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 [səˈwɛtəʊ -ˈweɪtəʊ]

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(Placename) a contiguous group of Black African townships southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa: the largest purely Black African urban settlement in southern Africa: scene of riots (1976) following protests against the use of Afrikaans in schools for Black African children. Area: 62 sq. km (24 sq. miles). Pop.: 1 098 094 (1996)

[from so(uth) we(st) to(wnship)]

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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)