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| Official Name: |
Republic of South Africa |
| Climate: |
Mostly semiarid |
| Population: |
43,426,386 |
| Capital: |
Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial) |
| Language(s): |
Principal indigenous languages: Zulu, Ndebele, Swazi, Sotho, Pedi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa.
Languages of colonial powers: English and Afrikaans |
| Major Religions: |
Christian 68%, Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), traditional and animistic 28.5% |
| Exports: |
$31.3 billion (1997 est.) – gold 20%, other minerals and metals 20%-25%, food 5%, chemicals 3% (1997) |
| Imports: |
$28 billion (1997 est.), – machinery 32%, transport equipment 15%, chemicals 11%, petroleum products, textiles, scientific instruments |
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