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Hello! Many of you probably have not seen a map of South Africa that shows the provinces, oceans and neighboring countries. So, I thought I'd share one :-)

Note: Please excuse the spacing issues in this post...I  cannot figure out how to correct it! haha

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Here is some other stuff you may not know:

• South Africa has 9 provinces. We live in Mpumalanga (located in the upper right corner of the map above, in yellow)
• The country's official name is Republic of South Africa
• Home to the hardest golf shot in the world, located at Legends Golf & Safari Resort. You tee off from a 430m mountain and it takes the ball 30 seconds to reach the ground

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• The oldest human fossil was found here (Cradle of Humankind)

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• Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to oldest in the world

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• There are more than 2,000 shipwrecks off the ZA coast, some dating back 500 years

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• ZA is the 2nd largest fruit exporter in the world
• The world's first heart transplant was done in ZA in 1967
• South Africa has native penguins on the coast

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• World's largest producer of macadamia nuts
• The Cullinan diamond, the world's largest diamond, was found in ZA in 1905. It is now part of British crown jewels

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• Home to the deepest gold mine in the world, coming in at 11,749 feet deep
• Blue Crane is the national bird 

• Protea is the national flower

• This is the national flag

Hope you enjoyed learning a little about ZA!

Love,
Jess & Mat