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Revision as of 16:50, 19 October 2024
Union of Suid-Afrika | |
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 Flag
 Coat of arms
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| Motto: "Vir God en die Volk" "For God and the People" | |
| Anthem: "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" | |
| Capital | Cape Town and Pretoria |
| Largest city | Johannesburg |
| Official languages | Afrikaans |
| Recognised national languages | English |
| Recognised regional languages | Setswana and IsiXhosa |
| Demonym(s) | South African |
| Government | Unitary Parliamentary Republic under a Dominant Party Herrenvolk Regime |
| Sebastian van Schalkwyk | |
| Legislature | Parliament of the Union of South Africa |
| "Independence from United Kingdom" | |
| 31st of May, 1910 | |
| 11th of December, 1931 | |
| 31st of May, 1961 | |
| 3rd of September, 1984 | |
| 4th of May, 1990 | |
| 4th of February, 2004 | |
| Area | |
• Claimed | 2,093,047 km2 (808,130 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• February 2024 estimate | 68,238,746 (Claimed), 30,884,366 (Actual) |
• Density | 28.08/km2 (72.7/sq mi) |
| Gini | 74.8 very high |
| HDI | 0.704 high |
| Currency | South African Rand |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Date format | yyyy-mm-dd (AD) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +27 |
| ISO 3166 code | ZA |
| Internet TLD | .za |