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  1. Date of Independence: May 31, 1910
  2. Date of Current Constitution: February 3, 1999
  3. Population: 43,426,386 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 470,689 sq. mi. 
  5. Capital: Cape Town (legislative), Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial)
  6. Form of Government: federal republic with bicameral parliament 
  7. Main Industries: mining, steel, chemicals, fertilizers, vehicles, machinery, textiles
  8. Agriculture: corn, grains, potatoes, sugar, fruit, tomatoes, grapes
  9. Natural Resources: almost all essential commodities including, gold, platinum, antimony
  10. Currency: rand
  11. GDP: $290.6 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $6,800 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, North Sotho, South Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu (all are official languages)
  14. Religions: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam
  15. Literacy Rate: 82%
  16. Life Expectancy:    53 years (male)
  17.                 57 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 26 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 13 deaths per 1,000 population