Benoni

E52948

human settlement town

Benoni is a large town in South Africa’s Gauteng province, situated on the East Rand within the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area and known historically for its gold mining and lakes.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Ekurhuleni ⓘ
callingCode	+27 ⓘ
climate	subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Gauteng ⓘ surface form: Gauteng Province
economicActivity	light manufacturing ⓘ retail ⓘ services ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1640 metres above sea level ⓘ
governingBody	Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Council ⓘ
hasFeature	artificial lakes ⓘ light industry ⓘ suburban residential areas ⓘ
hasLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ Sotho ⓘ surface form: Southern Sotho Zulu ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Korsman Bird Sanctuary ⓘ
hasTransport	rail connections on the East Rand ⓘ road links to Johannesburg ⓘ road links to OR Tambo International Airport ⓘ
hasWaterBody	Benoni Lake ⓘ Homestead Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Korsman Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalActivity	gold mining on the Witwatersrand ⓘ
knownFor	gold mining ⓘ lakes ⓘ
locatedIn	Ekurhuleni ⓘ surface form: East Rand Gauteng ⓘ Highveld ⓘ surface form: Highveld region eastern hemisphere ⓘ southern hemisphere ⓘ
locatedNear	Boksburg ⓘ Brakpan ⓘ Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg Kempton Park ⓘ
locatedOn	Witwatersrand ⓘ
partOf	Ekurhuleni ⓘ surface form: Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ surface form: Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area
postalCodeType	South African postal code ⓘ
region	Ekurhuleni ⓘ surface form: East Rand of Gauteng
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ surface form: South African Standard Time
UTCOffset	+2 ⓘ

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Gauteng → containsCity → Benoni ⓘ