South Africa

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Union of South Africa

Flag of South Africa Coat of arms of South Africa
Flag Coat of arms

Motto
"Ex Unitate Vires" (Latin)
"From Unity, Strength"

Anthem
The Call of South Africa (state)
God Save the Queen (royal)


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

Official languages English

Recognized regional languages Afrikaans, German, Herero, Nama, Northern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Oshivambo, Shona, Sotho, Southern Ndebele, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

Demonym South African

Government

 - Monarch
 - Governor-General
 - Prime Minister
Constitutional monarchy
Parliamentary democracy
Queen Elizabeth II
Festus Mogae
Morgan Tsvangirai

Establishment
 - Union
 - Statute of Westminster
 - Republic

May 31, 1910
December 11, 1931
May 31, 1961

Area
 - Total

 - Water (%)

3,954,932 km²
2,037,753 sq mi
1.4

Population
 - 2005 estimate
 - Density
 

88,958,386
20.48/km²
53.06/sq mi

GDP (PPP)
 - Total
 - Per capita
2007 estimate
$1.854 trillion
$20,838

GDP (nominal)
 - Total
 - Per capita
2007 estimate
$2.017 trillion
$22,675

Gini (2005) 40.8 (medium)

HDI (2007) 0.920 (high)

Currency South African rand (ZAR)

Time zone
- Summer (DST)
WAT, SAST (UTC +1 to +2)
not observed (UTC +1 to +2)

Internet TLD .za

Calling code +27
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