Farm/Ranch for sale in Parys, South Africa

Country Information

South Africa

Standards

Road Traffic:left side

Electricity:

Voltage:220/230V*

Frequency:50 Hz

Plug types:M,

Note:*Grahamstad & Port Elizabeth 250V; also found in King Williams

TV Systems:

System:PAL I

DVD-Region: 2

Geography

Bordering countries:

Botswana 1,840 km Lesotho 909 km Mozambique 491 km Namibia 967 km Swaziland 430 km Zimbabwe 225 km

Location:

Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa

Area:

total: 1,219,912 sq km

land: 1,219,912 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Climate:

mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights

Terrain:

vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain

Economy

GDP: $533.2 billion (2005 est.)

GDP growth rate: 4.9% (2005 est.)

GDP per capita: $12,000 (2005 est.)

Inflation rate: 4% (2005 est.)

Currency: rand (ZAR)

Exchange rates:

rand per US dollar - 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597 (2004), 7.5648 (2003), 10.5407 (2002), 8.6092 (2001)

People

Population:

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)

Growth rate: -0.4% (2006 est.)

Religions:

Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census)

Languages:

IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census)

Government

Capital:

name: Pretoria (administrative capital)

time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

note: Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)

Independence:

31 May 1910 (from UK); note - South Africa became a republic in 1961 following an October 1960 referendum

Note: Information on South Africa was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about South Africa, please visit one of the links below.

CIA's World Factbook on South Africa

Wikipedia page on South Africa

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Farm/Ranch for sale in Parys, South Africa

Property:	Farm/Ranch
Year built:	2005
Area in acres:	103.78
Price in ZAR:	25,000,000

a beautiful, treed 42 ha farm/stud farm in the vredefort dome in south arica. this is a world heritage site, the oldest meteorite crater in the world.

fully fenced with automated gates and buildings protected by an electrified security fence.

main farm house (600m2) consists of: 3 large bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms with showers and baths, a beautiful open plan lounge with a fireplace, dining room, fitted kitchen and games room, with double garage, double carport, outside shower and 2 large verandahs on either side of the house.

guest cottage consists of: 2 bedrooms, full bathroom, open plan living area with a fitted kitchen, a carport and verandah.

staff cottage consists of: 2 bedrooms, a bathroom with shower and toilet, living area with a fitted kitchen, verandah, carport and outside toilet.

stable barn consists of: 14 large stables and 2 offices with fitted cupboards.

large feed shed.

dam with an entertainment deck.

situated only 10 km outside picturesque parys, with it's many restaurants, coffee shops, art galleries, antique and gift shops, and one and a half hours drive from johannesburg, one of the host cities for the 2010 soccer world cup. also situated close to the stunning vaal river, renowned for it's river rafting and other adventure sports.