Pretoria
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Foundation of a Town in Tshwane
Pretoria was founded in August 1853 by the merger of two farms, and declared a town on 16 November 1855. Already in 1860, it became capital of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek (ZAR) – commonly known as the Transvaal. It has always been an important place of South African history ever since.
Figure 1: Church Square, in the centre of Pretoria, in June 2012.