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Soweto

Southern Africa

Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, one of the suburbs of Johannesburg bordering the city's mining belt in the south. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,271,628 1
Area (sq km)
200.03 1
Founding Year
1963 2
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Elevation (m)
1632 1
Latitude
26.26781 degrees south 1
Longitude
27.85849 degrees east 1
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Associated With

Gauteng, States or Territories

Soweto is associated with Gauteng.

Source Soweto (Wikipedia)
South Africa, Countries
Source Soweto (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Soweto (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa and one of the suburbs of Johannesburg, bordering the city's mining belt in the south.
  • Infobox: population_total
    1271628
  • Infobox, Population year
    2011
  • Infobox, Area
    200.03
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    -26.26781, 27.85849
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    -26.26781, 27.85849
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    1632
  • Associated With: South Africa, Infobox, Country
    south-africa
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Soweto (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
Quote, P571 (inception)
inception 1963
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Wikidata: Soweto
Wikidata Q217426, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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