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Location:
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent
of Africa
National
Capital: Pretoria-the Administrative
Capital; Cape Town-the Legislative Capital; and
Bloemfontein-the Judicial Capital
Area:
471,008 Square Miles
Population:
44.34 million
Languages:
IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%,
Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho
7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%
Climate:
mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast;
sunny days, cool nights
Resources:
gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese,
nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds,
platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas
Reference:
South Africa
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