Germiston, South Africa

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Germiston, South Africa is an industrial city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, historically known for its gold mining and manufacturing sectors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
cityStatusGranted 1950 ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
elevation approximately 1640 metres above sea level ⓘ
formerProvince Transvaal ⓘ
founded 1886 ⓘ
foundedBy August Simmer ⓘ
John Jack ⓘ
hasAirport Rand Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCode 011 ⓘ
hasIndustry chemical industry ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
steel ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
hasLake Germiston Lake ⓘ
hasLandmark Germiston Lake civic precinct ⓘ
Rand Refinery ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange 1401–1428 ⓘ
historicalEconomicBase gold mining on the Witwatersrand ⓘ
isIndustrialCenterOf East Rand ⓘ
isSeatOf Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Ekurhuleni
knownFor gold mining ⓘ
manufacturing industry ⓘ
railway marshalling yards ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Sotho languages ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
locatedIn East Rand ⓘ
Gauteng ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedNear Alberton ⓘ
Bedfordview ⓘ
Boksburg ⓘ
Johannesburg ⓘ
locatedOn East Rand of Gauteng ⓘ
linked to: East Rand
namedAfter Germiston in Glasgow, Scotland ⓘ
partOf Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Ekurhuleni
partOfRegion Witwatersrand ⓘ
railwayFunction commuter rail junction ⓘ
major freight marshalling yard ⓘ
timeZone South African Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Africa Time
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

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Sydney Brenner → placeOfBirth → Germiston, South Africa ⓘ
Helen Suzman → placeOfBirth → Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Germiston, South Africa