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A little Fact
about South Africa |
DID YOU KNOW?
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Country (long form) |
Republic of South Africa |
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Capital |
Pretoria;
note - Cape Town is the legislative
center and Bloemfontein the judicial
center |
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Total Area |
471,010.66 sq mi
1,219,912.00 sq km
(slightly less than twice the size
of Texas) |
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Population |
44,819,779 (latest est.) |
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Estimated Population in 2050 |
32,538,704 |
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Languages |
11 official languages, including
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi,
Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda,
Xhosa, Zulu |
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Literacy |
81.8% total, 81.9% male, 81.7%
female (1995 est.) |
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Religions |
Christian 68% (includes most whites
and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks
and about 40% of Indians), Muslim
2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians),
indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5% |
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Life Expectancy |
47.64 male, 48.56 female (2001 est.) |
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Government Type |
Republic |
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Currency |
1 rand (R) = 100 cents |
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GDP (per capita) |
$8,500 (2000 est.) |
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Industry |
mining (world's largest producer of
platinum, gold, chromium),
automobile assembly, metalworking,
machinery, textile, iron and steel,
chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs |
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Agriculture |
corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits,
vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton,
wool, dairy products |
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Arable Land |
10% |
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Natural Resources |
gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron
ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates,
tin, uranium, gem diamonds,
platinum, copper, vanadium, salt,
natural gas |
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