# South Africa

South Africa

sovereign state, country| Part of | Southern Africa  |
| Inception | 31 Togaya ebaci 1910  |
| Participant in | BASIC countries  |
| Demonym | Suid-Afrikaner, South African, Sud-africaine, Sud-africain  |
| Anthem | national anthem of South Africa  |
| Culture | culture of South Africa  |
| Motto | Unity in Diversity  |
| Motto text | ǃke e: ǀxarra ǁke, Ex Unitate Vires, Inspiring new ways, Undod drwy Amrywiaeth  |
| Continent | Africa  |
| Country | South Africa  |
| Capital | Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town  |
| Located in time zone | UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, Africa/Johannesburg  |
| Located in or next to body of water | South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean  |
| Coordinate location | 29°0′0″S 24°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 26°51′32″S 32°53′27″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 22°7′40″S 29°39′30″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 34°50′5″S 20°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 28°38′0″S 16°27′15″E  |
| Highest point | Mafadi  |
| Lowest point | Indian Ocean  |
| Basic form of government | parliamentary republic, representative democracy, apartheid  |
| Office held by head of state | President of South Africa  |
| Head of state | Cyril Ramaphosa  |
| Office held by head of government | President of South Africa  |
| Head of government | Cyril Ramaphosa  |
| Executive body | Government of South Africa  |
| Legislative body | Parliament of South Africa  |
| Highest judicial authority | Constitutional Court of South Africa  |
| Central bank | South African Reserve Bank  |
| Currency | rand  |
| Twinned administrative body | Aisai  |
| Driving side | left  |
| Electrical plug type | Europlug, AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, BS 546, IEC 60906-1  |
| Replaces | Republic of South Africa (1961—1994)  |
| Studied by | South African studies  |
| Official website |   |
| Hashtag | SouthAfrica  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .za  |
| Flag | flag of South África  |
| Coat of arms | Coat of arms of South Africa  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of South Africa  |
| Has characteristic | free country  |
| History of topic | history of South Africa  |
| ‎most populous urban area | Johannesburg  |
| Railway traffic side | left  |
| Open data portal | DataFirst Statistics South Africa, South Africa Data Portal  |
| Economy of topic | economy of South Africa  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of South Africa  |
| Commonwealth Sport country code | RSA  |
| Mobile country code | 655  |
| Telephone country code | +27  |
| Trunk prefix | 0  |
| Emergency phone number | 112  |
| GS1 country code | 600-601  |
| Licence plate code | ZA  |
| Maritime identification digits | 601  |
| NCI Thesaurus ID | C17151  |
| Unicode character | 🇿🇦  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of South Africa  |

**South Africa**, Republic of South Africa (RSA), wunga yi southernmost country nyan Africa'o. Province gutwani nyanba'u de gangani yilozun'o ekpalo 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles), nyan coastline nan lo South Atlantic be Indian Ocean nyin; yilazhin'o yi be kin Namibia ke Botswana ah be, Zimbabwe; gwapin be gwalo yilazhin'o Mozambique ah be Eswatini; wun ci toh Lesotho. Wun de epe kin 1,221,037 Square kilometres (471,445 square miles), kin wuncin de eza sunsun 63 million (nan wancin gan nyan tswanyin Africa'o nan). Pretoria ga yi admirative capital'o, gancin Cape Town yi Seat of Parliament, yi legislative capital, Bloemfontein chi judicial capital. Ezhiko nan wancin gan chi de eza sunsun gan nan yi Johannesburg, ganging Cape Town be Durban nyin.

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