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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Cape Town
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3,433,441
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2020
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Johannesburg
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2,026,469
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2020
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Pretoria
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1,619,438
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2020
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| 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
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| Currency: |
1 rand (R$) = 100 cents |
| Holiday: |
Freedom Day is 27 April (1994), Settlers' Day is the first Monday is September |
Average Daily Temperature
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| January: |
°C / 71.30°F |
| July: |
°C / 52.30°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 26.4" |
Boundaries
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Botswana
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1,840 km
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Lesotho
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909 km
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Namibia
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855 km
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Mozambique
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491 km
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Swaziland
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430 km
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Zimbabwe
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225 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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African
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77.00%
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European
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10.00%
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Mixed ethnicity
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9.00%
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South Asian
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4.00%
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Religions
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Christian
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68.00%
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indigenous beliefs and animist
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28.50%
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Muslim
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2.00%
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Hindu
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1.50%
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CountryWire
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