Location: |
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa |
Size: |
1,219,912 sq. km.
(just under twice the size of Texas)
Elevation varies from
sea level to 3,408 meters |
Population: |
43,997,828 (July 2007
est.)
* 0-14 years: 29.1%
* 15-64 years: 65.5%
* 65+ years: 5.4%
Median age: 24.3 years
Life expectancy: 42.45 years
HIV / AIDS: 21.5% |
|
Various Christian 36%
None 15.1%
Zion Christian 11.1%
Pentecostal / Charismatic 8.2%
Catholic 7.1%
Methodist 6.8%
Dutch Reformed 6.7
Anglican 3.8%
Other 3.7%
Muslim 1.5% |
Language: |
IsiZulu
IsiXhosa
Afrikaans
Sepedi
English
Setswana
Sesotho
Xitsonga
Other |
Government: |
Republic |
Capital: |
Pretoria (Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center) |
Independence: |
31 May 1910 (from UK)
(note: South Africa became a republic in 1961) |
