Bulawayo

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city populated place

Bulawayo is Zimbabwe’s second-largest city and a major industrial, cultural, and transport hub in the southwestern part of the country.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Bulawayo metropolitan area 3
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2
Bulawayo Metropolitan Province 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
annexedBy British South Africa Company ⓘ
annexedIn 1893 ⓘ
averageElevation about 1350 metres ⓘ
climateClassification semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
distanceToHarare about 440 km southwest ⓘ
foundedAs Ndebele royal kraal ⓘ
foundedBy Lobengula Khumalo ⓘ
foundedIn 1870s ⓘ
governedBy Bulawayo City Council ⓘ
grantedCityStatusIn 1943 ⓘ
grantedTownStatusIn 1894 ⓘ
hasAirport Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Bulawayo Theatre ⓘ
National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo ⓘ
hasFootballClub Highlanders F.C. ⓘ
hasIndustry food processing ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
railway engineering ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
hasMajorRailLinksTo Harare ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Victoria Falls ⓘ
hasMajorRoadLinksTo Harare ⓘ
Plumtree ⓘ
hasMayor Mayor of Bulawayo ⓘ
hasMuseum Bulawayo Railway Museum ⓘ
National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe ⓘ
surface form: Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe
hasNickname City of Kings ⓘ
Skies ⓘ
hasTertiaryInstitution Bulawayo Polytechnic ⓘ
hasUniversity National University of Science and Technology (NUST) ⓘ
Solusi University ⓘ
historicalRegion Matabeleland ⓘ
isIndustrialCenterOf Zimbabwe ⓘ
isProvincialCapitalOf Bulawayo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bulawayo Province
isSecondLargestCityOf Zimbabwe ⓘ
isTransportHubFor Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: southern Africa
languageMajority Northern Ndebele ⓘ
surface form: Ndebele
locatedInRegion southwestern Zimbabwe ⓘ
namedAfter Bulawayo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King Lobengula’s royal town Bulawayo
nearNationalPark Matobo National Park ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
populationEstimate over 600000 ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

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

City of Kings → appliesTo → Bulawayo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Highlanders F.C. → basedIn → Bulawayo ⓘ
Joseph Ngwenya → birthPlace → Bulawayo ⓘ
Matabeleland → centeredAround → Bulawayo ⓘ
Bulawayo Polytechnic → city → Bulawayo ⓘ
Bulawayo Railway Museum → city → Bulawayo ⓘ
Highlanders F.C. → city → Bulawayo ⓘ
Solusi University → city → Bulawayo ⓘ
Plumtree → connectsByRailTo → Bulawayo ⓘ
Plumtree → connectsByRoadTo → Bulawayo ⓘ
Matabeleland → containsCity → Bulawayo ⓘ
Zimbabwe → containsCity → Bulawayo ⓘ
Bulawayo City Council → governs → Bulawayo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulawayo city centre
Matabeleland → hasSubregion → Bulawayo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulawayo Metropolitan Province
Highlanders F.C. → homeCity → Bulawayo ⓘ
Bulawayo → isProvincialCapitalOf → Bulawayo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulawayo Province
this entity surface form: City of Bulawayo
this entity surface form: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Bulawayo Theatre → locatedIn → Bulawayo ⓘ
Khami River → locatedNear → Bulawayo ⓘ
Khami Ruins → locatedNear → Bulawayo ⓘ
Highlanders F.C. → location → Bulawayo ⓘ
Matabeleland → majorCity → Bulawayo ⓘ
Bulawayo → namedAfter → Bulawayo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Lobengula’s royal town Bulawayo
Khami River → nearbyCity → Bulawayo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulawayo metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Bulawayo public markets
Gweru → railConnectsTo → Bulawayo ⓘ
City of Kings → refersTo → Bulawayo ⓘ
Northern Ndebele → region → Bulawayo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulawayo metropolitan area
Bulawayo Theatre → regionServed → Bulawayo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulawayo metropolitan area
Beitbridge → roadConnectionTo → Bulawayo ⓘ
Gweru → roadConnectsTo → Bulawayo ⓘ