LOCATION:
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the
African continent
POPULATION:
44,187,637 (July 2006 est.)
CLIMATE:
Mostly semiarid, subtropical along east coast,
sunny days, cool nights
GDP (PURCHASING POWER PARITY):
$533.2 billion (2005 est.)
CAPITAL:
Pretoria, with Cape Town as the legislative
center and Bloemfontein the judicial center
NATURAL RESOURCES:
Gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese,
nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds,
platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas
