Pretoria
Tshwane | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Jacaranda City | |
| Motto: Præstantia Prævaleat Prætoria ("May Pretoria be pre-eminent in excellence") | |
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| Coordinates: 25°44′46″S 28°11′17″E / 25.74611°S 28.18806°E | |
| Country |  South Africa |
| Province |  Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Established | 18 November 1855 |
| Founded by | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius |
| Named for | Andries Pretorius |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan municipality |
| • Mayor | vacant |
| Area | |
| • Capital city (executive branch) | 687.54 km2 (265.46 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 6,297.83 km2 (2,431.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,339 m (4,393 ft) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Capital city (executive branch) | 2,818,100 |
| • Rank | 33rd in Africa 4th in South Africa |
| • Density | 4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,921,488 |
| • Metro density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • White | 52.45% |
| • Black | 41.95% |
| • Coloured | 2.50% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.93% |
| • Other | 1.17% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 47.67% |
| • English | 16.38% |
| • Sepedi | 8.02% |
| • Tswana | 5.44% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0002 |
| PO box | 0001 |
| Area code | 012 |
| HDI |  0.75 High (2012)[3] |
| GDP | US$ 75.6 billion[4] |
| GDP per capita | US$ 23,108[4] |
| Website | tshwane.gov.za |
| Zulu | iPitoli |
|---|---|
| Xhosa | ePitoli |
| Afrikaans | Pretoria |
| Sepedi | Pretoria |
| Swazi | Pitoli |
| Sesotho | Pritoriya |
| Setswana | Tshwane |
| Xitsonga | Pitori |
| Venda | Pretoria |
Pretoria (/prɪˈtɔːriə, pri-/ prih-TOR-ee-ə, pree-;[5] Afrikaans: [prəˈtʊəria] ), is South Africa's administrative capital,[6] serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.[6][7]
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains. It has a reputation as an academic city and centre of research, being home to the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), the University of Pretoria (UP), the University of South Africa (UNISA), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the Human Sciences Research Council. It also hosts the National Research Foundation and the South African Bureau of Standards. Pretoria was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Pretoria is the central part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality which was formed by the amalgamation of several former local authorities, including Bronkhorstspruit, Centurion, Cullinan, Hammanskraal and Soshanguve. Some have proposed changing the official name from Pretoria to Tshwane, which has caused some public controversy.
Pretoria is named after the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius,[8] and South Africans sometimes call it the "Jacaranda City",[9] because of the thousands of jacaranda trees planted along its streets and in its parks and gardens.[10]
- ^ a b c d "Pretoria, Main Place 799035 from Census 2011". Census 2011. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ a b "City of Tshwane, Metropolitan Municipality 799 from Census 2011". Census 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Gauteng's Human Development Index" (PDF). Gauteng City-Region Observatory. 2013. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Global city GDP 2011". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ^ a b "Pretoria | national administrative capital, South Africa". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "South Africa at a glance". South African Government. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 373. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "10 SA city nicknames, and why they're called that". News24. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "South Africa's provinces: Gauteng". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.