South Africa : Wiki, Area, Biography, Location, Currency, Festivals & More

Country	South Africa
Continent	African
Location	30.5595° S, 22.9375° E
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Area	1,221,037 million km²
Coastline	2,500 kilometres
Neighboring Countries	Namibia Zimbabwe Lesotho Botswana Mozambique Swaziland
Time Zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Population	54.96 million (2015)
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South Africa Independence Day	May 31, 1910, But they celebrates their Independence on Apirl 27, 1994
South Africa Republic Day	31 May 1961
President of South Africa	Jacob Zuma
National Anthem	‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’ (God Bless Africa) and ‘Die Stem van Suid-Afrika’ (The Call of South Africa)
National Animal	Springbok
National Bird	Blue crane
National Reptile	Crocodiles of Kruger
National Fish	Galjoen
National Flower	Protea
National Tree	Yellowwood
National Game	Rugby
National Colour	Black, Gold, Green, White, Chilli Red and Blue. (Flag Colours)
Official Languages	English Southern Sotho Tsonga Afrikaans Tswana Swati Zulu Northern Sotho Ndebele Xhosa Venda South African English
Season in South Africa	Most probably Summer (mid-October to mid- February)
Religions in South Africa	Christianity Islam Hinduism Bahá’í Faith Judaism
Capital	Pretoria Bloemfontein Cape Town
Number of States	9 States / 9 Provinces Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga Northern Cape North West Western Cape
Largest State	Eastern Cape
Smallest State	Gauteng
Largest City	Johannesburg
Longest Railway route	Sishen–Saldanha railway line
Type of Government	Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Republic
GDP	$326.541 billion
GDP per capita	$5,859
Total number of political parties in South Africa	13 parties
Currency	South African rand (ZAR)
Calling Code	+27
Internet TLD (Top Level Domain)	.za
ISO 3166 code	ZA
Festivals of South Africa	Dance Umbrella Up the Creek Prickly Pear Festival Cape Town International Jazz Festival Lambert’s Bay Kreeffees The Rotary River Festival Scifest Africa Tonteldoos Country Festival Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees AfrikaBurn
Monument	Taal Monumnet Huguenot Memorial
Biggest Water fall	Tugela Fall (by height 948 m)
Longest river	Orange River
Largest lake	Lake Chrissie
Highest Mountain	Kilimanjaro
Biggest Airport	OR Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Biggest Dam	Gariep Dam
Tallest building	Ponte City apartments (173 m, Johannesburg)
Coolest Place	Cape town & Cape Peninsula
Best place to visit	Cape twon Kruger National Park Table Mountain National Park Durban Port Elizabeth Pilanesberg Game Reserve Knysna Stellenbosch
Richest person of South Africa	Nicky Oppenheimer
Official Website	http://www.gov.za/