1 - South Africa has an area greater than that of Germany, Holland, Belgium, France and Italy together.
2 - The Apartheid (which in Afrikaans means separation) was established in 1948 after coming to power the National Party and was dismantled in 1989 by Frederik De Klerk. Nelson Mandela was released that year after suffering 27 years of imprisonment.
3 - Under apartheid blacks and whites should live in separate areas and attend different schools. Whites, in addition to winning more money than a black for the same work, were the only ones who could travel freely throughout the country, entitled to vote.
4 - For this reason South Africa was excluded for years from the World Cup, Olympics, etc.
5 - In South Africa are committed 50,000 murders a year, proportionally 8 times more than in America.
6 - South of South Africa, completely surrounded by it, is located abut the small country of Lesotho and Lesotho, with an area equivalent to that of Galicia and despite being an extremely arid country, it exports water to South Africa in times that it is short.
7 - Among the famous South Africans is the author of T he Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien.
8 - South Africa hosts the largest land mammal (the African elephant) and also the smallest (the pygmy shrew).
9 - Among the South African wildlife we can find the tallest land mammal (the giraffe) and fastest (the cheetah).
10 - In South Africa experience the largest bird (ostrich) and larger flying bird (the Kori bustard).
Do you know any other curiosity about South Africa?
Information via Wikipedia and South Africa World.
Photo Lord of The Rings / Fotolog.com
Photo Shrew / Taringa
Bustard Photo / Canonists
Photo World / South Africa World
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