 AREA
1,221,307 sq km |
POPULATION
42.7 million |
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
English, Afrikaans, isiNdebele, isiZulu, isiXhosa,
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, SiSwati,
Tshivenda, Xitsonga |
PROVINCES
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CAPITALS
Bloemfontein (Judicial)
Cape Town (Legislative)
Pretoria (Administrative) |
MAIN CITIES
Johannesburg
Durban |
GDP
$160 billion (2003)
Growth rate: 1.9% (2003 est)
Per capita purchasing power parity: $10,700 (2003 est) |
CURRENCY
1 Rand = 100 cents |
NATURAL RESOURCES
gold, vermiculite, vanadium, ferrochromium, chrome, alumino-silictes, platinum, zirconium, titanium, manganese, diamonds |
INDUSTRIES
Mining, Automobile assembly, Metal Working, Machinery, Textile, Iron and Steel, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Foodstuffs |
MAIN EXPORTS
Gold, Other minerals and metals, Agricultural products, Motor vehicles and parts |
MAIN TRADING PARTNERS
UK, US, Japan, Germany, China, Italy |
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