South Africa is located in the southern hemisphere, it has the reputation of "Rainbow country", located on the southernmost tip of the African continent. Its land area is 1219090 square kilometers. Its East, South and west sides are surrounded by the India ocean and the Atlantic, the land is on the border with Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland. It faces Australia across the Indian Ocean in the East and Brazil and Argentina across the Atlantic Ocean in the West.
South Africa is the second largest economy in Africa, its people have a high standard of living, compared with other African countries, South Africa's economy is relatively stable.
South Africa is well-developed in finance, law, communication, energy and transportation, with complete hardware infrastructure and stock exchange market. Its gold and diamond production ranks first in the world. Deep mining and other technologies are in the leading position in the world. However, in international affairs, South Africa has been identified as a medium-sized power and maintains significant regional influence.
South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria (the seat of the central government), Bloemfontein (the seat of the Supreme Court) and Cape Town (the seat of parliament), the executive capital (the seat of the central government), the judicial capital (the seat of the Supreme Court), and Cape Town.
