South Africa
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South Africa - Economy
Currency : Rand (ZAR) = 100 Cents
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 8.1 Rand (ZAR)

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 105 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 2323 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 224.12 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 4959 dollars


South Africa - Miscellaneous information
MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2002) :
- Grapefruits (7)
- Corn (9)
- Sugar cane (13)
- Oranges (13)
- Wool (7)

- Sheeps (8)
- Oxen (19)
- Gold (1)
- Diamonds (5)
- Coal (5)
- Uranium (7)
- Iron (8)
- Nickel (8)
- Phosphate (9)
- Lead (11)
- Silver (17)
- Copper (18)
- Chromium
- Vanadium
- Platinium
OTHER RESOURCES & PRODUCTS (world rank 2001) :
- Wine (9)
- Beer (8)
RECORDS :
- 2nd highest waterfall in the world = Tugela (915 m).
- South Africa has 11 official languages (world record).


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