Union of Suid-Afrika

Union of Suid-Afrika
Flag Coat of arms
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
• State President	Sebastian van Schalkwyk
Legislature	Parliament of the Union of South Africa
"Independence from United Kingdom"
• Union of South Africa	31st of May, 1910
• Statute of Westminster 1931	11th of December, 1931
• Formation of the Republic	31st of May, 1961
• South African Constitution of 1983	3rd of September, 1984
• Collapse of the Republic	4th of May, 1990
• Springboklyn Delineated	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