South Africa

South Africa Map
South Africa Map
OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of South Africa

CAPITAL: Pretoria

SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Multiparty Republic

AREA: 1,221,042 Square Kilometers (471,447 Square Miles)

ESTIMATED POPULATION: 35,718,100

LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: South Africa is located at the southern end of the African Continent. The Namibia is northwest, Botswana to the north, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland to the northeast.

PEOPLE: The population of South Africa has four big groups which are Africans, the Nguni and Sotho are the biggest group. The Whites are one of the smallest groups'The Asians are even a smaller group. Coloreds population is very small.

LANGUAGES: The main languages are Afrikaans, made from the Dutch language , English, Zulu, and Swazi.

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