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Metsweding District Municipality

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Metsweding District Municipality, South Africa
Metsweding District Municipality, South Africa. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About Metsweding District Municipality

Tshwane is the metro area that includes Pretoria, Centurion and other nearby areas.

Metsweding District Municipality travel guide

See

Tswaing Meteorite Crater, Old Soutpan Road (30 km north of Onderstepoort), ☏ +27 12 790-2302. A very well preserved meteor crater some 200 000 years old and 1km in diameter. South African Airforce Museum, SAAF Museum, AFB Swartkop (Take exit 6 Centurion from the N14/Ben Schoeman freeway and follow the M24/Snake Road west towards Valhala. At the intersection with the R101/Jan Smuts Drive, turn left. The museum is on your right.), ☏ +27 12 351-2153, fax: +27 12 351-2346. M-F 10AM-3:30PM; Sa 10AM-12:30PM. free.

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Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, ☏ +27 12 326-0742. Operated by the CSIR as NASA Deep Space Station 51 from 1961 to 1974. Now operating as a radio astronomy observatory. Pretoria Skydiving Club, Pretoria, ☏ +27 12 543-0377, [email protected]. Skydiving

Buy

Coin World (Take exit 121 from the N1 South to the R101 Old Pretoria Road, the Mint is on your right.), ☏ +27 12 677-2460. Shop at the South African Mint for Kruger Rands and gold jewellery. Before going shopping, have breakfast at Café Burgundy's and watch buck and ostrich walk past.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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