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Pretoria itself was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, who named it after his father Andries Pretorius. The elder Pretorius had become a national hero of the Voortrekkers after his victory over the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River. Andries Pretorius also negotiated the Sand River Convention (1852), in which Britain acknowledged the independence of the Transvaal. It became the capital of the South African Republic (ZAR) on 1 May 1860. The founding of Pretoria as the capital of the South African Republic can be seen as marking the end of the Boers' settlement movements of the Great Trek. |
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Lynnwood is an upmarket suburb located in Pretoria East. It lies just beyond Hatfield, Waterkloof and Brooklyn next to the N1 highway. Lynnwood is within close proximity of the University of Pretoria_UNISA, CSIR which is one of the leading scientific and technology research and development organisations in Africa, Menlyn Shopping Centre, Brooklyn Mall and Hatfield Square.
The National Botanical Gardens are literally just around the corner from Lynnwood and is a must see! There are plenty of different plant and bird species to explore while wandering on the nature trails.
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Lynnwood is the transitional area between the Highveld and the Bushveld, approximately 50 kilometres north of Johannesburg in the estern part of Pretoria. It lies in a warm, well sheltered, fertile valley, surrounded by the hills of the Magaliesberg range, 1,370 m (4,495 ft) above sea level. |
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Lynnwood has a subtropical climate with long, hot summers and short cool winters. The average annual temperature is 18.74OC. This is rather high considering its relatively high altitude of 1340 metres and is due to a combination of its sheltered valley position that acts as a heat trap and also cuts off cold southerly and south-easterly winds for much of the year. Snow is an extremely rare event, which occurs once or twice in a century. |
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