South Africa
Basic Information
Official name: Republic of South Africa
Native name: South Africa
Population: 63,100,945
Area: 1,221,037 km²
Region: Africa
Sub Region: Southern Africa
Capital: Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
Coordinates: -29°, 24°
Landlocked: No
Political & Administrative
UN Member: Yes
Independent: Yes
Status: officially-assigned
ISO Code (Alpha-2): ZA
ISO Code (Alpha-3): ZAF
Olympic Code: RSA
FIFA Code: RSA
Top level domain: .za
Start of week: monday
Currencies
South African rand (R) - ZAR
Languages
Afrikaans (afr)English (eng)Southern Ndebele (nbl)Northern Sotho (nso)Southern Sotho (sot)Swazi (ssw)Tswana (tsn)Tsonga (tso)Venda (ven)Xhosa (xho)Zulu (zul)
Timezones
UTC+02:00
Continents
Africa
Demonyms
eng: South African/South Africanfra: Sud-africain/Sud-africaine
GINI Index
2014: 63
Driving
Side: leftSign: ZA
International Dialing
+27
Coat of Arms
