- Capitals:
- Pretoria (administrative)
- Cape Town (legislative)
- Bloemfontein (judicial)
- Major Cities
- Johannesburg
- Durban
- Major Geographical Features
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Orange River
- Kalahari Desert
- Cape of Good Hope
- Official Name: Republic of South Africa
- Religion: various Christian faiths
- Languages:
- Afrikaans (official)
- English (official)
- Ndebele (official)
- Pedi (official)
- Sepedi (official)
- Sesotho (official)
- Swazi (official)
- Tsonga (official)
- Tswana (official)
- Venda (official)
- Xhosa (official)
- Zulu (official)
- 1806: Settled by the British
- 1867: Diamonds discovered
- 1886: Gold discovered
- 1990s: Apartheid rule ends
- Apartheid was the system of racial segregation in South Africa
- 1994-1999: Nelson Mandela serves as president. He was the first black South African to hold that office
- Independence: 1910 from Great Brittain
- Government: republic
- Currency: rand
- Two Texases are slightly larger than South Africa
- Literacy: 86.2%
- Climate: Dry Mid-Latitude (Grassland)
- Completely surrounds Lesotho, almost completely surrounds Swaziland
- Hosted the 2010 World Cup
- Richest and most modern nation in Africa
- Also called the "Rainbow Nation"
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