# South Africa

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| Republic of South Africa
11 aur sarkari bhasa

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| Afrikaans: | Republiek van Suid-Afrika |
| Zulu: | iRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika |
| Xhosa: | iRiphabhlikhi yoMzantsi Afrika |
| Pedi: | Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa |
| Southern Sotho: | Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa |
| Tswana: | Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa |
| Tsonga: | Riphabliki ya Afrika Dzonga |
| Swati: | iRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu-Afrika |
| Venda: | Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe |
| Southern Ndebele: | iRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika |

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Coat of arms

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| **Motto:**"ǃke e: ǀxarra ǁke" (ǀXam) "Unity in diversity" |
| **Anthem:** "South Africa ke national anthem"  |
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| Capital | * Pretoria (executive)
* Cape Town (legislative)
* Bloemfontein (judicial)
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| Largest city | Johannesburg |
| Official languages | **12 bhasa Afrikaans
* English
* Ndebele
* Sepedi
* Sesotho
* Setswana
* South African Sign Language
* Swazi
* Tshivenda
* Xhosa
* Xitsonga
* Zulu

Languages with special status
Khoe languages Nama Khoisan languages German Greek Gujarati Hindi Portuguese Telugu Tamil Urdu Arabic Hebrew Sanskrit
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| Ethnic groups (2022) | * 81.4% Black
* 8.2% Coloured
* 7.3% White
* 2.7% Indian, nai to Asian
* 0.4% duusra
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| Religion (2022) | * 85.3% Isai dharam
* 7.8% traditional dharam
* 3.1% koi dharam nai
* 1.6% Islam
* 1.1% Hinduism
* 1.1% duusra
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| Demonym(s) | * South African
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| Government | Unitary dominant-party parliamentary republic with an executive presidency |
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| • President  | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| • Deputy President  | Paul Mashatile |
| • Speaker of the National Assembly  | Thoko Didiza |
| • Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces  | Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane |
| • Chief Justice  | Mandisa Maya |
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| Legislature | Parliament |
| • Upper house | National Council of Provinces |
| • Lower house | National Assembly |
| Independence United Kingdom se |
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| • Union  | 31 May 1910 |
| • Statute of Westminster  | 11 December 1931 |
| • Republic  | 31 May 1961 |
| • Abhi ke constitution  | 4 February 1997 |
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| Area |
| • Total | Template:Convinfobox/prisec2 (24th) |
| • Water (%) | 0.380 |
| Population |
| • 2022 census | 62,027,503 (23rd) |
| • Density | 50.8 /km2 (131.6 /sq mi) (169th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
| • Total | ▼ $993.75 billion (32nd) |
| • Per capita | ▼ $15,720 (95th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
| • Total | ▲ $403.75 billion (38th) |
| • Per capita | ▲ $6,380 (98th) |
| Gini (2014) | Template:DecreasePositive 63.0 very high inequality |
| HDI (2022) | ▲ 0.717 high (110th) |
| Currency | South African rand (ZAR) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Date format | Short formats:
* yyyy/mm/dd
* yyyy-mm-dd
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| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +27 |
| ISO 3166 code | ZA |
| Internet TLD | .za |

A picture of South Africa showing where it is in the world
**Republic of South Africa**, Africa ke south me ek des hae. Iske abaadi forty-five million hae.

South Africa ke parrosi des Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique aur Swaziland hae.

Sab se barraa city Johannesburg hae, capital city Cape Town, Pretoria, aur Bloemfontein. Iske kaaran hae ki government Pretoria se raaj kare hae, parliament, Cape Town me baithe hae aur Supreme Court Bloemfontein me hae.

11 national bhasa hae: Afrikaans, English bhasa, Ndebele, Xhosa, Zulu, Swati, Setswana, Sesotho, Sesotho sa Leboa, Venda aur Tsonga.

South Africa ke ek jaane maane jan Nelson Mandela hae, jon ki 1994 se 1999 talak president rahaa.

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## Duusra websites

* Official government site (not simple)
* South Africa in the news (not simple)