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South Africa (Evan1st)
Posted: 26 Mar 2012 20.05.47


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South Africa


Capital Pretoria (executive)
Bloemfontein (judicial)
Cape Town (legislative)
Largest Johannesburg (2006)

Official language(s) 11
Afrikaans
English
Southern Ndebele
Northern Sotho
Southern Sotho
Swazi
Tsonga
Tswana
Venda
Xhosa
Zulu

Ethnic groups 79.5% Black
9.0% White
9.0% Coloured
2.5% Asian

Demonym South African

Government Constitutional parliamentary republic
- President Jacob Zuma
- Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe
- NCOP Chairman M. J. Mahlangu
- National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu
- Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng

Legislature Parliament
- Upper house National Council of Provinces
- Lower house National Assembly

Independence from the United Kingdom
- Union 31 May 1910
- Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931
- Republic 31 May 1961

Area
- Total 1,221,037 km2 (25th)
471,443 sq mi
- Water (%) Negligible

Population
- 2011 estimate 50,586,757 (24th)
- 2001 census 44,819,778
- Density 41.4/km2 (169th)
107.2/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate
- Total $555.340 billion[6]
- Per capita $10,977[6]

GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate
- Total $422.037 billion
- Per capita $8,342[6] (104th)
Gini (2009) 63.1[7] (very high) (2nd)

HDI (2011) 0.619 (medium) (123rd)

Currency Rand (ZAR)

Time zone SAST (UTC+2)

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