Germiston

E52949
city industrial city

Germiston is an industrial city in South Africa’s Gauteng province, historically known as a major gold-mining and manufacturing center on the East Rand.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Germiston canonical 8
Germiston central business district 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
industrial city ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
currency South African rand ⓘ
developedBecauseOf gold mining on the Witwatersrand ⓘ
drivingSide left ⓘ
economicSector engineering ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
formerProvince Transvaal ⓘ
foundedInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
governingBody Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Council ⓘ
hasAirportNearby O. R. Tambo International Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCode 011 ⓘ
hasFunction administrative seat of Ekurhuleni ⓘ
hasInfrastructure industrial zones ⓘ
major railway workshops ⓘ
road transport hub ⓘ
hasLandmark Germiston City Hall ⓘ
Germiston Lake ⓘ
Rand Refinery ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange 1400–1428 ⓘ
historicalRole gold-mining center ⓘ
manufacturing center ⓘ
knownFor gold refinery ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
railway junction ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Sotho ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
locatedIn Ekurhuleni ⓘ
surface form: East Rand

Gauteng ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
surface form: Greater Johannesburg
locatedNear Alberton ⓘ
Bedfordview ⓘ
Boksburg ⓘ
Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
locatedOn Ekurhuleni ⓘ
surface form: East Rand
partOf Ekurhuleni ⓘ
surface form: Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
railNetwork Transnet Freight Rail ⓘ
region Gauteng ⓘ
surface form: Gauteng province
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Gauteng → containsCity → Germiston ⓘ
Metrorail Gauteng commuter rail → serves → Germiston ⓘ
Rand Refinery → headquartersLocation → Germiston ⓘ
Rand Refinery → foundingLocation → Germiston ⓘ
Germiston City Hall → locatedIn → Germiston ⓘ
Alberton → locatedNear → Germiston ⓘ
Germiston Lake → locatedIn → Germiston ⓘ
Germiston Lake → near → Germiston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germiston central business district
Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area → contains → Germiston ⓘ