Facts and Statistics
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Location: Southern most tip of Africa, bordering Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km
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Capital: Pretoria
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Climate: mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights
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Population: 42,718,530
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Ethnic Make-up: black 75.2%, white 13.6%, Coloured 8.6%, Indian 2.6%
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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), indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%
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Government: republic
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Languages in South Africa
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South Africa has 11 official languages. English is the language of administration and is spoken throughout the country. The other official languages are: Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tsongo, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
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