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Region: Africa

Capital: Pretoria

Population: 48,529,676

Area Total: 1,219,912

Area Land: 1,219,912

Climate: Mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights.
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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Cape Town 3,433,441 2020
Johannesburg 2,026,469 2020
Pretoria 1,619,438 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Africa
Population: 48,529,676
Area Total: 1,219,912km2
Area Land: 1,219,912km2
Coast Line: 2,798km
Capital: Pretoria
Climate: Mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights.
Languages: Official LanguagesAfrikaans
English
Ndebele
Pedi
Sotho
Swazi
Tsonga
Tswana
Venda
Xhosa
Zulu
Currency: 1 rand (R$) = 100 cents
Holiday: Freedom Day is 27 April (1994), Settlers' Day is the first Monday is September


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 71.30°F
July: °C / 52.30°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 26.4"


Boundaries
Botswana 1,840 km
Lesotho 909 km
Namibia 855 km
Mozambique 491 km
Swaziland 430 km
Zimbabwe 225 km


Ethnic Divisions
African 77.00%
European 10.00%
Mixed ethnicity 9.00%
South Asian 4.00%


Religions
Christian 68.00%
indigenous beliefs and animist 28.50%
Muslim 2.00%
Hindu 1.50%

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