By: Cody Chapman South Africa

South Africa’s Physical Geography South Africa is located at the southern tip of Africa. Area of South Africa is 1,219,090 km 2,798 km is coastline It is slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Oceans Surrounding South Africa Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean

Climate of South Africa Mostly semiarid Subtropical along east cost Sunny Days Cool nights

Biomes of South Africa Forest Fynbos Grassland Nama Karoo Savanna Succulent Thicket

Terrain Vast Interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow costal plains.

Natural Resources Gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas

Land Use Arable Land- 12% Crops- .8% Other- 87% South Africa uses 14,980 km of irrigated land.

Environmental Issues Lack of rivers and lakes Ship pollution Air pollution resulting in acid rain Growth in water usage outpacing supply Pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff

Social Geography Population- 49,052,489 85% of the population can read and write. Average Schooling- 10-11 years 61% of the population is urbanized

Government Government type- Republic This type of government is very similar to ours. It has a executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The differences are that South Africa has more than two political parties. It also has three capitals. Pretoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.

Economics South Africa is a middle-income country. It has an emerging market, and is well developed financially. Daunting economic problems remain especially poverty lack of economic empowerment among the disadvantaged groups and a shortage of public transportation

Global Interaction Oil exports and imports Natural Gas imports and exports Export Partners- Japan 11.1%, US 11.1%, Germany 8%, UK 6.8%, China 6%, Netherlands 5.2% Import Partners- Germany 11.2%, China 11.1%, US 7.9%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%, Japan 5.5%, UK 4%

Conflict HIV/ AIDS Very Low growth rate High poverty areas Not a lot of arable land Prolonged Droughts

Cultural Diversity Black Africans- 79% White- 9.6% Colored- 8.9% Indian/Asian- 2.5%

Geography Large area of land Has 15,000 irrigated land Lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation South Africa completely surrounds Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Swaziland

Citizenship Democracy Government Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, 9 different languages spoken