South Africa
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| Republic of South Africa | |
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| Flag | Coat of arms |
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| Motto "Ex Unitate Vires" (Latin) "From Unity, Strength" | |
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| Anthem The Call of South Africa | |
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| Capital Largest city | Cape Town (legislative) 33°55′S 18°27′E Pretoria (administrative) 25°43′S, 28°17′E Bloemfontein (judicial) 29°06′S, 26°13′E Johannesburg |
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| Official languages | English |
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| Demonym | South African |
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| Government - State President - Prime Minister | Parliamentary republic Mangosuthu Lutuli Festus Mogae |
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| Establishment - Union - Statute of Westminster - Republic | May 31, 1910 December 11, 1931 May 31, 1961 |
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| Area - Total - Water (%) | 3,066,661 km² 1,184,037 sq mi 0.6 |
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| Population - 2005 estimate - Density | 62,830,884 20.48 /km² 53.06 /sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita | 2005 estimate $1.265 trillion $20,133 |
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| Gini | 45.9 (high) |
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| HDI |  0.905 (high)
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| Currency | South African rand (ZAR)
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| Time zone - Summer (DST) | WAT, SAST (UTC +1 to +2) not observed (UTC +1 to +2) |
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| Internet TLD | .za |
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| Calling code | +27 |
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the Democratic Republic of Angola to the north and the Federation of Northern Rhodesia to the north and east. South Africa is a highly developed, stable parliamentary democracy with a republican form of government. South Africa has experienced a significantly different evolution from other nations in Africa arising primarily from two facts: immigration from Europe reached levels not experienced in other African communities; and a level of mineralogical wealth that made the country extremely important to Western interests, particularly during the Cold War. As a result of the former, South Africa is a very racially diverse nation. It has the largest population of people of colored (i.e., mixed racial background), white, and Indian communities in Africa.
The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état, and regular elections have been held for almost a century. The economy of South Africa is the largest and best developed on the continent, with modern infrastructure common throughout the country.
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