Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . of 160, and in certain will-watered areas like t lit I ,\ di n I )i i Pg ;i nd /• u 11 | >;i nsl mil: . 156 SOUTHERN AFRICA In 1921 the coloured and mixed races formed about 8% of the total population of the Union (Cape Province 485,000Transvaal 33,000, Orange Free State 18,000, Natal 11,000). In. Distribution of Mixed and Coloured Peoples.[One dot denotes 1000 people.] the same year the Asiatic population was approximately 166,000(Natal 141,000, Cape Province 8,000, Transvaal 16,000, OrangeFree State 400). Except in Natal Asiatics are practically
Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . of 160, and in certain will-watered areas like t lit I ,\ di n I )i i Pg ;i nd /• u 11 | >;i nsl mil: . 156 SOUTHERN AFRICA In 1921 the coloured and mixed races formed about 8% of the total population of the Union (Cape Province 485,000Transvaal 33,000, Orange Free State 18,000, Natal 11,000). In. Distribution of Mixed and Coloured Peoples.[One dot denotes 1000 people.] the same year the Asiatic population was approximately 166,000(Natal 141,000, Cape Province 8,000, Transvaal 16,000, OrangeFree State 400). Except in Natal Asiatics are practically confinedto the towns. CHAPTER XIV. REGIONAL DIVISIONS. Introduction. The division of a country into regional unitsis perhaps the most difficult f geographical problems. Even when our object is to discover merely natural <li\ isions, the physicalconditions must he investigated with extreme care before ire can decide which of them may he held to give B region its distm guishing characteristics. For example, it is customary tocontrasi the midland area of Natal, consisting f meadow and woodland. with the grass-covered country nearer the Drakensberge. Whatis the physical reason for this difference in i egetal ion ? Elevationhas been held to be the determining cause, on the principle thatin a region of diversified elevati
Size: 1955px × 1278px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidsouthernafricala00hutc
