Why is South Africa called "Rainbow Country"?

The rainbow country is not a real rainbow, but a proposal made by Archbishop desmond tutu of South Africa when he founded the Republic of South Africa after apartheid. He called South Africa the rainbow country, because South Africa has various races and national cultures, so the moral of the rainbow country is that people of different races live in peace in this beautiful country.

Black, white, Indian, yellow, Arab, etc. It is a beautiful idea and the goal of South Africa's efforts to eliminate apartheid.

* * * Republic of South Africa (English: Republic of South Africa), referred to as "South Africa". Located in the southern hemisphere, known as the "Rainbow Country", it is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent with a land area of 12 19090 square kilometers. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, south and west, and borders Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland on land. It faces Australia across the Indian Ocean to the east and Brazil and Argentina across the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

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Most of South Africa is located in the subtropical high zone and belongs to the savanna climate. October to February is summer, and June to August is winter. The Drakensberg Mountains block the moist airflow in the Indian Ocean, so the drier it gets to the west, the more obvious the continental climate becomes. There is little rain in autumn and winter, and the yellow precipitation in grassland is mainly concentrated in summer, and the annual precipitation drops from 1000mm from east to west to 60 mm.

The annual precipitation in the eastern coast is 1200mm, and it is humid and rainy in summer, belonging to subtropical monsoon climate. The southern coast and the windward slope of the Drakens Mountains have precipitation all year round, with high humidity and a maritime climate. In the southwest corner of Agus, the southwest wind blows in winter, bringing 400~600 mm of rainfall, accounting for 4/5 of the annual rainfall, belonging to the Mediterranean climate. The average annual precipitation in China is 464 mm, far below the world average of 857 mm.

The temperature in South Africa is relatively lower than other countries in the southern hemisphere with the same latitude, but the annual average temperature is still above zero, generally at 12~23 degrees Celsius. The temperature difference is not big. However, the disparity of height difference caused the vertical change of temperature. In addition, the Benguela cold current flowing through the western coast and the Mozambique warm current flowing through the eastern coast form the longitude difference of temperature. In winter, the temperature in the inland plateau is low. Although there is no regular snow, frost is very common. The annual average sunshine hours are 7.5~9.5 hours, especially in April and May, so it is known as "the country of the sun".

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