Botshabelo, Free State (Q894856)

matcher place: Free State (relation 92417), Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (relation 593812)
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English Wikipedia categories: Populated places in Mangaung, Townships in the Free State (South African province)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Botshabelo, meaning "a place of refuge", is a large township set up in 1979. It is located east of Bloemfontein in the present-day Free State province of South Africa. Botshabelo is now the largest township in Free State.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Botshabelo is een township die in 1978 is opgericht door de Apartheidsregering op 45 km ten oosten van Bloemfontein, Vrijstaat, Zuid-Afrika. De meeste mensen die hiernaartoe moesten verhuizen waren boeren. Er wonen ongeveer 180.000 inwoners. Het is sinds 2000 een hoofdplaats (main place) van de gemeente Mangaung.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Botshabelo is 'n nedersetting wat in 1968 deur die apartheidsregering geskep is. Dit is sowat 55 km oos van Bloemfontein geleë en het 'n hoofsaaklik Sothosprekende bevolking (in teenstelling met die nabygeleë Thaba Nchu wat hoofsaaklik Tswana-inwoners het). Botshabelo het 'n bevolking van 181 712 in 2011 gehad, en vorm deel van die Mangaung Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit. Die N8 nasionale pad gaan naby Botshabelo verby.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Botshabelo qui signifie "lieu de refuge", est un grand township d'Afrique du Sud, fondé en 1979 par le gouvernement PW Botha et celui du bantoustan du QwaQwa sur la ferme Onverwacht à 45 km à l'est de Bloemfontein dans la province de l'État libre d'Orange. Il était à l'origine destiné à recevoir les populations sotho du sud et Xhosas, dans le cadre de l'application du Group Areas Act et des lois de l'Apartheid.

Wikidata location: -29.2331, 26.7331 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Botshabelo (OSM), 85 m from Wikidata [show tags]

name: Botshabelo
is_in: Free State, South Africa
place: city
source: sagns
sagns_id: 93006
wikidata: Q894856
wikipedia: en:Botshabelo
population: 181712
population:date: 2011-01-01
source:population: statssa.gov.za
wikimedia_commons: Category:Botshabelo, Free State

wikidata match: Q894856

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political territorial entity (Q1048835)	political_division
neighborhood (Q123705)	place=neighbourhood
administrative territorial entity (Q56061)	boundary=administrative

Search criteria from categories

Populated places in Mangaung	boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level
Townships in the Free State (South African province)	place=township