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South África

Capital: Pretoria

(1,541,300 population)

Other importan cities:Johannesburgo (1,675,200 population)Durban (2,396,100 population) Cape Town (3,140,600 population)

Geography:South Africa, on the continent's southern tip, is bordered by the

Atlantic Ocean on the west and by the Indian Ocean on the south and east. Its neighbors are Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, and Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast

Total Area: 471,008 sq mi (1,219,912 sq km)

Ethnicity:Black African 79% White 9.6% Colored 8.9% Indian/Asian 2.5%

History: The San people were the first settlers; the Khoikhoi and

Bantu-speaking tribes followed. The Dutch East India Company landed the first European settlers on the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, launching a colony that by the end of the 18th century numbered only about 15,000. Known as Boers or Afrikaners, and speaking a Dutch dialect known as Afrikaans, the settlers as early as 1795 tried to establish an independent republic.

Nelson MandelaMandela awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

First black president in South Africa.

Flora and Fauna

Languages: Zulu 23.8% Afrikaans 13.3%Sepedi 9.4%English 8.2% Sesotho 7.9% Xitsonga 4.4 % Other 7.2%

Religion:

Zion Christian 11%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8%, Catholic 7%, Methodist 7%, Dutch Reformed 7%, Anglican 4%, Christian 36%, Islam 2%, none 15%

President:Jacob Zuma ( Since 2009)

Population:49,109,107 (growth rate: –0.05%) Currency: Birth rate: 19.6/1000 Rand Infant mortality rate: 43.7/1000 Life expectancy: 49.2 Density per sq mi: 93

Economy$495.1 billion; per capita $10,100. Real growth rate: –

1.8%. Inflation: 7.2%. Unemployment: 24%. Agriculture:

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.

Natural sources: gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese,

nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas.

Major trading partners: U.S., UK, Japan, Germany, Netherlands,

China, France, Saudi Arabia, Iran

Universities Rhodes

UniversityUniversity of Petroria

University of South Africa

Sports:Soccer, Rugby, Cricket.

Transportation:Train, bus, car, airplane, ships.

FoodPotjiekos:"small pot food", is a stew prepared outdoors in a traditional round,

cast iron, three-legged pot. This one is being cooked on a barbecue.

Wildlife meat with traditional

sauce in the jars in the front

Team Members Dulce María Mata Sariñana

José Rafael Soto Pérez Jesús Barrera Villarreal

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