name: Republic of South Africa area: 1,221,037 km² population: 52,991,300 density: 42.4/km² government style: Parliamentary republic capital: Pretoria (741,651), Cape Town (3,740,026), Bloemfontein (256,185) main towns: Johannesburg, Soweto, Durban, Port-Elizabeth, Tembisa, Umlazi main religion: Christian, Animist main languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Zulu, Xhosa highest point: Mafadi (3,450 m) currency: Rand (0,15 USD) |