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South Africa Geostats
Official Name: Republic of South Africa.
Passport/Visa Requirements: All foreign nationals need a passport, valid for six months after the intended date of departure.
Reconfirm travel documentation requirements with your carrier before departure.
Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial).
Population: 44,344,136.
Languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Pedi, English, Tswana, Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, Nedebele.
Predominant Religions: Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Animist.
Time Zone: 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+2 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is not observed.
Voltage Requirements: 220 volts.
Telephone Codes: 27, country code; 21, city code for Cape Town; 11, city code for Johannesburg; 12, city code for Pretoria.
South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its long coastline stretching more than 2,500km from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast southwards around the tip of Africa and then north to the border with subtropical Mozambique on the Indian Ocean. South Africa is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is one of the most socially, economically and infrastructurally developed countries on the continent of Africa.
