How many capitals are there in South Africa?

South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town and bloemfontein.

I. Pretoria

Pretoria, also known as tshwane, Tswana or Tswana, is a city in the north of gauteng province, South Africa, and is also the administrative capital of South Africa. South Africa's presidential palace is in this city, and embassies of various countries are also concentrated in the embassy street of this city, so in fact Pretoria is the political decision-making center of South Africa.

The city was built in 1855, named after Pritorius, the leader of Boer people. This city is full of different flowers and trees, so it also has the reputation of "garden city".

Second, Cape Town.

Cape Town, the second largest city in South Africa, the legislative capital of South Africa and the capital of West Cape Province, is a part of Cape Town metropolitan area, where the South African Parliament and many government departments are also located. Cape Town is famous for its beautiful natural scenery and docks.

Third, bloemfontein.

The judicial capital of South Africa, the capital of Orange Free State. Located in the central plateau, is the geographical center of the country, surrounded by hills, hot in summer and cold in winter, first frost. Originally a fortress, 1846 was officially completed. Now it is an important transportation hub. The original meaning of the word bloemfontein is "the root of a flower". The city has a population of 750,000, with rolling mountains and beautiful scenery.

South African population:

By 2022, the total population of South Africa will be 60.6 million. It is divided into four major races: black, colored, white and Asian, accounting for 865, 438+0%, 8.8%, 7.6% and 2.6% of the total population respectively. Black people mainly belong to Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Tswana, North Soto, South Soto, Kanga, Wenda and Ndebele, and Bantu is the main language.

The whites are mainly Afrikaners (mainly African whites formed by Dutch, French and German immigrants) and British whites. Their languages are Afrikaans and English.

Colored people are mainly hybrids of white people and local blacks, and mainly use Afrikaans. Asians are mainly Indians (the vast majority) and China. Official language 1 1, in which English and Afrikaans are the common languages. About 80% of the population believe in Christianity, and the rest believe in primitive religion, Islam and Hinduism.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia -bloemfontein

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