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  1. Administrative capital of the Republic of
  2. South Africa from 1910 and capital of
  3. Transvaal province from 1860; population
  4. (1985) 741,300. Industries include
  5. engineering, chemicals, iron, and steel.
  6. Founded 1855, it was named after Boer leader
  7. Andries Pretorius (1799-1853).
  8.