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Suburb in Pretoria, South Africa

Place in Gauteng, South Africa

Arcadia
Sheraton Hotel and Lukasrand Tower
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Coordinates: 25°44′46″S 28°13′16″E / 25.746°S 28.221°E / -25.746; 28.221
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Pretoria
Established	1857/8
Area
• Total	2.94 km (1.14 sq mi)
Population
• Total	23,404
• Density	8,000/km (21,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	80.2%
• Coloured	3.6%
• Indian/Asian	1.7%
• White	12.5%
• Other	1.9%
First languages (2011)
• English	18.6%
• Northern Sotho	14.0%
• Tswana	11.6%
• Afrikaans	9.6%
• Other	46.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0083
PO box	0007

Arcadia is a suburb in Pretoria, South Africa, that is known for its historical buildings, embassies and hotels. The Union Buildings and the president's residence are also situated here.

History

The land on which the suburb lies had the name originally and so it remained after the land was surveyed in 1857/58 by AF du Toit.

It is immediately east of the Pretoria CBD. The main thoroughfare is Park Street. Landmarks on Park Street are The Pretoria Art Museum in its Mid-Century Modernist building, The Gerard Moerdyk Restaurant which serves traditional colonial African fare in a house built in 1920 by this famous architect, as well as Loftus Versfeld Stadium where local and international rugby and soccer matches are played.

The Ecole Miriam Makeba, a campus of the Lycée Jules Verne French international school, is in Arcadia. The University of Pretoria is also near Arcadia. High schools in the area include Pretoria High School for Girls, Pretoria Boys High School, Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool and Pretoria Technical High School.

^ "Sub Place Arcadia". Census 2011.
Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa vol.7
Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
"Contact and access map Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine." Lycée Jules Verne. Retrieved on 18 January 2015. "Ecole Miriam Makeba 816 - 818 George Avenue Corner George & Eastwood, Eastwood – Arcadia, Pretoria"

v t e Communities of City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng
Seat: Pretoria
Cities and towns	Akasia Bronkhorstspruit Centurion Cullinan Ekangala Ga-Rankuwa Hammanskraal Kleinfontein Mabopane Mamelodi Nuwe Eersterus Onderstepoort Onverwacht Pretoria Rayton Refilwe Rosslyn Saulsville Soshanguve Temba Zithobeni	City of Tshwane within South Africa
Suburbs of Centurion	Clubview Cornwall Hill Doringkloof Eldoraigne Erasmia Heuweloord Irene Kloofsig Laudium Lyttelton Olievenhoutbosch Pierre van Ryneveld Park Rooihuiskraal Sunderland Ridge The Reeds Zwartkop
Suburbs of Pretoria	Arcadia Atteridgeville Booysens Brooklyn Capital Park Chantelle Colbyn Constantia Park Danville Die Wilgers Eastwood Eersterust Elardus Park Equestria Faerie Glen Garsfontein Groenkloof Hatfield Hazelwood Kameeldrift Lady Selborne Lotus Gardens Lukasrand Lynnwood Lynnwood Glen Lynnwood Manor Lynnwood Ridge Magalieskruin Marabastad Mayville Menlo Park Montana Park Monument Park Moreleta Park Murrayfield Newlands Orchards Pretoria North Pretoria West Prinshof Queenswood Roseville Shere Silver Lakes Silverton Sinoville Sunnyside Villieria Wapadrand Waterkloof Waterkloof Glen Waterkloof Park Waterkloof Ridge Waverley Wingate Park Wonderboom Wonderboom South

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