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Benoni, Gauteng Benoni is a town on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, some east of Johannesburg, within the City of Ekurhuleni municipality. Benoni was also the setting for the MTV-inspired movie ''Crazy Monkey: Straight Outta Benoni'', released internat ...
, a town in the
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (; ; ; ) is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. ''Ekurhuleni'' means "place of peace" in ...
, in the East Rand region of
Gauteng Gauteng ( , ; Sotho-Tswana languages, Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; or ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts f ...
province in South Africa * Benoni, a barangay in
Mahinog Mahinog, officially the Municipality of Mahinog, is a municipality in the province of Camiguin, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,634 people. Geography Barangays Mahinog is politically subdivided into 13 bar ...
, Camiguin, Philippines


People

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Benoni (given name) Benoni is the original name of the biblical Benjamin. It is the given name of: * Benoni Aubert (1768–1832), Norwegian surveyor and soldier * Benoni Beheyt (born 1940), Belgian former road bicycle racer * Benoni Buck (1616–1639), the first re ...
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Giuseppe Benoni Giuseppe Benoni (1618–1684) was an Italian architect, active during the Baroque period, mainly in Venice. Biography He was born either in Udine or Trento. He worked on a number of engineering problems for the Venetian Republic. He appears to hav ...
(1618–1684), Italian architect


Other uses

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Benoni Premier United Benoni United Football Club (known as The Rabbits) is a South African Football club based in Daveyton, Benoni east of Johannesburg in the City of Ekurhuleni formerly known as the East Rand. The club is nicknamed "The Rabbits" which comes fro ...
, a South African football club *
Benoni Commando Benoni Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve. History Origin Operations Under the UDF =Rebel Commando= Me ...
, a former light infantry regiment of the South African Army *
Benoni Defense The Benoni Defense, or simply the Benoni, is a chess opening characterized by an early reply of ...c5 against White's opening move 1.d4. The original form of the Benoni, now known as the Old Benoni, is characterized by : 1. d4 c5 This leaves ...
, a chess opening * ''Benoni'' (novel), a 1908 novel by Knut Hamsun * Benoni, original name of
Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...
, son of Jacob in the Bible


See also

* St. Benoni, Nova Scotia, a community in Canada * Benoni Rose House, a historic house in Rhode Island, United States {{disambiguation, geo, surname