Botshabelo
E573666
Botshabelo is a large township in South Africa’s Free State province, known as one of the country’s biggest residential areas established during the apartheid era.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | township ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | township within a metropolitan municipality ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Free State province of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| countryCapitalNearest | Bloemfontein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicsContext | majority black African population ⓘ |
| establishedDuring | apartheid era ⓘ |
| governedBy | Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
large township
ⓘ
one of South Africa’s biggest townships ⓘ planned settlement ⓘ predominantly black residential area ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
informal sector
ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
clinics
ⓘ
schools ⓘ shopping centres ⓘ taxi ranks ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | N8 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
created as a relocation area for black residents
ⓘ
product of apartheid spatial planning ⓘ |
| languageMajority |
Sesotho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Setswana NERFINISHED ⓘ isiXhosa ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Free State province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerHomelandRegion | Bophuthatswana area (apartheid planning context) ⓘ |
| locatedInMunicipality | Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | central Free State ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Bloemfontein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Bloemfontein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Thaba Nchu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | street ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Africa Time
ⓘ
surface form:
South African Standard Time
|
| usedFor | residential purposes ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +2 ⓘ |
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