South Africa: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About South Africa

Population

With a birth growth rate at 2.86%, the median age is 16.90 years. There are 55,654,000 inhabitants, or 0.75% of the population of planet earth.

Economy

It is ranked 31# in the world with a GDP of $419,015,018,371 USD in 2021. In this country a Big Mac is worth 39.90R (around $2.34 USD). The sign for the local currency is R (ZAR).

Education

This country offers several reputable universities like University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, Stellenbosch University, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Pretoria.

Geography

Country territory measures 1,221,037 km², a postcode system isn't employed and the main cities are: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Strandfontein, George Local Municipality. The inhabitants speak the following languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, South, Pedi, Sotho, Southern, Swati, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu. Pretoria serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe.

Culture

Example of famous dishes in this country: Bobotie. This nation has UNESCO World Heritage Sites: iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa, Robben Island, Cape Floral Region Protected Areas, Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape.

Good to know

The country's websites have the domain name ".za", telephone numbers begin with +27, the country's ISO code is ZA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa is a good place to find out more details on this country.

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