South Africa Facts & Information

Location	Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
Climate	Mostly semiarid, subtropical along east coast, sunny days, cool nights
Terrain	Vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain
Population	44,344,136
Nationality	South African
Ethnic groups	Black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5%
Religions	Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%
Languages	IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%
Government Type	Republic
Capital	Pretoria
Currency	Rand (ZAR)
Description of Flag	Two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band which splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes
South Africa Flag

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