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District of Pretoria
Gauteng - South Africa

Union Buildings

The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African government and also house the offices of the president of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjieskop at the northern end of Arcadia, close to historic Church Square and the Voortrekker Monument. The large gardens of the Buildings are nestled between Government Avenue, Vermeulen Street East, Church Street, the R104 and Blackwood Street.

Located at -25.7405, 28.212 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Government buildings completed in 1913, Buildings and structures in Pretoria, Executive branch of the South African government, Herbert Baker buildings, Government buildings in South Africa, World Digital Library related

Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool

The Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans Boys' High School) also known as Affies, is a public high school for boys situated in the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The school is a prestigious school in South Africa and well known throughout the country for its high academic standards, sports achievements, heritage and traditions and especially for its production of leaders in a variety of fields and subjects, in South Africa and throughout the world.

Located at -25.7574, 28.2215 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Afrikaans, Schools in Gauteng, Educational institutions established in 1920

Menlyn Park

At 118 989m², Menlyn Park Shopping Centre is Pretoria's largest shopping centre, situated at the corner of Lois Avenue and Atterbury Road close to the N1 Johannesburg - Polokwane Highway.

Located at -25.7831, 28.2752 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Shopping centres in Pretoria

Pretoria Boys High School

Pretoria Boys High School, also known as Boys High or PBHS, is a public, fee charging, English medium high school for boys located in Brooklyn, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is the brother school of Pretoria High School for Girls. The school's distinctive red-brick buildings, which have provincial heritage site status, were built in the Neoclassical style and date from 1909.

Located at -25.7606, 28.2239 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Schools in Gauteng, Boarding schools in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 1901, Boys' schools in South Africa, Schools in South Africa

Pretoria High School for Girls

Pretoria High School for Girls, also called Girls High or PHSG, is a public, fee charging, English medium high school for girls located in Hatfield, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It is the sister school to Pretoria Boys High School.

Located at -25.7508, 28.2265 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Schools in Gauteng, Girls' schools in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 1902

Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby and association football stadium situated in the Arcadia suburb of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,762 for rugby union and hosted the 2009 Currie Cup final. It is occasionally used for local football matches as well. In June 2010, the stadium hosted opening round games and one game of the round of 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Located at -25.7533, 28.2228 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Soccer venues in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Pretoria, Rugby union stadiums in South Africa, Rugby World Cup stadiums, 2010 FIFA World Cup stadiums, FIFA Confederations Cup stadiums, Sports venues in Gauteng, Music venues in South Africa

Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool

The http://www. ahmp. co. za/index. php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=1&Itemid=33[Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool] is a public, Afrikaans-speaking high school for girls in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It is the sister school of the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool. The Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans Boys' High School) also known as Affies, is a public high school for boys situated in the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Located at -25.7559, 28.2202 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Schools in Gauteng, Girls' schools in South Africa

St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria

St. Mary's DSG is situated in Hillcrest, Pretoria in Gauteng, South Africa. St Mary's is a girls' boarding school with an Anglican foundation, but also admits day students. It was founded in 1879 by Bishop Bousfeld, who was the first Anglican bishop of Pretoria The school has had a matric pass rate of 100% for over a decade. From 2009 every grade in the high school will be given laptops. The Grade 8s start using them in the second term while others start in the beginning of the year.

Located at -25.7563, 28.2429 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Anglican schools in South Africa, Boarding schools in South Africa, Private schools in Gauteng, Educational institutions established in 1879, Girls' schools in South Africa

Mahlamba Ndlopfu

Mahlamba Ndlopfu is the Official Residence for the President of South Africa in Bryntirion, Pretoria. The house, formerly called Libertas, was designed by Architect Gerard Moerdijk in a traditional Cape Dutch style and completed in 1940 as the official residence for the Prime Minister of South Africa. It is surrounded by impressive gardens. Through the years, slight changes were made on the building. After the post of Prime Minister was abolished in 1984, it became the presidential residence.

Located at -25.7378, 28.2267 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Politics of South Africa, Buildings and structures in Pretoria, Presidential palaces

The Glen High School

The Glen High School is a public, English medium co-ed high school located in Waterkloof Glen, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school has around 1000 pupils. The school grounds also includes a second campus which is opposite the school on the main side which has been set aside for development.

Located at -25.7898, 28.2798 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Schools in Gauteng, Educational institutions established in 1976

University of South Africa

The University of South Africa (Unisa, pronounced you-nee-sah) is the largest university on the African continent and attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. The university has a student headcount of over 300,000 students, including African and international students in 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's mega universities. Unisa is a dedicated open distance education institution.

Located at -25.7672, 28.1994 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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University of Pretoria Library Services

University of Pretoria Library Services serves the students, faculty and researchers of the University of Pretoria. The library of the University of Pretoria is regarded as one of the best university libraries in South Africa. It provides a comprehensive information service for the university's approximately 40 800 undergraduate students, 12 700 postgraduates and 4 000 full-time staff members.

Located at -25.755, 28.2306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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University of Pretoria Special Collections

Special Collections is a self-contained unit in the University of Pretoria Library Services. The mission of the Special Collections unit is to play a stewardship role in the preservation and proper archiving of its information resources and to ensure their optimal accessibility to the research community. The unit houses the following collections:

Located at -25.755, 28.2306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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University of Pretoria library

Pretoria National Botanical Garden

The Pretoria National Botanical Garden is one of South Africa's nine National Botanical Gardens. The garden is wedged between Pretoria Road and Cussonia Avenue in Brummeria, in eastern Pretoria, Gauteng, and flanks a central rocky ridge that runs from east to west. The 76 hectares garden was established in 1946, and of late hosts the headquarters of the South African National Biodiversity Institute.

Located at -25.7386, 28.2733 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Pretoria, Gardens in South Africa, Visitor attractions in Pretoria, Botanical gardens in South Africa

Hoërskool Menlopark

Die Hoërskool Menlopark (Menlo Park High School) is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school located in Menlo Park, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Learners call themselves Parkies. Menlopark is one of the most prestigious schools in South Africa.

Located at -25.7646, 28.2583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Schools in Gauteng, Educational institutions established in 1963

Little Company of Mary Hospital (Pretoria)

The Little Company of Mary is a private hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. It is situated in Groenkloof, a leavy suburb south east of the city centre. It was opened to the public in 1957. The hospital is part of the Life Healthcare group, and features a state of the art stroke unit run by Dr W. Duim.

Located at -25.7709, 28.2167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Hospitals in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Pretoria, Hospitals established in 1957

Meintjieskop

Meintjieskop is a hill in Pretoria on which the Union Buildings (die Uniegebou in Afrikaans) were constructed. Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, later to become first president of the Transvaal Republic, was the original owner of the farm 'Elandsfontein' on which Meintjieskop stands. In 1856 Andries Francois du Toit (1813–1883), in exchange for a Basuto pony, acquired part of the farm, which he named 'Arcadia'.

Located at -25.7383, 28.21 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hills of South Africa

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is South Africa's central and premier scientific research and development organisation. It was established by an act of parliament in 1945 and is situated on its own campus in the city of Pretoria. It is the largest research and development (R&D) organisation in Africa and accounts for about 10% of the entire African R&D budget.

Located at -25.7481, 28.2762 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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University of Pretoria

The University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the Johannesburg-based Transvaal University College and is the fourth South African institution in continuous operation to be awarded university status. The university has grown from the original 32 students in a single late Victorian house to approximately 39,000 in 2010.

Located at -25.7325, 28.2028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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University of Pretoria, Public universities in South Africa, Education in Pretoria, Educational institutions established in 1908, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Universities in Gauteng

Denmar Psychiatric Hospital

Denmar is a private psychiatric hospital situated in the east of Pretoria.

Located at -25.7709, 28.2167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Hospitals in South Africa

Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital

Zuid Afrikaans Hospital is a private hospital in Muckleneuck, Pretoria.

Located at -25.7617, 28.2057 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Hospitals in South Africa, Hospitals with year of establishment missing, Buildings and structures in Pretoria

Hatfield Christian Church

Hatfield Christian Church (HCC) is a charismatic Christian church located in Waterkloof Glen, an eastern suburb of Pretoria. The church is affiliated with The Christian Network (TCN). Hatfield Christian Church is one of the largest churches in Pretoria, with an estimated attendance exceeding 5,000. The senior pastor is Francois van Niekerk, who has pastored the church since 1998, taking over from the late pastor Ed Roebert.

Located at -25.7973, 28.2774 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Churches in South Africa

CSIR International Convention Centre

The CSIR International Convention Centre (CSIR ICC) is a convention centre in Pretoria/Tshwane, South Africa. The Centre is situated in the east of South Africa’s Capital City within the research, academic and ambassadorial hub of Tshwane and is on the grounds of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). With a R35m upgrade and expansion, the CSIR ICC now has 12 venues, including a 1000 square metre exhibition hall, outdoor alfresco dining deck.

Located at -25.7531, 28.2767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Convention centres in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Pretoria

Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden

The Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden was established in 1934 and is managed by the University of Pretoria. Although the Garden was originally established to support research and conservation of indigenous plants, the Garden is open to the public.

Located at -25.7519, 28.2289 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Botanical gardens in South Africa, University of Pretoria

Embassy of Colombia, Pretoria

The Embassy of Colombia in Pretoria is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Colombia to the Republic of South Africa; it is headed by the Ambassador of Colombia to South Africa. It is located in the Hillcrest suburb of Pretoria, near the University of Pretoria, the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, and the South African Department of Communications, precisely at 177 Dyer Road at the intersection of Lynnwood Road.

Located at -25.7584, 28.2398 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Diplomatic missions of Colombia, Diplomatic missions in Pretoria, Colombia–South Africa relations