Pretoria, South Africa

E5262

capital city city

Pretoria, South Africa is one of the country’s three capital cities, serving as the administrative capital and a major center for government, education, and culture.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Pretoria	271
Pretoria, South Africa canonical	13
Pretoria city centre	4
Tshwane	3
Boekenhoutfontein	1
City of Pretoria	1
Hatfield, Pretoria	1
Heroes Acre, Pretoria	1
Pretoria (administrative capital of South Africa)	1
Pretoria (executive capital of South Africa)	1
Pretoria CBD	1
Pretoria Central	1
Pretoria is one of South Africa's three capital cities	1
Pretoria metropolitan area	1
Pretoria, Gauteng	1
Pretoria, South African Republic	1
Pretoria, administrative capital of South Africa	1
“Pretoria”	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city ⓘ city ⓘ
capitalType	administrative capital ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ Setswana ⓘ
contains	Loftus Versfeld Stadium ⓘ Tshwane University of Technology ⓘ UNISA main campus ⓘ Union Buildings ⓘ University of Pretoria ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
distanceFrom	about 55 km north of Johannesburg ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1350 metres above sea level ⓘ
founder	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ⓘ
foundingDate	1855 ⓘ
governingBody	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
hasAirport	Wonderboom National Airport ⓘ
historicalEvent	site of the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging (1902) ⓘ site of the signing of the Pretoria Convention (1881) ⓘ
historicalRole	capital of the South African Republic (ZAR) ⓘ
isAlsoCalled	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Tshwane
isCapitalOf	South Africa ⓘ
isMajorCenterFor	culture ⓘ education ⓘ government ⓘ
isSeatOf	Government of South Africa ⓘ Government of South Africa ⓘ surface form: The Presidency of South Africa Union Buildings ⓘ
knownFor	jacaranda-lined streets ⓘ
locatedIn	Gauteng ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ
metroPopulation	over 2 million (approximate, Tshwane metro) ⓘ
namedAfter	Andries Pretorius ⓘ
nickname	Jacaranda City ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
oneOfNationalCapitalsOf	South Africa ⓘ
partOf	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
population	over 700000 (city proper, approximate) ⓘ
region	Highveld ⓘ
role	de facto national administrative center of South Africa ⓘ seat of the executive branch of South Africa ⓘ
sharesCapitalStatusWith	Bloemfontein ⓘ Cape Town ⓘ
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ surface form: South African Standard Time
utcOffset	+2 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Transvaal ⓘ surface form: Transvaal Province

Referenced by (305)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elon Musk → placeOfBirth → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

Paul Kruger → residence → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Paul Kruger → residence → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boekenhoutfontein

South Africa → capital → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

South Africa → executiveCapital → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

South Africa → majorCity → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa → isAlsoCalled → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Pretoria

this entity surface form: Tshwane

Louis Botha → placeOfDeath → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Voortrekker Monument → locatedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Gauteng → containsCity → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Gauteng → containsCity → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tshwane

Gauteng → containsNationalCapital → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

J. B. M. Hertzog → placeOfDeath → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

D. F. Malan → workLocation → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Transvaal → capital → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Hendrik Verwoerd → burialPlace → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heroes Acre, Pretoria

Treaty of Pretoria (1881) → signedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria → locatedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria → hasNearbyLandmark → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria city centre

Paul Kruger Statue, Church Square, Pretoria → locatedInCity → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Paul Kruger Statue, Church Square, Pretoria → hasCoordinateLocation → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria city centre

Kruger House, Pretoria → locatedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Stephanus → residence → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

this entity surface form: Pretoria

President of South Africa → locatedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

2010 FIFA World Cup → hostCity → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Bloemfontein → sharesCapitalStatusWith → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Kimbal Musk → placeOfBirth → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

Johannes → residence → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Johannes Paulus Kruger

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. → basedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. → city → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

South African Reserve Bank → headquartersLocation → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Andries Pretorius → namesake → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Government of South Africa → capital → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Government of South Africa → seatOfGovernment → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Union Buildings → locatedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Union Buildings → overlooks → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria city centre

Union Buildings → near → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria CBD

Loftus Versfeld Stadium → locatedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Loftus Versfeld Stadium → city → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

University of Pretoria → locatedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

University of Pretoria → foundingLocation → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

University of Pretoria → city → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Jacaranda City → refersTo → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Jacaranda City → associatedWith → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

Jacaranda City → hasCulturalSignificanceIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Tshwane University of Technology → locatedIn → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tshwane

Highveld → contains → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

Seymour Papert → placeOfBirth → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality → contains → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria

City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality → administrativeCenter → Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria