Germiston, South Africa

E685033
city human settlement

Germiston, South Africa is an industrial city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, historically known for its gold mining and manufacturing sectors.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Germiston, South Africa canonical 1
Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
cityStatusGranted 1950 ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
elevation approximately 1640 metres above sea level ⓘ
formerProvince Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded 1886 ⓘ
foundedBy August Simmer NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport Rand Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAreaCode 011 ⓘ
hasIndustry chemical industry ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
steel ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
hasLake Germiston Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandmark Germiston Lake civic precinct NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rand Refinery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange 1401–1428 ⓘ
historicalEconomicBase gold mining on the Witwatersrand ⓘ
isIndustrialCenterOf East Rand NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSeatOf Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor gold mining ⓘ
manufacturing industry ⓘ
railway marshalling yards ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Sotho languages ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
locatedIn East Rand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gauteng ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Alberton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bedfordview NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn East Rand of Gauteng NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Germiston in Glasgow, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfRegion Witwatersrand NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayFunction commuter rail junction ⓘ
major freight marshalling yard ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sydney Brenner → placeOfBirth → Germiston, South Africa ⓘ
Helen Suzman → placeOfBirth → Germiston, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa