South Africa

1. Population: 50 million (25th largest in the world)

2. GDP: $350 billion (27th in the world)

3. GDP Per Capita: $7,200 (64th in the world)

4. Demography: 79% black; 9% white; 9% mixed race; 3% east and south Asian

5. Official languages: 11 (Zulu, English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Xhosa, Sepedi, Sotho, Tshivenda, Tswana, Swati and Xitsonga)

6. Telephone country code: 27

7. Independence from British rule: 1931

8. Length of apartheid rule: 1948-1994

9. Form of Government: Democracy

10. Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Bloemfontein (judicial) and Cape Town (legislative)

11. Largest city: Johannesburg (accounts for 14% of SA’s GDP and 4% of Africa’s GDP)Useful websites //www.southafrica.net/ //www.sa-venues.com/