| SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
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Area > Land
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1,219,912 sq km |
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[25th of 238]
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Area > Total
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1,219,912 sq km |
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[31st of 250]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Capital city with population
Pretoria (official) - est. 1,000,000; Cape Town (legislative) - 2,893,251; Bloemfontein (judicial) - 369,568 |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Climate
mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites. |
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Forested Land
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7.3% |
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[155th of 193]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Geographic coordinates
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29 00 S, 24 00 E |
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Source: FAO |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Land use > Arable land
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12.1% |
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[94th of 258]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Largest city population
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2,727,000 |
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[39th of 174]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Largest city with population
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Johannesburg - 3,225,812 |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
Location
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites. |
Map references
Africa |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Natural hazards
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prolonged droughts |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Natural resources
gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Population density
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35.6 people per sqkm |
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[160th of 256]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Population density > people per sq. km
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38.61 people/m²
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[143rd of 204]
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Source: Heal The World Foundation. |
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Precipitation
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520 mm |
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[70th of 95]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Surface area > sq. km
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1,219,090 km²
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[24th of 206]
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Njesuthi |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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