Soweto

So·we·to  (s-wt, -w-)

A city of northeast South Africa southwest of Johannesburg. Comprised of a number of townships inhabited by Black South Africans, it was the scene of violent rioting in 1976, when a student protest led to clashes with police. Population: 1,690,000.

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Soweto - a large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)