Pretoria West
Pretoria West is a suburb of Pretoria, South Africa, situated 8.1 kilometres from the city centre. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 11,535.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Pretoria, South Africa
- Also known as: “Pretoria-West”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pilditch Stadium and Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital.
Pilditch Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pilditch Stadium is a multi-use stadium in the show grounds complex of Pretoria city, situated at the Northern part of the Gauteng province in South Africa.
Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Cvanrooyen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weskoppies is a public psychiatric hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng. It is situated to the west of the city centre and was built on the site of the old botanical gardens.
Heroes’ Acre, Pretoria
Cemetery
Photo: PHParsons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Heroes' Acre is a section of Church Street Cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. It was established in 1867, and contains the graves of renowned citizens and public figures.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pretoria and Danville.
Pretoria
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, is in Gauteng. Its wide avenues are lined with purple-flowered jacaranda trees and stately architecture.
Danville
Suburb
Danville is a predominantly Black suburb, to the west of central Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Danville is situated 3 km west of Pretoria West.
Capital Park
Suburb
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capital Park is one of Pretoria's oldest and first suburbs and lies approximately 4 km north of the historic Church Square, behind the Pretoria National Zoo. Capital Park is situated 4 km northeast of Pretoria West.
Pretoria West
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: City of Tshwane, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-25.74947° or 25° 44′ 58″ southLongitude
28.15681° or 28° 9′ 25″ eastElevation
1,311 metres (4,301 feet)Open location code
5G6C7524+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 262715073OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to French—“Pretoria West” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Pretoria-Wes”
- Danish: “Pretoria West”
- French: “Pretoria West”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pretoria West”. Photo: PHParsons, CC BY-SA 3.0.