Capital City
Pretoria (official); Bloemfontein (judicial)
and Cape Town (legislative)
Population
44,187,637 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 29.7% (male 6,603,220/female 6,525,810)
15-64 years: 65% (male 13,955,950/female 14,766,843)
65 years and over: 5.3% (male 905,870/female 1,429,944) (2006 est.)
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +2
Languages
Zulu (official)
Xhosa (official)
Afrikaans (official)
English (official)
Tswana (official)
Sotho, Southern (official)
Swati (official)
South Ndebele (official)
Religion
Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and traditional
religions
Currency
Rand (R)
Prices
kilo of mangoes: R6.00
can of Black Label beer: R7.00
36 exposure film: R43.00
street snack (roasted mealie): R2.00
surfboard: R1600.00
bottle of wine: R60.00
litre of petrol: R6.70
litre of bottled water: R5.00
small bottle of beer: R7.30
hamburger and chips: R25.00
Kruger NP entry: R120.00
car hire per day: R250.00
souvenir t-shirt: R60.00
Electricity
220/230V 50HzHz
Country Dialing Code
27
Location
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent
of Africa
Area
total: 1,219,912 sq km
Land boundaries
total: 4,862 km
border countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique
491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km
Coastline
2,798 km
Climate
mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast;
sunny days, cool nights
Terrain
vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills
and narrow coastal plain
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m
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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