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Soweto

township of South Africa
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Summary

Soweto is a South African township[1]. Soweto ranks in the top 1% of south african township entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,730 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality[3]
  • Country: South Africa[4]
  • Instance of: city[5]
  • Postal code: 4309[6]
  • Commons category: Soweto[7]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[8]
  • Inception: January 1, 1963[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Soweto[10]
  • Population: 1,271,628[11]
  • Official name: Soweto[12]
  • Category for people born here: Q8073658[13]
  • Category for people who died here: Q60928755[14]
  • Female population: 640,588[15]
  • Male population: 631,040[16]
  • Demonym: sowetiani[17]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Soweto[18]
  • Different from: Soweto[19]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1632 m[20]
  • Area: 200 km²[21]
  • Language used: Zulu[22], Sesotho[23], Tswana[24], Tsonga[25], Xhosa[26]

Why It Matters

Soweto has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Soweto is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . South African Post Office. postoffice.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . census2011.adrianfrith.com. census2011.adrianfrith.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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