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Greetings from SOUTH AFRICA..thank you Gaynor for this swap.. a lovely colourful card of the South African flag for my "Flags of the World series.
Posted Durban :30 June : Arrived Sydney 18 July : Traveled 18 days .Thank you Gaynor..
SOUTH AFRICA covers an area of some 1,221,037 KM 2.
POPULATION of South Africa is 54,956,900 inhabitants.
CAPITA CITIES of South Africa are: PRETORIA (Executive) BLOEMFONTEIN ( judicial ) and CAPETOWN ( legislative )
LOCATION is the Southern part of the Continent of Africa.
LANGUAGES: There are 11 official languages in South Africa.:English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Pedl, Sotha, Venda, Xhosa, Swazi , Tsonga, Tswana , and Zulu.The worlds only country that has so many different languages recognised in its constitution.
MEDICINE : The worlds very first heart transplant was performed by DR. Christian Barnard in 1967 The operation lasted approximately six hours.
FAMOUS.: The worlds largest diamond found on the 25th January 1905 The 3106 carat stone weighed 621.35 gr. and from it emerged "The Great Star of Africa "
PRODUCER : South Africa is the worlds largest producer of Platinum , Chromium and at least 41% of the worlds gold
MINE: .The Western Deep Level is the worlds deepest mine at 3,777 meters.
HISTORY : The worlds oldest meteor scar 22 mil.years The Vredefort Dome located near Pays.
OLDEST INHABITANTS : AUSTRALOPITHECINES :at least 2.5 million years ago.
HISTORY of South Africa starts at more than 100 million years ago when the first humans inhabited the region.
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