GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICA

Capital		·       Pretoria (executive) ·       Bloemfontein (judicial) ·       Cape Town (legislative)
Largest city		Johannesburg (2006)[2]
Official languages		[Note 1] 11 languages[show]
Ethnic groups ([3][Note 2])		·       79.2% Black African ·       8.9% Coloured ·       8.9% White ·       2.5% Indian or Asian ·       0.5% other
Demonym		South African
Government		Constitutionalparliamentary republic
-	President	Jacob Zuma
-	Deputy President	Kgalema Motlanthe
-	NCOP chairman	Mninwa J. Mahlangu
-	Speaker of the National Assembly	Max Sisulu
-	Chief Justice	Mogoeng Mogoeng
Legislature		Parliament
-	Upper house	National Council of Provinces
-	Lower house	National Assembly
Independence from the United Kingdom
-	Union	31 May 1910
-	Statute of Westminster	11 December 1931
-	Republic	31 May 1961
Area
-	Total	1,221,037 km2 (25th) 471,443 sq mi
-	Water (%)	negligible
Population
-	2013 estimate	52,981,991[4] (25th)
-	2011 census	51,770,560[3]:18
-	Density	42.4/km2 (169th) 109.8/sq mi