapital
Richmond, Natal →	judicialCapitalOfCountry
University of the Orange Free State →	locatedIn
South Africa →	majorCity
N1 highway →	passesNear
J. R. R. Tolkien →	placeOfBirth
Hertzogville ("Bloemfontein (for Free State)") →	provinceSeat
Maseru →	roadConnectionTo
Pretoria →	sharesCapitalStatusWith