Bophelong (Q4944180)

  • matcher place: Gauteng (relation 349344)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Populated places in the Emfuleni Local Municipality, Townships in Gauteng
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Bophelong meaning 'a place of life' is a township near Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1955 to house black residents who worked in Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Bophelong is 'n township in suidelike Gauteng, Suid-Afrika. Volgens die 2011-sensus het die township 'n bevolking van 46 089 gehad. Die meerderheid van die bevolking praat Suid-Sotho.

Wikidata location: -26.6833, 27.8000 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Bophelong (OSM), 1.35 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Bophelong
is_in: Gauteng, South Africa
place: suburb
source: sagns
sagns_id: 93426
wikidata: Q4944180
wikipedia: en:Bophelong

wikidata match: Q4944180

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neighborhood (Q123705) place=neighbourhood
administrative territorial entity (Q56061) boundary=administrative

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Populated places in the Emfuleni Local Municipality admin_level, landuse=residential, boundary=administrative, place
Townships in Gauteng place=township