| 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) |
| Date format: |
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| Drive on: |
left |
| Calling code: |
+27 |
| Domain: |
.za |
