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Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of South Africa
conventional short form: South Africa
former: Union of South Africa
abbreviation: RSA

 

Capital:

Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center

 

Location:

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

 

Area:

total: 1,219,912 sq km
land: 1,219,912 sq km
water: 0 sq km
 

 

 

 map of South Africa

Population:

42,718,530

 

Languages:

11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

 

Economy- Overview:

 

Industries:

mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textile, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs

 

Exports - commodities:

gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment (1998 est.)

 

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs (2000 est.)

 

Exchange rates:

 

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  • Trade Fairs

 

 

 

 

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