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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)
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Motto: "!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke" (ǀXam) "Unity in Diversity" |
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Lairgest ceety | Johannesburg (2006)[2] |
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Offeecial leids | 11 leids - Afrikaans
- Northren Sotho
- Inglis
- Soothren Ndebele
- Soothren Sotho
- Swazi
- Tsonga
- Tswana
- Venda
- Xhosa
- Zulu
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Ethnic groups | - 79.2% Black African
- 8.9% Coloured
- 8.9% White
- 2.5% Indian or Asie
- 0.5% ither
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Demonym(s) | Sooth African |
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Govrenment | Constitutional pairlamentary republic |
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• Preses | Cyril Ramaphosa |
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• Depute Preses | David Mabuza |
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• NCOP chairman | Amos Masondo |
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• Speaker o the Naitional Assembly | Thandi Modise |
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• Chief Justice | Mogoeng Mogoeng |
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Legislatur | Pairlament |
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• Upper house | National Cooncil o Provinces |
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• Lower house | Naitional Assemmly |
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Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick |
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• Union | 31 Mey 1910 |
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• Statute of Westminster | 11 December 1931 |
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• Republic | 31 Mey 1961 |
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• Total | 1,221,037 km2 (471,445 sq mi) (25th) |
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• Water (%) | negligible |
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Population |
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• 2013 estimate | 52,981,991[4] (25t) |
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• 2011 census | 51,770,560[3]:18 |
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• Density | 42.4/km2 (109.8/sq mi) (169t) |
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GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate |
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• Total | $623.201 billion[5] (25t) |
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• Per capita | $11,914[5] (82nt) |
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GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
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• Tot | $371.211 billion[5] (33rd) |
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• Per capita | $7,096[5] (83rd) |
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Gini (2009) | 63.1[6] verra heich |
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HDI (2013) | 0.629 medium · 121st |
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Currency | Sooth African rand (ZAR) |
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Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
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Drivin side | left |
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Cawin code | +27 |
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ISO 3166 code | ZA |
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Internet TLD | .za |
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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.