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Article: Travel and Tourism in South Africa.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Country Reports
- Article date:
- June 22, 2002
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SOUTH AFRICA
Capital: Pretoria (administrative); Blomemfontein (judicial); (legislative)
Population: 43.1 million
Climate: Temperate South coast; tropical northeast.
Languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Pedi, English, Tswana, Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, Ndebele
Total Area: 1,221,037 square kilometres
Ethnic Groups: 77% black, 10% white (of which 60% Afrikaner descent, rest British), 8% mixed race, 2.5% Indian, Asian descent