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THE FACTS
NAME: South Africa
LOCATION: Africa & The Middle East
GOVERNMENT:   Republic
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: 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%.
MAJOR RELIGION(S):  Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%.
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: Black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5%.

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