Interesting facts about South Africa
Interesting facts about South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa.
The size of South Africa is slightly less than twice the size of Texas.
Pretoria is the administrative capital.
It consists of nine provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North-West, and Western Cape.
South Africa’s population is just over 48 million people.
The country has eleven official languages of which IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, English, Afrikaans, and Sepedi are the most widely spoken.
South Africa is the world's largest producer of gold, platinum, and chromium.
The first multi-racial elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid and ushered in a new era of democracy under the leadership of President Nelson Mandela.
