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| Official languages | Afrikaans, English, Nàmá |
| Capital | Cape Town (Kaapstad) |
| Largest Cities | Cape Town: 1,864,000 |
| Population | 8,372,000 |
| HDI | 0.871 |
| Nation formed | 1931 (from Great Britain) |
| Currency | Good Hope Pound (GHP) |
| Our Timeline Equivalent | Historical "Cape Province" and "Natal Province" of South Africa. |
The nation of Good Hope is situated at the southernmost tip of Africa. Owing to its strategic position in the Europe-India-Asia trade route, it contains the highest percentage of Indians and Orientals in all of Africa, and the highest percentage of Europeans and vegetarians of any sub-Saharan African country. The percentage of multi-racial people is also high.
Demographics[]
Vegetarianism[]
- 68% Vegetarian
- 32% Non-Vegetarian
Ethnic Groups[]
- 56% Europeans (chiefly Netherlanders and English)
- 12% Khoisan
- 08% Indians
- 08% Sorientals (Southern Orientals) (chiefly Malays)
- 04% Norientals (Northern Orientals) (chiefly Chinese)
- 03% Ethiopian (Sub-Saharan African) (chiefly Bantu groups)
- 08% multi-racial
- 01% others
Languages[]
- 43% Cape Dutch (Afrikaans)
- 33% English
- 10% Khoisan languages
- 06% Nama
- 04% Malay
- 02% Dravidian languages (Telugu, Tamil)
- 02% Indo-Aryan languages (Gujarati, Hindi)
- 02% Malagasy
- 02% Chinese languages
- 02% others (Bantu languages, etc)
- Note: The majority of Good Hopers are at least bilingual, and Cape Dutch and English can both be understood by the majority of the population. In addition, there are various shades of Malay-Malagasy creole dialects, with many words diffusing between the two.
Religions[]
- 34% Cathar
- 28% Non-religious
- 19% atheist
- 09% agnostic
- 13% Christian
- 07% Quaker
- 04% Catholic
- 03% Protestant
- 08% Hindu
- 04% Jewish
- 02% Jain
- 10% various indigenous beliefs
- 01% others