South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and E…
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also enclaves Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. With over 62 million people, the country is the world's 23rd-most populous nation and the 24th-largest country in the world, covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres. The country became a Trillion dollar economy in 2024. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament, is the legislative capital. Bloemfontein has traditionally been regarded as the judicial capital. The largest and most-populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and the largest port city in sub-Saharan Africa, Durban.
Capital: Pretoria (executive) · Cape Town (legislative) · Bloemfontein (judicial)
Largest city: Johannesburg
Official languages: 12 languages · Afrikaans · English · Ndebele · Sepedi · Sesotho · Setswana · South African Sign Language · Swazi · Tshivenda · Xhosa · Xitsonga · Zulu
Government: Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency
Legislature: Parliament
Currency: South African rand (ZAR)
Ethnic groups (2022): 81.4% Black · 8.2% Coloured · 7.3% White · 2.7% Indian or Asian · 0.4% unspecified/other
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