Soweto (Q217426)

matcher place: Gauteng (relation 349344)
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English Wikipedia categories: Greater Johannesburg, Johannesburg Region D, Populated places established in 1950, Soweto, Townships in Gauteng

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is one of the suburbs of Johannesburg.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Soweto is een township - 1.271.628 inwoners - van Stad Johannesburg in de provincie Gauteng in Zuid-Afrika. De naam is een afkorting van South Western Townships, door de lokale bevolking ook weleens verklaard als So where to.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Soweto is 'n gebied in Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika. Die naam is die sillabiese afkorting van South Western Townships. Meer as 65% van Johannesburg se inwoners bly in en om Soweto. Volgens die 2001-sensus was die bevolking 896 995 van wie 99,3% swart was.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Soweto (South Western Township) est un township sud-africain, située à 15 km au sud-ouest de Johannesburg, dans la province du Gauteng (Transvaal).

Wikidata location: -26.2678, 27.8586 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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political territorial entity (Q1048835)	political_division
neighborhood (Q123705)	place=neighbourhood
locality (Q3257686)	place=locality
city (Q515)	place=city
administrative territorial entity (Q56061)	boundary=administrative

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Populated places established in 1950	boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level
Townships in Gauteng	place=township