Name: Republic of South AfricaGained Independence: 1910 (from UK)
Land Mass: 471,443 square miles (slightly smaller than combined size of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico)
Borders: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland; with Lesotho wholly contained within the territory of South Africa
Per Capita Income: $10,243
Languages: 11 official and eight unofficial, but primarily spoken are Zulu, Xhosa, and Afrikaans
Currency: South African Rand (ZAR), current trading at approx. $0.127 or $1 = 7.85 ZAR
Population: 49.3 million (79% Black, 9% White, 9% Colored, 3% Asian)
Capital: Pretoria
FIFA World Cup: June 11-July 11, 2010
Expected Tourists: 350,000
No. Countries: 32
No. Matches: 64
No. Cities: 9 (Johannesburg, Rustenburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Polokwane, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth, and Bloemfontein)
No. Venues: 10 (two in Johannesburg)
No. Tickets: 2.5 million sold to date out of 3 million available
Seating Capacity of Johannesburg-Soccer City (venue for World Cup Final Match): 94,700
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