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| Pretoria is a
city located in the northern part of
Gauteng Province,
South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving
as the
executive (administrative) capital; the other two being
Cape Town
and
Bloemfontein, respectively the
legislative and
judicial
capitals. It is contained in the
City of
Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality as one of several constituent former
administrations (among which also
Centurion
and
Soshanguve), and therefore sometimes incorrectly referred to as
Tshwane — this contentious issue is still being decided as of January
2006; see the discussion further down in this article. Pretoria is an important industrial centre, with heavy industries including iron and steel casting as well as automobile, railroad and machinery manufacture. In a study entitled An Inquiry into Cities and Their Role in Subnational Economic Growth in South Africa and published in 2002 by statisticians at Potchefstroom University, the city was found to contribute 8.55% of the country's total GDP, making it the third biggest contributor behind Johannesburg and Cape Town. [2] Places of interest
Pretoria is situated in the transitional area between the Highveld and the Bushveld, approximately 50 km north of Johannesburg in the north-east of South Africa. It lies in a warm, well sheltered, fertile valley, surrounded by the hills of the Magaliesberg range, 1,370 m (4,495 ft) above sea level. The city's coordinates are approximate
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