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What's the weather like in South Africa?

brief history

The earliest aborigines in South Africa are the San, the Kohoys and the Bantu who moved south later. /kloc-After 0/7th century, the Netherlands and Britain invaded South Africa one after another. At the beginning of the 20th century, South Africa once became a dominion of Britain. 196 1 May 3, 20081day, South Africa withdrew from the Commonwealth and established the Republic of South Africa. Due to the policy of racial discrimination and apartheid pursued by the white authorities in South Africa, the South African people, under the leadership of the African National Congress headed by Mandela, fought bravely to overthrow the apartheid system and finally won. 1In April 1994, South Africa held the first general election in which all races participated, and Mandela was elected as the first black president of South Africa.

physical geography

South Africa is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, bordering the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, west and south, with a latitude of 22 to 35 and a longitude of17 to 33. The coastline is 3000 kilometers. Prince Edward Island and Marion Island, located in the Atlantic Ocean, 920km southeast of Cape Town 1, are also dependencies of South Africa. It borders Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland in the north and Lesotho, a "country within a country". South Africa is a shipping hub between two oceans. The Cape of Good Hope route at the southwestern tip of South Africa has always been one of the busiest sea passages in the world, and it is known as the "western sea lifeline". The land area is about 12 19090 square kilometers. Most of the territory is a plateau above 600 meters above sea level. The Draken Mountains extend to the southeast, and the Cascade Jin Feng is as high as 3,660 meters, which is the highest point in China. The northwest is a desert, which is a part of the Kalahari Basin. The northern, central and southwestern parts are plateaus; The coast is a narrow plain. Orange River and limpopo river River are two main rivers. Most areas have a tropical grassland climate, the eastern coast has a tropical monsoon climate and the southern coast has a Mediterranean climate. The whole climate is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. 1February-February is summer, and the highest temperature can reach 32-38℃. June-August is winter, and the lowest temperature is-10 to-12℃. The annual precipitation gradually decreases from 1000 mm in the east to 60 mm in the west, with an average of 450 mm. The annual average temperature in Pretoria, the capital, is 17℃.

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The time zone in South Africa is GMT+02:00, which is 6 hours later than Beijing time.