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South Af·ri·ca AHD[ăfʹrĭ-kə] abbr.缩写 S.Afr.,S.A.D.J.[ˈæfrɪkə]K.K.[ˈæfrɪkə]NONE(无词性)- A country of southern Africa on the Atlantic and Indian oceans. First settled by the Dutch in the mid-17th century, the region passed to Great Britain in 1814 but was hotly contested by descendants of the Dutch settlers in the Boer War (1899-1902). The British and Boer colonies formed a union in 1910 and became a republic in 1961. Pretoria is the administrative capital; Cape Town, the legislative capital; and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital. Johannesburg is the largest city. Population, 24,208,140.南非:南部非洲临大西洋与印度洋的一个国家。17世纪中叶最初是荷兰人的居住之所,1814年转移到大不列颠手中,但在布尔战争(1899年至1902年)中遭到荷兰定居者后裔的激烈挑战。1910年英国人与布尔人殖民地组成联合政府,后于1961年成为共和国。比勒陀利亚是其行政首都;开普敦是其立法首都;布隆方登是其司法首都。约翰内斯堡是全国最大的城市。人口24,208,140
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