Union of Suid-Afrika
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Union of Suid-Afrika | |
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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 | London |
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 |