Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Johannesburg Municipality
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1886 -
History
Johannesburg started as a dusty mining camp in 1886, but grew so rapidly that by the following year it established a municipality and appointed a mayor.