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

latitude: -34.65193 / longitude: 27.31171

General information

Population

With a birth growth rate at 2.86%, the median age is 16.90 years. Around 55,654,000 people live in this country, or 0.75% of all people on earth.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites: iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa, Robben Island, Cape Floral Region Protected Areas, Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape. Well known national dishes are: Bobotie.

Geography

1,221,037 kmĀ² make up the entire country, a postcode system isn't employed and the key cities are: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Strandfontein, George Local Municipality. Here are the different languages spoken in the country: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, South, Pedi, Sotho, Southern, Swati, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu. The capital of this country is Pretoria and the country has a border with Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe.

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.

Economy

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

Good to know

The domain name ".za" is used by the country's websites, the ISO code is ZA, telephone numbers begin with +27 Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa for more information about this nation.

Summary

Flag
ISO code ZA
Capital Pretoria
Population 55,654,000
World percentage 0.75%
Median age 16.90 years
Population growth rate 2.86%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, South, Pedi, Sotho, Southern, Swati, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
GDP (2021) $419,015,018,371
GDP position #31
Big Mac local price 39.90R
Big Mac USD price $2.34
Currency code ZAR
Currency symbol R
National dish Bobotie
TLD .za
Phone prefix +27
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

Regions


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