Roodepoort

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roodepoort
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode 011
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:demographics Diverse, majority Black African, significant White, Coloured, Indian/Asian communities
gptkbp:distanceFromJohannesburgCBD ~22 km west
gptkbp:founded 1884
gptkbp:historicalEvent Gold discovered in 1884
Merged into Johannesburg in 2000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roodepoort
gptkbp:incorporated gptkb:Johannesburg
gptkbp:knownFor Gold mining
gptkbp:latitude -26.1625
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:City_of_Johannesburg_Metropolitan_Municipality
gptkbp:longitude 27.8725
gptkbp:mainIndustry Retail
Mining
Services
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:Tswana
gptkb:Zulu
English
gptkbp:municipality gptkb:JHB
gptkbp:nameMeaning gptkb:Red_Valley
gptkbp:neighboringSuburb gptkb:Florida
gptkb:Constantia_Kloof
gptkb:Ruimsig
gptkb:Wilro_Park
gptkb:Honeydew
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Walter_Sisulu_National_Botanical_Garden
gptkb:Westgate_Shopping_Centre
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Witwatersrand_urban_area
gptkbp:population ~326416
gptkbp:postalCode 1724
gptkbp:province gptkb:Gauteng
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:SAST
gptkbp:utcOffset +2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Johannesburg_Metropolitan_Municipality
gptkb:Transvaal
gptkb:City_of_Johannesburg_Metropolitan_Municipality
gptkb:Gauteng
gptkb:Südafrika
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6