Tshwane

Tshwane,¹ whose core called Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa,² has 2.61 million metropolitan residents.³ It lies in a valley in the veldt surrounded by the Magaliesberg hills, at about 1,370 meters high. Church Square with its statue of Paul Kruger is at the city center. Buildings of note are the South African Reserve Bank (492 feet, 38 stories, 1988) and the slightly shorter ABSA Building (433 feet, 1976) with its external red express elevator for bank executives. Tourists like to visit the city in spring when 70 thousand jacaranda trees bloom.⁴

Historical Maps

External references

Skyline of Pretoria with blooming jacaranda trees in the midground, the core of the City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province, Republic of South Africa/ Afrika/ Aforika/ Afurika

Footnotes

1. The City of Tshwane was established in December, 2000.
2. Afrika or Aforika or Afurika in other official languages than English.
3. 2012 figure from world-gazetteer.com, accessed February 6, 2013.
4. Information about buildings and the jacaranda trees is from emporis.com, accessed August 31, 2016.