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City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Southern Africa

The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng province, South Africa, a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. It is one of the five districts of Gauteng and one of South Africa's eight metropolitan municipalities, with its administrative seat at Germiston. The area is home to OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa's busiest airport, located in the Kempton Park area of Ekurhuleni. The name Ekurhuleni means place of peace in the Xitsonga language.

Facts
Population
3,379,104 1
Area (sq km)
1925 1
Founding Year
2000 1
Population Estimate Year
2016 1
Elevation (m)
1660 1
Latitude
26.166667 degrees south 1
Longitude
28.333333 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +2000-12-05T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 3,379,104 (2016)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -26.166667, longitude 28.333333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1660 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 1925.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 3379104 (2016)
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at -26.1667,28.3333
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 1658.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -26.25, 28.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -26.25, 28.25
-26.25 28.25 Cwb
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4. GeoNames: Benoni - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1020098, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.73 km)
Quote, cities500 record 1020098, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.73 km)
-26.18848 28.32078 P PPL ZA 06 EKU EKU 605344 1641 Africa/Johannesburg
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City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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