South Africa

Basic facts about South Africa

Country name: South Africa
Capital: Pretoria (executive)Bloemfontein (judicial)Cape Town (legislative)
Country code: 435
Continent: Africa
Currency name: South African rand
Independence: 1910-05-31 00:00:00
Independent from: 31 May 1910 Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State; 31 May 1961 republic declared; 27 April 1994 majority rule
Total area (km2): 1,219,090
Land area (km2): 1,214,470
Water area (km2): 4,620
Population: 48,601,098
Population note: 48,601,098 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: AfrikaansEnglishSouthern NdebeleNorthern SothoSouthern SothoSwaziTsongaTswanaVendaXhosaZulu
All languages: IsiZulu (official) 23.82%, IsiXhosa (official) 17.64%, Afrikaans (official) 13.35%, Sepedi (offcial) 9.39%, English (official) 8.2%, Setswana (official) 8.2%, Sesotho (official) 7.93%, Xitsonga (official) 4.44%, siSwati (official) 2.66%, Tshivenda (offici
Time zone: SAST (UTC+2)
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Drive on: left
Calling code: +27
Domain: .za