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South Africa
Full country name:
Republic of South Africa
Area:
1,242,040 sq km
Population:
43,421,021
Capital city
Cape Town (legislative) (pop. about 2.35 million) and Pretoria (administrative) (pop. about 1.1 million)
People:
black 75.2%, white 13.6%, Colored 8.6%, Indian 2.6%
Language:
11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Religion
Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%
