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Karen Hastings and Carri Wilbanks
Pretoria is also the administrative capital of South Africa, sharing capital city status with Cape Town and Bloemfontein. The city lies about 55 kilometers from Johannesburg, yet the two cities seem a world apart.
Pretoria is a city of civil servants, diplomats, and trim and tidy residential districts with a large population of Afrikaners. It is also an important industrial town and an educational and cultural hub. The University of Pretoria was founded in 1930, and UNISA, the University of South Africa, is one of the largest open universities in the world.
Top things to do include checking out the city's many historic buildings, monuments, and museums, as well as its beautiful botanical gardens and nature reserves, some of which offer excellent game-viewing opportunities just a short drive from the city center. For more ideas on the best places to visit, see our list of the top tourist attractions in Pretoria. Read the full travel article here.
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