South Africa Fast Facts

South Africa Fast Facts, Quick Info and Flag, South Africa Travel Information

Flag of South Africa

Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa.

Pretoria (administrative), Bloemfontein (judicial) and Cape Town (legislative).

total: 1,219,090 sq km (country comparison to the world: 25 )

2,798 km

Mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights

11 (English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Xhosa, Zulu, Sepedi, Sotho, Tshivenda, Tswana, Swati and Xitsonga)

50,586,757 (2011 estimate)

Predominantly Christian; traditional African, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish.

Rand (ZAR)

+27

UTC+2

220-240V/50HZ (South Africa plug)

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