1. By: Cody Chapman
South Africa

2. 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

3. Oceans Surrounding South Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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

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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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%

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

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

16. 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

17. 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