South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA.

Pretoria.:  SOUTH AFRICA.
 What a nice surprise today in my mailbox...a "Greetings from" card from a friend in South Africa..I really like this series of cards with their facts and figures..I am collecting as many as I can from Country of origin.
 Thank you so much Leone for sending this card for me..
 Posted Pretoria : 29 October 2015 Arrived Sydney 14 November : Traveled 15 days.

"GREETINGS From"... SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA : covers a land area of 1,221,037 KL2.:  The Capital City is Pretoria.:
POPULATION.: of South Africa is 54, 956,900.inhabitants.
SYMBOL of South Africa is The Springbok.. The famous South African rugby team carries this name.
CAPITALS: South Africa has 3 Capitals :CAPE TOWN :( Legislative: ) PRETORIA: ( Administrative ),
and BLOEMFONTEIN ( Judicial ).
WINE :  ROUTE 62 , South Africa's Cape Winelands have around 560 wineries and over 4,400 primary producers.Included in Th e Cape Winelands region is Route 62 The longest wine route in the world.
FAMOUS SOUTH AFRICANS :include Nelson Mandella , Charlize Theron , Dave Matthews , and John Maxwell Coetzee
SHIPWRECKS : There are more than 2,000 shipwrecks dating back at least 500 years off the South African coastline.
FALLS :The Tugela Falls is the second highest falls in the world where the water tumbles down 948 Meters.
WILD NATURE:  South Africa has  Deserts , Mountains , Escarpments , Plateaus , Grasslands ,  Bush ,  Wetlands and Sub-Tropical forrests that support its many and varied forms of wildlife.
POSTCROSSING.: There are over 1600 post crossing members in South Africa.