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| Quick Facts: South Africa | |
| Location: | Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
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| Government type: | republic
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| Capital: | Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center
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| Administrative divisions: | 9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West, Northern Cape, Western Cape
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| Population: | 42,768,678
note: South Africa took a census October 1996 that showed a population of 40,583,611 (after an official adjustment for a 6.8% underenumeration based on a postenumeration survey); estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.)
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| Languages: | 11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
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| Independence: | 31 May 1910 (from UK); note - South Africa became a republic in 1961 following an October 1960 referendum
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| Currency: | rand (ZAR)
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| Internet country code: | .za
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Pictures From South Africa
by Andy - Monday, April 05 2004 @ 11:47 pm EDT I finally finished putting together some photos from my trip to South Africa.
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Update From Durban, South Africa
by Andy - Friday, November 28 2003 @ 02:22 am EST Well I'm in Durban and almost out of time!
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Update From Storms River, South Africa
by Andy - Wednesday, November 19 2003 @ 08:42 am EST I've done quite a lot since the last update... Read on for details.
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Update From Cape Town, South Africa
by Andy - Monday, November 10 2003 @ 03:14 am EST I haven't done a lot of writing this past week, so I don't have any more stories of my adventures in Madagascar to post yet. Instead, I'll just let you know what I've been up to since the last update.
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