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Definition: Johannesburg from Philip's Encyclopedia

City in NE Republic of South Africa; capital of Gauteng province. It was founded in 1886. Today, it is South Africa's leading industrial and commercial city, and the administrative headquarters for gold-mining companies. Industries: pharmaceuticals, metal, machinery, textiles, engineering, diamond-cutting. Pop. (2000) 2,950,000.

Johannesburg

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Largest city of South Africa, situated on the Witwatersrand in Gauteng Province; population (2001) 3,225,800. It is the centre of a large gold-mining industry; other industries include engineering works, chemicals, paper, electrical goods, meat-chilling plants, and clothing factories. The city is also an important financial centre, with a stock exchange dating from 1887. History Johannesburg was founded after the discovery of gold by the Australian prospector George Harrison in 1886, and was probably named after Jan (Johannes) Meyer, the first mining commissioner. Late 19th century The discovery of gold resulted in an immigrant population of 100,000 by 1895 and the town acquired the characteristics of an overgrown mining camp. Demands that British miners working in the Johannesburg gold mines be given voting rights precipitated the Boer War (1899–1902) between Britain and the Boer republic of the Transvaal. Johannesburg was occupied by the British on 31 May 1900. 20th century A strike…
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From Encyclopedia of African History
The spectacular growth of Johannesburg, from a tented village of a few thousand prospectors to the second or third largest metropolitan region in Africa (after Cairo, and possibly Lagos), took little more than a century and was triggered by the discovery of gold in early 1886 at Langlaagte farm, on…
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From Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies
Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa and the economic hub of the Southern African region. First inhabited by San and later Sotho-Tswana peoples, the area underwent rapid transformations during the nineteenth century. The rise of the Zulu kingdom along with the arrival of Boer (Afrikaner) …
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Johannesburg. Credit:© Neil...
City (pop., 2001: metro. area, 3,225,810), northeastern South Africa. The capital of Gauteng province and one of the country’s largest cities, it bestrides a highland region called the Witwatersrand. It was founded in 1886 after the discovery of gold nearby and was occupied by the British during the…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(jōhăn'ĭsbörg´´, yōhä'nӘsbörkh´´), city, now part and seat of City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality, Gauteng prov., NE South Africa, on the southern slopes of the Witwatersrand at an altitude of 5,750 ft (1,753 m). The capital of Gauteng, Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa, …
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From Encyclopedia of South Africa
Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa. It is also the provincial capital of Gauteng Province, the wealthiest province and the economic hub of the country. Settled in 1886, Johannesburg has its roots in the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, the area surrounding Johannesburg. This…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Largest city of South Africa, situated on the Witwatersrand in Gauteng Province; population (2001) 3,225,800. It is the centre of a large gold-mining industry; other industries include engineering works, chemicals, paper, electrical goods, meat-chilling plants, and clothing factories. The city is…
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Poet Langston Hughes. © EVERETT COLLECTION...
Langston Hughes's 1928 poem “Johannesburg Mines,” a brief and straightforward piece about the role of poetry in discussing the exploitation of native Africans in the mines of South Africa, foreshadows Hughes's 1930s essays and poems, which were published in periodicals such as International…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Sunshine(average hours per day) Temperatures Discomfort from heat and humidity Precipitation and humidity Wet days(more than 1 mm/0.04 in) Average daily Highest recorded Lowest recorded Relative humidity Average monthly precipitation minimum maximum 0800 1400 °C °F °C °F °C °F °C °F % mm in Jan 8 14…
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Full text Article Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development

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→ Sustainable development www.johannesburgsummit.org The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development was issued by the World Summit on Sustainable Development which took place in South Africa in 2002. Convened by the UN ten years after the Rio ‘Earth Summit’, the meeting brought together…
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