The Republic o Sooth Africae is a kintra locate on the soothren neb o the African continent. It haes mairches wi Namibie , Botswana , Zimbabwe , Mozambique an Swaziland . Lesotho is an enclave haily surroondit bi Sooth African laund. It wis originailly a colony ae the Unitit Kinrick .
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Republic o Sooth Africae
10 ither official names: [ 1]
Republiek van Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans )
iRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika (Southern Ndebele )
iRiphabliki yomZantsi Afrika (Xhosa )
iRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika (Zulu )
iRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika (Swazi )
Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa (Northern Sotho )
Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa (Sotho )
Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa (Tswana )
Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga (Tsonga )
Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe (Venda )
Motto: "!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke" (ǀXam ) "Unity in Diversity "
Caipital Lairgest ceety Johannesburg (2006) [ 2] Offeecial leids
11 leids
Afrikaans Northren Sotho Inglis Soothren Ndebele Soothren Sotho Swazi Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu
Ethnic groups 79.2% Black African 8.9% Coloured 8.9% White 2.5% Indian or Asie 0.5% ither Demonym(s) Sooth African Govrenment Constitutional pairlamentary republic • Preses
Cyril Ramaphosa • Depute Preses
David Mabuza • NCOP chairman
Amos Masondo • Speaker o the Naitional Assembly
Thandi Modise • Chief Justice
Mogoeng Mogoeng
Legislatur Pairlament • Upper house
National Cooncil o Provinces • Lower house
Naitional Assemmly Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick
• Union
31 Mey 1910 • Statute of Westminster
11 December 1931 • Republic
31 Mey 1961
Aurie • Total
1,221,037 km2 (471,445 sq mi) (25th ) • Water (%)
negligible Population • 2013 estimate
52,981,991[ 4] (25t ) • 2011 census
51,770,560[ 3] :18 • Density
42.4/km2 (109.8/sq mi) (169t ) GDP (PPP ) 2014 estimate • Total
$623.201 billion[ 5] (25t )• Per capita
$11,914[ 5] (82nt ) GDP (nominal) 2014 estimate • Tot
$371.211 billion[ 5] (33rd )• Per capita
$7,096[ 5] (83rd ) Gini (2009) 63.1[ 6] verra heich HDI (2013) 0.629medium · 121st Currency Sooth African rand (ZAR )Time zone UTC +2 (SAST )Drivin side left Cawin code +27 ISO 3166 code ZA Internet TLD .za
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