Country Profile

• Total Population: 43,580,000
• Total GDP (current US$): 104,234,901,504
• Total Sea area: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM, territorial sea: 12NM
• Length of coastline: 2,798 km
• Ramsar sites : De Hoop Vlei (De Mond (Heuningnes Estuary), Turtle Beaches/Coral Reefs of Tongaland, St. Lucia System, Langebaan, Wilderness Lakes, Verlorenvlei, Orange River Mouth, Kosi Bay, and Lake Sibaya).

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• Coastal and Marine Protected Areas :
  
  • West Coast Province:Cape of Good Hope Marine Reserve,Elephant Rock Marine Reserve, Glencairn Marine Reserve, Gxulu Marine Reserve, Kalk Bay Marine Reserve, Miller's Point Marine Reserve, Kommetjie Rock Lobster Reserve, McDougall's Bay Rock Lobster Reserve, Saldanha Bay Rock Lobster Sanctuary, St. Helena Bay Rock Lobster Sanctuary, Table Bay Rock Lobster Sanctuary, Orange River Mouth Wetland RAMSAR, Verlorenvlei Wetland (Elands Bay) RAMSAR, West Coast National Park,
  • South Coast Province:De Hoop Marine Reserve,Gonubie Nature (Marine) Reserve, Robberg Marine Reserve, Tsitsikamma National Park,
  • East Coast Province: Sodwana Bay National Park, St. Lucia Marine Reserve, Trafalgar Marine Reserve, Umdoni Park Marine Reserve
• Proposed new MPAs:- The Richtersveld, The Namaqualand Coast, The Elands Bay coast, The Longebaan Coast, The Cape Peninsula Coast, The De Hoop Coast, The Garden Route Coast, The Woody Cape Coast, The Southeast Coast, The Mtamvuna Coast, The Maputuland Coast

Source

• CIA - The World Factbook

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