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Read guide →Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein appears alongside Pretoria and Cape Town in the consulted list of South African capitals. The source does not specify the functions assigned to each city, so check which one is relevant for a particular appointment or destination.
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- Included in the consulted list of South African capitals.
- The same list also names Pretoria and Cape Town.
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- Sudáfrica · Wikidata
- Sudáfrica · Wikidata
- South Africa · World Countries — mledoze
- South Africa · World Bank Open Data
- CRONOLOGÍA DE SUDÁFRICA: · Crossref
- CRONOLOGÍA: · Crossref
- Pretoria · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, 0142, South Africa · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Bloemfontein · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Bloemfontein, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State, 9310, South Africa · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Cape Town · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001, South Africa · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Bram Fischer International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0 (base de datos) / DbCL 1.0 (contenidos) · Bram Fischer International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0
- Pretoria · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q3926
- Bloemfontein · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q37701
- Cape Town · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q5465
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Profile updated: 07/10/2026