Autumn in South Africa II
photo by Geof Wilson

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(Pretoria - Administrative
Cape Town - Legislative
Bloemfontein - Judicial)
There are 11 official languages:-
Afrikaans
English
Ndebele
Xhosa
Zulu
Sepedi
Sesotho
Setswana
Swati
Tshivenda
Xitsonga
- Rand (ZAR)
Areatotal: 1,219,912 km2
land: 1,219,912 km2
water: 0 km2
Callingcode+27
Electricity220-240V/50HZ (South Africa plug)
GovernmentRepublic
Population48,782,756 (July 2008 est.)
ReligionChristian 68% (includes most whites and "Coloureds", about 60% of Blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous beliefs, animist, other religions and people without religion 28.5%
TimezoneUTC+2
Tld.za