my country pp

By: Bernice van de Venter

Index

• Environmental factors of Pretoria.• Graphics of Environmental factors.• Historical factors of Pretoria.• Graphics of historical factors.• Statistics/Population of Pretoria.• Graphics of the city.

Environmental factors of Pretoria

• Pretoria is very near to large gold mines, and that could probably be one of the reasons why it became a city.

• There are two oceans next to South Africa. Pretoria is not very far from the Indian Ocean and the Orange River running through South Africa.

• South Africa has lots of corn and Cape Town a few hours away from Pretoria was the home of many traders.

• Pretoria had many minerals, not only gold.

Graphics

Historical factors of Pretoria

• South Africa was found by the Dutch, European’s and some more.

• Before the Europeans came to South Africa San Bushmen (Koi San) roamed free on the wild grounds of Pretoria and the rest of South Africa.

• The Dutch made a big influence on our language and culture. Jan van Riebeeck opened a trade place in Cape Town.

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Statistics/Population of Pretoria.

• South Africa has 11 official languages and all of them are spoken in Pretoria.

• Pretoria has 4 main races.

• South Africa has lots of different religions.

Graphics of Pretoria

My sources

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