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This is a list of suburbs in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, which includes the city of Pretoria and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs.Pretoria/Tshwane is divided into 7 regions [1] namely Pretoria North, Far North, Central Western, Southern, Pretoria Far East, Eastern, Bronkhorstspruit. [2]
Pretoria was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, who named it after his father Andries Pretorius and chose a spot on the banks of the Apies rivier (Afrikaans for "Monkeys river") to be the new capital of the South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek; ZAR).
Amandasig is a suburb of Akasia in Gauteng, South Africa.It is situated to the north west of the Pretoria CBD, on the slopes of the Magaliesberg.. It used to be a predominantly Afrikaans speaking suburb for many young white residents, but the demography has changed since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Pretoria [2] Tallest building in Pretoria 88 on Field: 146 m (479 ft) 26: 1985: Durban [3] Tallest building in Durban Central. Sandton City Office Tower: 141 m (463 ft) 22: 1973: Sandton: Topped out in 2014. Michelangelo Towers: 140 m (460 ft) 34: 2005: Sandton: The tallest single-purpose hotel in South Africa. ABSA Tower: 140 m (460 ft) 32: ...
The building of such apartments is a growing trend throughout Finland; 55% of new homes in the city of Turku are studio apartments with total areas of under 37 square metres. [2] Between 1970 and 2020, the percentage of one-person households in Finland has almost tripled, from 15.7% to 45.3%. [3] Block of studio flats in Vantaa, Finland (2018 ...
Sunnyside is one of the oldest suburbs of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The well-established area is situated east of Nelson Mandela drive (and the Apies River ), adjacent to Pretoria Central .
Rooihuiskraal Battlefield, Verwoerdburg, Pretoria This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield, where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place on 12 February 1881 during the First War of Independence (1880–81). During the war, Pretoria was besieged by Boer forces for a period of 100 days and Type of site: Battlefield.
Mayville is a central-western suburb of Pretoria, South Africa (north of the CBD). It is also part of the so-called " Moot " community. [ clarification needed ]