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GeographyLocation: Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
Area: Land boundaries: total 4,750 km, Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 855 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km Coastline: 2,798 km
PeoplePopulation:
Age structure:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: 33.39 births/1,000 population Death rate: 7.42 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 45.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.35 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: black 75.2%, white 13.6%, Colored 8.6%, Indian 2.6% Religions: Christian (most whites and Coloreds and about 60% of blacks), Hindu(60% of Indians), Muslim 2% Languages: eleven official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial) Independence: 31 May 1910 (from UK) Constitution: 27 April 1994 (interim constitution, replacing the constitution of3 September 1984)
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $194.3 billion National product real growth rate: 2% National product per capita: $4,420 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9% Unemployment rate: 32.6%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |