South Africa

Republic of South Africa

Africa

59,308,690 people

Capital: Pretoria

Language & Culture

Native Names

South Africa (Afrikaans)South Africa (English)Sewula Afrika (Southern Ndebele)Afrika-Borwa (Northern Sotho)Afrika Borwa (Southern Sotho)Ningizimu Afrika (Swazi)Aforika Borwa (Tswana)Afrika Dzonga (Tsonga)Afurika Tshipembe (Venda)Mzantsi Afrika (Xhosa)Ningizimu Afrika (Zulu)

Languages

Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

Demonyms

South African (male), South African (female)

Week Starts On

monday

Economy & Administration

Currency

R South African rand

Internet Domain

.za

UN Membership

✓ Member

Driving Side

left

Timezones

UTC+02:00

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Neighboring Countries

Mozambique Zimbabwe Eswatini Botswana Namibia Lesotho