South Africa

Geographical Data & Population

Capital:
- Financial: Johannesburg
- Political: Pretoria
30.5595° S, 22.9375° E
Surface: 1,220,000 km2
Coastline of the Atlantic and Indian Coast: 2,798 Km
Borders: 4,862 Km
- North: Botswana
- North-West: Namibia
- North-East: Mozambique and Eswatini
- Internal: Lesotho

Population (million inhabitants)	56.720
Land area (1,000 sq km)	1,220
Population density (inhabitants per sq km)	46
GDP per capita ($)	6,160

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