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Travel Guide, South Africa

South Africa is one of the most beautiful and most eclectic destination of the world! You have the feeling that you meet the whole world in only one country because you can see huge deserts, subtropical forests, large tableland, high mountains, impressive coastal plain, lots of animal and nature reservation and of course numbers of nice beings with every colour skin and every race you can imagine.
First Editor: Mark Thijssen
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  • When to go: All year round
  • Area: 1,219,912 km2
  • Language(s): IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census)
  • Altitude (in meters): 0
  • Telephone code (prefix): +27
  • Major exports: gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
  • Major imports: machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
  • http://www.southafrica.net

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