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Soweto
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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 since 2002 and is one of the suburbs of Johannesburg.
Soweto is a township in Johannesburg, South Africa, whose name comes from the abbreviation "South Western Townships." It was once an independent municipality but is now part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, located near the city's southern mining areas.
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Key facts
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- Soweto
- Settlement.other_name
- South Western Townships
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- File:Soweto-002.jpg
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- Orlando Towers in the Orlando suburb of Soweto in 2006
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- South Africa Gauteng#South Africa#Africa
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gauteng
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- City of Johannesburg
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 200.03
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1632
- Settlement.population_total
- 1271628
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Soweto
- Demonym
- sowetiani
- Population
- 1271628
- Area
- 200
- Elevation
- 1632
- Image
- Rdphouses.jpg
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- Commons category
- Soweto
- inception
- 1963-01-01
- postal code
- 4309
- female population
- 640588
- male population
- 631040
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39 sectionsContents
- History
- Kliptown and Pimville
- Orlando, Moroka and Jabavu
- Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital
- Apartheid
- 1948 to 1976
- Soweto uprising
- Aftermath
- Further popular resistance: incorporation into the City
- Demographics
- Census 2011
- Census 2001
- Cityscape
- Landmarks
- Climate
- Transport
- Rail
- Road
- Housing
- Society and culture
- Media
- Museums, monuments and memorials
- Music
- Sport
- Festivals
- Stadiums
- Awards
- Economy
- In popular culture
- Films
- Literature
- Music
- Notable people
- Native Sowetans
- Other residents
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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 since 2002 and is one of the suburbs of Johannesburg.
==History== George Harrison and George Walker are today credited as the men who discovered an outcrop of the Main Reef of gold on the farm Langlaagte in February 1886. The fledgling town of Johannesburg was laid out on a triangular wedge of "uitvalgrond" (area excluded when the farms were surveyed) named Randjeslaagte, situated between the farms Doornfontein to the east, Braamfontein to the west and Turffontein to the south.
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