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Location
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Southern Africa, situated at the southern
tip of the of African continent
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Capital
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Pretoria
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Surface
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1,224,691 sq km
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Population
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42,327,460 (1997) people
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Currency
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South Africa Rand (ZAR)
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GDP
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Purchasing
power parity - $412 billion (2001 est.)
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GDP/capita
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Purchasing
power parity - $9,400 (2001 est.)
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Language
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Official: Afrikaans, English, Tsonga, Ndebele,
Sesotho, Sesotho Sa Lebowa, Swazi, Tswana,
Venda, Xhosa Zulu - Unofficial: Portuguese,
German, Dutch, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu and
others
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Religion
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Traditional African religions 17%, Dutch
ref. Protestants 16%, African Christian
13% Methodism 11%, Roman Catholic 9%, Anglican
7%, Others 27% (Christian denominations,
Hindu, Islam, Judaism)
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Government
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Republic
- State President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki succeeded
to Nelson Mandela
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Time
Zone
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GMT +2 hours
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Telecom
Code
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+27 and local 9 digit number
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Airport
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Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT)
- Durban International Airport (DUR/FADN)
- Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS)
- Lanseria International Airport (HLA/FALA)
- Pilanesburg International Airport (NTY/FAPN)
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Driving
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On left hand side of the road, license required
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Electrical
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220/230V (250V in Pretoria) 50Hz
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Political
climate
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Recovering from effect of apartheid era
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