Welcome everyone! With my previous and first post, I introduced you to my blog that goes about South-Africa. With my current post, I want to introduce you to South-Africa. The purpose of this post is to make you familiar with this amazing country. Firstly, I want to give you general information about the country. The post will end with interesting facts, facts you should know about this great country.
The currency used in South-Africa is the South-African Rand, and R10 is about €0,72. The official name of the country is Republic of South-Africa and it is a federal state. South-Africa has nine provinces, which vary considerably in size. The major part of the inhabitants are Black African's, namely around the 80%. The country has three capitals, namely: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein.
There are so many interesting facts about South-Africa, I would like to mention them all, but that takes too long! I have made a selection of the ones which you cannot miss. Did you know that:
* The inhabitants of South-Africa are driving on the left side of the road?
* There are still many Dutch influences visible throughout the whole country?
* Some say that the Chapman's Peak Drive in Cape Town is one of the most spectacular marine drives in the world?
* South-Africa is the country with the most spoken languages, namely eleven?
* The Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the most oldest mountains in the world?
* Castle Lager is the famous beer of South-Africa and that you only pay R17 for 0,5cl at some places?
* South-Africa is the second largest exporter of fruit in the world?
Hope you enjoy my blog so far! Any comments on my post are more than welcome, I would like to receive them! This was my second post, more will follow. I hope I have made some aspects clearer for you. Thanks for your interest and see you next time!
Welcome all! My blog is about South-Africa. I would like to share information about this country with you. I'm looking forward to receive your comments and opinions!
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donderdag 31 oktober 2013
woensdag 30 oktober 2013
Introduction to South-Africa
Thank you for visiting my blog! With this post, I want to introduce you to my blog. This blog is for everyone who is interested in South-Africa. Ever travelled through South-Africa and you want to comment on my topics? You are more than welcome! Are you curious how to do business in South-Africa or do you want to know the South-African culture? This blog will provide you with interesting information and facts! Did you know that South-Africa is part of the BRICS countries? South-Africa is nowadays one of the five major emerging national economies! South-Africa rocks!
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