Sudafrica

daThe Republic of South Africa (also referred to as South Africa, SA or RSA) is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with 2,798kilometres of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
South Africa is multi-ethnic and has diverse cultures and languages. Eleven official languages are recognised in the constitution. Two of theselanguages are of European origin: Afrikaans, a language which originated mainly from Dutch that is spoken by the majority of white and Coloured South Africans, and South African English. ThoughEnglish is commonly used in public and commercial life, it is only the fifth most-spoken home language. All ethnic and language groups have political representation in the country's constitutional democracycomprising a parliamentary republic; unlike most parliamentary republics, the positions of head of state and head of government are merged in a parliament-dependent President.

About 79.5% of theSouth African population is of black African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages, nine of which have official status.
South Africa also contains thelargest communities of European, Asian, and racially mixed ancestry in Africa.

Society and culture
South African culture is diverse; foods from many cultures are enjoyed by all and especiallymarketed to tourists who wish to sample the large variety of South African cuisine. In addition to food, music and dance feature prominently.
Art: The oldest art objects in the world were discovered in aSouth African cave. Dating from 75,000 years ago.
South Africa was one of the cradles of the human species. One of the defining characteristics of our species is the making of art.
Literature: SouthAfrica's unique social and political history have generated a strong group of local writers, which themes that span the days of apartheid to the lives of people in the "new South Africa".

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