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Pretoria, South Africa

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    (1855- )
    Administrative capital of South Africa
    Originally called Pretoria Philadelphia or ‘Pretoria of Brotherly Love’
    Area first inhabited by African tribe Southern Transvaal Ndebele
    Founded by Marthinus Pretorius, leader of Dutch settlers who had left British-occupied Cape Colony
    Population 600,000-1,200,000 (depending on how its borders are defined)
    Largest white population of any African city

Why Pretoria, South Africa might be annoying:

    It is confusingly one of three capital cities of South Africa.
    Its founder named the city after his father whose forces had defeated thousands of Zulus at the appropriately named Battle of Blood River.
    Winston Churchill was imprisoned here during the Second Boer War.
    During apartheid citizens were officially categorized by race, with blacks and Indians being relocated to segregated residential areas far from the city’s center.
    People from here are often regarded by other South Africans as priggish and humorless.
    A proposition to change its name to ‘Tshwane’ proved controversial.

Why Pretoria, South Africa might not be annoying:

    It was attacked by the British in both the First and Second Boer Wars.
    In 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated here, and it elected its first black mayor.
    Since the end of apartheid it has a growing black middle class.
    It is a major center for Afrikaners.
    It is well known for its purple- flowering jacaranda trees.
    It is the subject of the catchy song ‘Marching to Pretoria’ (sung by both British and Boer soldiers during the Boer wars).

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 57 Votes: 64.91% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying