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Name: Republic of South Africa Climate: Subtropical to Mediterranean Location: Latitude: 22 � 35� south, longitude: 17 � 33� east Area: 1,2 million sq km (= 3.4 times the size of Germany) Provinces: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Limpopo, North-West Province, Western Cape Capital: Pretoria; population: approx. 1 million (Greater Pretoria: over 2 million) Population: 45.31 million (2002) Growth rate: approx. 2.2% (likely to drop to�� 0 because of HIV/AIDS), approx. 20% of the adult population are infected Population density: 36.4 inhabitants/sq km�� Languages: All 11 national languages are official languages: isiZulu (22.9%), isiXhosa (17.9%), Afrikaans (14.4%), sePedi (9.2%), English (8.6%), seTswana (8.2%), seSotho�(7.7%), xiTsonga (4.4%), siSwati (2.5%), tshiVenda�(2.2%), isiNdebele (1.5%), others (0.6%) Religions/Churches: Christians: 75.5%, including Independent African Churches, for example Zion Christian Church (25.74%) Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (8.9%) Roman Catholic (8.6%) Methodist Church (7.1%) Anglican Church (4%) Lutheran Church (2.6%) Other religions: at least 17.5%, including Hindu: 1.4% Muslim: 1.4% Jewish: 0.2% no religious affiliation: 5.7% System of government: Presidential democracy with federative elements; since 1999: ANC/IFP government; official Opposition: Democratic Alliance � Head of State and Government (Since 1999): Thabo Mvuyelva Mbeki (ANC), President of the Republic of South Africa. Jacob Zuma (ANC), Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa. . With friendly permission of: German Federal Foreign Office

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The Western Cape boasts two of South Africa's five World Heritage Sites: The island prison of Robben Island and the Cape Floral Kingdom.


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