South Africa - Introduction

Here, we have some interesting facts about South Africa. South Africa (officially: Republic of South Africa) is a country in Africa, precisely in Southern Africa, with a population of about 61.2 Millions inhabitants today (2024-10-28). The capital city of Republic of South Africa is Pretoria, and the official country TLD code is .za. South Africa has cca2, cca3, cioc, ccn3 codes as ZA, ZAF, RSA, 710 respectively. Check some other vital information below.

South Africa , Coat of Arms
Names
Common South Africa
Official Republic of South Africa
Common (Native) South Africa
Official (Native) Republic of South Africa
Alternative spellings ZA, RSA, Suid-Afrika, Republic of South Africa
Translations ⬇️
Languages
afr Afrikaans
eng English
nbl Southern Ndebele
nso Northern Sotho
sot Southern Sotho
ssw Swazi
tsn Tswana
tso Tsonga
ven Venda
xho Xhosa
zul Zulu
Geography
User Country Flag

Flag

South Africa is located in Southern Africa and has a total land area of 1221037 km². It is bounded by Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and the capital city is Pretoria

Region/Continent Africa
Subregion Southern Africa
TimeZone UTC+02:00
Capital city Pretoria
Area 1221037 km²
Population 2024-10-28 61.2 Millions
Bordered Countreies Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
Demonym
eng Male: South African / Female: South African
fra Male: Sud-africain / Female: Sud-africaine
Lat/Lng -29, 24
Historical data and more
The National Flag of South Africa

The flag of South Africa is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and blue, with a yellow-edged black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base centered on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width and two-third the height of the field, and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a white-edged green horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and blue bands to the fly end of the field.

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Currency
Name South African rand
Code ZAR
Symbol R
Other info
Idependent yes, officially-assigned
UN Member country yes
Start of Week monday
Car Side left
Codes
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 ZA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 ZAF
ISO 3166-1 numeric 710
International calling code +27
FIFA 3 Letter Code RSA
All Important Facts about South Africa

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South Africa is found in Southern Africa