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South Africa Country Data

Area: total: 1,219,912 sq km
land: 1,219,912 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Prince Edward Islands [Marion Island and Prince Edward Island]

Climate: mostly semiarid subtropical along east coast sunny days, cool nights

Terrain: vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain

Natural resources: gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas

Population: 43,786,115
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 28.6% [male 6,295,422/female 6,219,283]
15-64 years: 65.9% [male 14,114,838/female 14,737,791]
65 years and over: 5.5% [male 927,932/female 1,490,849] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: South African[s]
adjective: South African

Ethnic groups: black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% [2001 census]

Languages: IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% [2001 census]

Capital: name: Pretoria [administrative capital]
geographic coordinates: 25 42 S, 28 13 E
time difference: UTC+2 [7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
note: Cape Town [legislative capital] Bloemfontein [judicial capital]

National holiday: Freedom Day, 27 April [1994]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.2%
industry: 31.3%
services: 65.5% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 20.49 million economically active [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $68.2 billion
expenditures: $66.7 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables beef, poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products

Industries: mining [world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium], automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair

Exports: $76.27 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment

Exports - partners: Japan 12.1%, US 11.8%, UK 9%, Germany 7.6%, Netherlands 5.3%, China 4% [2006]

Imports: $82.12 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs

Imports - partners: Germany 12.6%, China 10%, US 7.6%, Japan 6.6%, Saudi Arabia 5.3%, UK 5% [2006]

Currency (code): rand [ZAR]

Exchange rates: rand per US dollar - 7.05 [2007], 6.7649 [2006], 6.3593 [2005], 6.4597 [2004], 7.5648 [2003]

Airports: 728 [2007]

Railways: total: 20,872 km
narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge [8,931 km electrified] 436 km 0.610-m gauge [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 2 ships [1000 GRT or over] 28,722 GRT/32,226 DWT
by type: container 1, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 [Denmark 1]
registered in other countries: 7 [Bahamas 1, Seychelles 1, UK 4, unknown 1] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay

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