Soweto

E31807
township urban area

Soweto is a historically significant township in Johannesburg, South Africa, known for its central role in the struggle against apartheid and its rich urban culture.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Kliptown 1
Orlando West, Soweto 1
Soweto heritage trail 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf township ⓘ
urban area ⓘ
associatedWith African National Congress ⓘ
anti-apartheid student movements ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1976-06-16 ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Black African population ⓘ
hasCulturalActivity kwaito music ⓘ
street art ⓘ
hasLandmark Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital ⓘ
Hector Pieterson Museum ⓘ
surface form: Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum

Orlando Towers ⓘ
Regina Mundi Church ⓘ
Vilakazi Street ⓘ
Walter Sisulu Square ⓘ
hasNeighbourhood Chiawelo ⓘ
Diepkloof ⓘ
Dube ⓘ
Soweto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kliptown

Meadowlands ⓘ
Mofolo ⓘ
Naledi ⓘ
Orlando ⓘ
Pimville ⓘ
Zola ⓘ
hasSportFacility FNB Stadium (Soccer City) ⓘ
surface form: FNB Stadium

Orlando Stadium ⓘ
hasTransport Metrorail Gauteng commuter rail ⓘ
Rea Vaya bus rapid transit ⓘ
historicalEvent Soweto Uprising ⓘ
historicalSignificance central role in the struggle against apartheid ⓘ
knownFor anti-apartheid activism ⓘ
music and arts scene ⓘ
political history ⓘ
rich urban culture ⓘ
township tourism ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Sotho ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
surface form: Tswana

Xhosa ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
locatedIn Gauteng ⓘ
Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
locatedInTimeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
partOf City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Greater Johannesburg urban area
tourismType township tourism ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Youth Day → associatedCity → Soweto ⓘ
Gauteng → containsCity → Soweto ⓘ
Sarafina! → filmingLocation → Soweto ⓘ
subject surface form: Johannesburg
Soweto → hasNeighbourhood → Soweto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kliptown
this entity surface form: Orlando West, Soweto
subject surface form: FNB Stadium
this entity surface form: Soweto heritage trail
Winnie Mandela → residence → Soweto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soweto, South Africa
Sarafina! → setInPlace → Soweto ⓘ