GENERAL DESCRIPTION
South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent, marked by several distinct ecosystems. Inland safari destination Kruger National Park is populated by big game. The Western Cape offers beaches, lush winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, craggy cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope, forest and lagoons along the Garden Route, and the city of Cape Town, beneath flat-topped Table Mountain.
COUNTRY FACTS
POPULATION
46,923,000
CAPITAL
Pretoria (administrative): 1,209,000;
Bloemfontein (judicial): 381,000;
Cape Town (legislative): 3,103,000
GDP PER CAPITA
U.S. $10,000
LANGUAGE
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
RELIGION
Christian, indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Hindu
LIFE EXPECTANCY
53
AREA
1,219,090 square kilometers (470,693 square miles)
LITERACY PERCENT
86
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LOCATIONS EXPERIENCED
JOHANNESBURG
Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city, began as a 19th-century gold-mining settlement. Its sprawling Soweto township was once home to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Mandela’s former residence is now the Mandela House museum. Other Soweto museums that recount the struggle to end segregation include the somber Apartheid Museum and Constitution Hill, a former prison complex.
JOHANNESBURG
Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city, began as a 19th-century gold-mining settlement. Its sprawling Soweto township was once home to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Mandela’s former residence is now the Mandela House museum. Other Soweto museums that recount the struggle to end segregation include the somber Apartheid Museum and Constitution Hill, a former prison complex.
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