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16 Unpopular Yet Fascinating Facts About South Africa

  1. South Africa is the largest producer of meat in Africa.
Mozambique slaps ban on South African meat imports | Club of ...


2. Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the oldest mountains in the world and one of the planet’s 12 main energy centres, radiating magnetic, electric or spiritual energy.

Table Mountain | mountain, South Africa | Britannica


3. The Cape Floral Kingdom is one of the world’s six floral kingdoms – and the only one which is wholly contained within a single country.

Cape Floral Kingdom & Finbos | Discover South Africa


4. Some countries have deserts; some have subtropical forests, right? South Africa has: deserts, wetlands, grasslands, bush, subtropical forests, mountains and escarpments.

5. South Africa’s Cape Winelands have around 560 wineries and 4 400 primary producers. Included in the Cape Winelands region is Route 62, considered the longest wine route in the world. That alone is good reason to visit South Africa if you haven’t yet been!

Futourist on Twitter: "TRAVEL FACT🌎 Longest continuous wine route ...

6. The world’s largest themed resort hotel in the world – The Palace of the Lost City – is found in South Africa. Surrounding the Palace is a 25 hectare man made botanical jungle with almost 2 million plants, trees and shrubs.

The Palace of the Lost City | Sun city south africa, Tourism in ...


7. South Africa is extremely rich in mining and minerals and considered the world’s leader with nearly 90% of all the platinum metals on earth and around 41% of all the world’s Gold!


8. South Africa is home to the oldest meteor scar in the world – the Vredefort Dome in a town called Parys. The site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Vredefort Dome, South Africa - GEO 121 Wiki: Fall 2012


9. The South African Rovos Rail is considered the most luxurious train in the world.

Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa Luxury Train


10. South Africa is home to the highest commercial bungi jump in the world at 710 feet.

Face Adrenalin - Gallery | South africa, Africa, Travel south


11. Despite the country’s status as a democratic republic, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal has a monarchy, specially provided for by the Constitution. Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu is the King of the Zulu Nation, has 27 kids and 6 wives and lives, literally, like a King!


12. There are more than 2000 shipwrecks off the South African coast, most dating back at least 500 years.


13. The oldest remains of modern humans were found in South Africa and are well over 160,000 years old.


14. The Karoo region in the Western Cape is home to some of the best fossils of early dinosaurs. In fact, it is estimated that some 80% of the mammalian fossils found to date were found in the Karoo.

FunFact the Karoo region in the Western Cape of South Africa is ...


15. SA has three capital cities: Pretoria is the Executive Capital, Cape Town the Legislative Capital and Bloemfontein the judicial Capital.

Why Does South Africa Have Three Capital Cities? - YouTube


16. Can you think of any other place in the world where two Nobel Peace Prize winners lived on the same street? Both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu had houses on Vilakazi Street in Soweto

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