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Time Zone: UK+2

Capital City: Pretoria, Cape Town

Major Cities: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg

International Airports: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg

Languages: English, Afrikaans, many African languages including Xhosa and Zulu

Area: 471,008 sq miles. 1,219,912 sq kilometres

Population: 44 million

Telephone Code: 27

Climate: Varies from temperate to subtropical. In Gauteng (Johannesburg area) summers are hot with showers; winter evenings can be cold. Kwazulu/Natal (Durban area) has hot humid summers and moderate winters. Cape Town in the Western Cape Province has a Mediterranean climate with most rainfall during winter. The rest of the country, including the rest of the Cape Provinces, has most rainfall during the summer, with the E and S coastal regions tending to be wetter. The W coast and Karoo are semidesert.

Currency: Rand (ZAR 1 = 100 cents).

Notes: ZAR: 10, 20, 50, 100, 200.

Coins: ZAR: 1, 2, 5. Cents: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50.

Electricity: 220/230/250V AC 50Hz

Hotel Classification: Hotels are voluntarily graded in categories from 1 star up to 5 star, the latter being de luxe category. They can also be awarded additional bronze or silver qualifications to their star grading to reflect superior levels of service, hospitality, style and quality of furnishings, etc. This latter refinement, however, is not shown under our "Category" heading but may be referred to in the description. Where a property is unclassified, our usual arbitrary categories of £ up to £££££ are given, based on rack rates, facilities and perceived quality which equate to the 1- to 5-star system. These categories serve only to compare relative standards within any given area.

UK Tourist Office: South African Tourism

5/6 Alt Grove, Wimbledon

London SW19 4DZ

Tel: 020 8971 9350; 0870 155 0044 (enquiries)

Fax: 020 8944 6705

E-mail: info@south-african-tourism.org

Website: www.south-african-tourism.org

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