South African geography
People of South Africa
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What is the capital of South Africa?
Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein
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What is the population of South Africa?
80% African
20% European, mixed race or Indian
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What colors does the South African flag have?
Black,Yellow,White,Blue,Green
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Where is South Africa located?
The southern tip of the continent of Africa, along both the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean
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What is the language situation in South Africa?
South Africa has 11 official languages and a multilingual population fluent in at least two.
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What is the nickname of South Africa? Why?
Rainbow nation
The South Africans call themselves a rainbow nation due to the unity of various cultural, racial, or ethnic groups seen in the country.
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What are the national symbols of South Africa?
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What are the South African inventions?
A cat scan machine, the Kreepy Krauly, q20 and Biltong
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What is the currency of South Africa?
The South African rand (ZAR) is the currency of South Africa
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What are the provinces of South Africa? Can you name any other big cities?
South Africa’s nine provinces are the Eastern Cape, the Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, the Northern Cape, North West and the Western Cape.
Cities: Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth
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Who are the most well-known South Africans?
- Nelson Mandela, former President, Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1993
- Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX
- Charlize Theron, the Academy Award-winning actress and UN Messenger of Peace
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What is Apartheid?
Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law.