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The Rietvlei dam is an earth-fill type dam and is one of a number of dams supplying water to the Pretoria region of South Africa. It supplies around 41 million liters of drinking water daily, [1] about 5.9% of the water requirement of Pretoria. [4] The dam mainly serves for municipal and industrial use. Its hazard potential has been ranked high ...
Bon Accord Dam is an earth-fill type dam located on the Apies River, some 15 km north of Pretoria.The dam comprises an earth embankment with a side spillway. The catchment area of the dam is 315 km 2 and comprises primarily the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipal area in Gauteng, South Africa.
English: Map of municipal boundaries in Gauteng, as they are after the municipal elections of 3 August 2016, with the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality highlighted in red. Based on File:Map of Gauteng with municipalities blank (2016).svg.
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was established on 5 December 2000, [4] comprising 13 former city and town councils and managed under an executive mayoral system. The Metsweding District Municipality was incorporated into the municipality [ 5 ] with effect from 18 May 2011 (the date of the 2011 municipal elections ).
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The original Smuts House is a museum today. Centurion developed from the initial Lyttelton Township that was marked out on the farm Droogegrond in 1904. Lyttelton Manor Extension 1 was established in 1942. These two townships initially resorted under the Peri Urban Board in Pretoria. Centurion was granted City Council status in 1962 as Lyttelton.
The mean elevation above sea level is approximately 1,525 meters, with the highest point at 1,542 m and the lowest at 1,473 m, the dam’s outflow in Sesmylspruit. The reserve covers a surface area of approximately 4,003 ha or 40 km 2, of which the dam constitutes some 20ha. A network of roads criss-cross the entire area, which facilitates ...
The city experiences the typical winters of South Africa, with cold, clear nights and mild to moderately warm days. Although the average lows during winter are mild, it can get cold due to the clear skies, with night time low temperatures in recent years in the range of 2 to −5 °C (36 to 23 °F).