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The Pilanesberg (formerly Pilandsberg [2] [3]) is a mountain in the North West Province, South Africa. The mountain is an ancient volcanic structure, circular in shape, that rises from flat surrounding plains. It is formed by three concentric ridges or rings of hills, of which the outermost has a diameter of about 24 km.
The Pilanesberg National Park is located north of Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa. [1] The park borders on the Sun City entertainment complex. It is administered by the North West Parks and Tourism Board .
The railway network of the South African Republic in 1899 (at the start of the Second Anglo-Boer War) with the Pretoria-Pietersburg railway line in red. The Pretoria-Pietersburg railway line was built between 1897 and 1899 from Pretoria to Pietersburg (now Polokwane) by the Pretoria Pietersburg Railway Company with British capital. Five months ...
The land outside Pilanesberg is speckled by infrastructure such as buildings, roads and even a football stadium (upper right). South Africa is the world’s leading platinum producer, and a number of mines surround the park – such as the bright area at the top of the image, or square area at the bottom.
Pretoria railway station is the central station in Pretoria, the executive capital of South Africa. It is located between Pretoria's central business district and Salvokop, in a 1910 building designed by Herbert Baker .
Its north-western terminus is in Sun City, at a junction with the northern terminus of the R565 from Rustenburg (east of Phatsima).It heads east, passing the southern entrance of the Pilanesberg National Park, bypassing the Sun City Resort and the Pilanesberg International Airport, before bending south-east to cross the R510 south of Monakato.
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The Magaliesberg (historically also known as Macalisberg or Cashan Mountains [2]) of northern South Africa, is a modest but well-defined mountain range composed mainly of quartzites. It rises at a point south of the Pilanesberg (and the Pilanesberg National Park ) to form a curved prominence that intersects suburban Pretoria before it peters ...