Capital:Pretoria
Population:44,344,136
Area:1,219,912 sq km
Climate:mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights
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%
Currency:rand (ZAR)
Government:republic
Religions:Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
