South Africa
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| Motto: "Ex Unitate Vires" | |||||
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| Anthem: "God Save the Queen" | |||||
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| Capitals | Cape Town (legislative) Pretoria (administrative) Bloemfontein (judicial) | ||||
| Political system | Parliamentary system | ||||
| Spoken languages - Official - Unofficial | Dutch, English Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda | ||||
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy | ||||
| - King of South Africa | King George V | ||||
| - Governor General of the Union of South Africa | Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton | ||||
| - Prime Minister of South Africa | Louis Botha | ||||
| Independence - Dominion | From the United Kingdom 31 May 1916 | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | 2,045,320 km² Negligible | ||||
| Population - Total | 7,000,000 | ||||
| Currency - Exchange rate | Pound 1 UK Pound = 2 Pounds | ||||
The Union of South Africa came into being in 1906, resulting in the consolidation of the two Boer Republics with the two British Colonies under one system of government. The two British colonies, the Cape Colony and Natal Colony, were combined with the two defeated Boer states, the South African Republic and Orange Free State, known thereafter as the Cape Province, Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State, respectively.
