Johannesburg
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Summary
Johannesburg is a city[1]. Johannesburg ranks in the top 0.33% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,166 views/month, #18 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality[3]
- Country: South Africa[4]
- Head of government: Mpho Phalatse[5], Dada Morero[6]
- Continent: Africa[7]
- Instance of: big city[8], largest city[9], provincial capital[10], global city[11], financial center[12]
- Shares border with: Pretoria[13]
- Flag: flag of Johannesburg[14]
- Twinned administrative body: New York City[15], Birmingham[16], Cape Town[17], Durban[18], Lehrte[19], Beijing[20], Pretoria[21], Rome[22], Addis Ababa[23], London[24], Saint Petersburg[25], Taipei[26], Accra[27], Thann[28]
- Postal code: 2001[29], 2000[30]
- Part of: Gauteng[31]
- Commons category: Johannesburg[32]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[33]
- Local dialing code: 2711[34]
- Inception: January 1, 1886[35]
- Official website: https://joburg.org.za/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Johannesburg[37]
- Commons gallery: Johannesburg[38]
- Population: 3,326,055[39], 4,434,827[40], 3000[41], 99,052[42], 1,783,000[43], 1,898,000[44], 4,803,262[45]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Johannesburg[46]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Johannesburg[47]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[48], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[49], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[50], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[52], The New Student's Reference Work[53]
- Capital of: Gauteng[54], City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Johannesburg include OR Tambo International Airport[56], an international airport[57], in South Africa[58], founded in 1952[59]; Gimme Hope Jo'anna[60], a musical work/composition[61]; and Greater Johannesburg[62], a metropolitan area[63], in South Africa[64].
Why It Matters
Johannesburg has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Johannesburg is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Johannesburg include OR Tambo International Airport[56], an international airport[57], in South Africa[58], founded in 1952[59]; Gimme Hope Jo'anna[60], a musical work/composition[61]; and Greater Johannesburg[62], a metropolitan area[63], in South Africa[64].