Pretoria Zoo

Pretoria Zoo
Okapi at Pretoria Zoo
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25°44′18″S 28°11′21″E / 25.73833°S 28.18917°E / -25.73833; 28.18917
Date opened21 October 1899
(125 years ago)
 (1899-10-21)
Location232 Boom Street, Pretoria, South Africa
Land area85 hectares (210 acres)[1]
No. of animalsAbout 9,000[1]
No. of speciesAbout 700[1]
Annual visitorsMore than 600,000[1]
MembershipsWAZA, PAAZA, AKAA
Major exhibitsAquarium, Aviary, Mammals, Reptiles
ManagementSouth African National Biodiversity Institute
Websitehttps://www.pretoriazoo.org/
The Sammy Marks Fountain in the Zoological gardens

The National Zoological Garden of South Africa (Afrikaans: Nasionale Dieretuin van Suid-Afrika; also informally known as The Pretoria Zoo) is an 80-hectare (200-acre)[2] zoo located in Pretoria, South Africa. It is the national zoo of South Africa, and was founded by J. W. B. Gunning in 1899. Pretoria Zoo is one of the eight largest zoos in the world[3]

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  2. ^ "NZG | e-News: Which zoo would you regard as the best in the world? Well, according to a travel blogs there are several zoos that fit this bill. Here they are". Archived from the original on 2019-09-05.
  3. ^ "8 Largest Zoos in the World".