South Africa

Missionaries: Karl & Mary Smith, David & Donna Flowers and Dan & Sherry Davis
South Africa is one of the oldest United Pentecostal Church mission fields, having been opened by E. L. and Nona Freeman in 1948.  The church now has 8,500 constituents, 185 licensed national ministers, and 116 churches and preaching points.

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Location:
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
Size:
 1,219,912 sq. km. (comparison to US state)
Elevation varies from sea level to 3,408 meters
Population:
42,719,000 (approximately)
   * 0-14 years: 29.5%
   * 15-64 years: 65.3%
   * 65+ years: 5.2%
Average age: 24.5 years
Life expectancy: 44 years
HIV / AIDS: 21.5%
Religion:
Christian 68%
Indigenous beliefs and Animists 28.5%
Muslim 2%
Hindu 1.5%
Language:
11 official languages including the following:
  Afrikaans
  English
  Ndebele
  Pedi
  Sotho
  Swazi
  Tsonga
  Tswana
  Venda
  Xhosa
  Zulu
Government:
Republic
Capital:
Pretoria (Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center)
Independence:
31 May 1910 (from UK) (note: South Africa became a republic in 1961)