Pretoria

(prē tôrē ə, pri-)

administrative capital of South Africa, in Gauteng province: pop. 526,000

See Pretoria in American Heritage Dictionary 4

The administrative capital of South Africa, in the northeast part of the country north of Johannesburg. Founded in 1855, it became the capital of Transvaal in 1860 and capital of South Africa in 1910. Population: 1,980,000.

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