South Africa
Formal name:
Republic of South Africa
Capital:
Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judical) Climate:
mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights
Language:
IsiZulu (official) 23.82%, IsiXhosa (official) 17.64%, Afrikaans (official) 13.35%, Sepedi (offcial) 9.39%, English (official) 8.2%, Setswana (official) 8.2%, Sesotho (official) 7.93%, Xitsonga (official) 4.44%, siSwati (official) 2.66%, Tshivenda (official) 2.28%, isiNdebele (official) 1.59%, other 0.5% (2001 census)
Population:
49,004,031 (July 2011 est.)
Currency:
Rand (ZAR)
Telephone Code:
27
Internet Code:
.za