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 | Republic of South Africa
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| Location: |
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa |
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| Area: |
1,219,912 sq km
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| Climate: |
mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights |
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| Terrain: |
vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain |
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| Population: |
43,426,386 (July 1999 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), traditional and animistic 28.5% |
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| Languages: |
11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu |
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| Capital: |
Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial) |
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