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

latitude: -34.65193 / longitude: 27.31171

General information

Culture

You can find some UNESCO listed places: 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.

Education

Well known universities are: 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. You need to pay 39.90R (corresponding to $2.34 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. In 2021 the GDP was $419,015,018,371 USD, which ranks it number 31 in the world.

Geography

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

Population

This country represents 0.75% of the world's population with about 55,654,000 individuals. With a birth growth rate at 2.86%, the median age is 16.90 years.

Good to know

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

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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