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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| Recognized regional languages | Afrikaans, German, Herero, Nama, Northern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Oshivambo, Shona, Sotho, Southern Ndebele, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu |
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| Demonym | South African |
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| Government - State President - Prime Minister | Parliamentary republic Festus Mogae Josh Latimer |
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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 (%) | 3,954,932 km² 2,037,753 sq mi 1.4 |
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| Population - July 2008 estimate - Density | 88,958,386 20.48/km² 53.06/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita | 2007 estimate $1.854 trillion $31,072 |
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| GDP (nominal) - Total - Per capita | 2007 estimate $2.017 trillion $39,752 |
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| Gini (2005) |  40.8 (medium)
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| HDI (2007) |  0.920 (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 |
