South Africa

	Union of South Africa
Flag	Coat of arms
	Motto; "Ex Unitate Vires" (Latin); "From Unity, Strength"
	Anthem; The Call of South Africa (state); God Save the Queen (royal)
Capital ; ; ; ; ; ; Largest city	Cape Town (legislative); 33°55′S 18°27′E; Pretoria (administrative); 25°43′S, 28°17′E; Bloemfontein (judicial); 29°06′S, 26°13′E; Johannesburg
Official languages	English
Recognized regional languages	Afrikaans, German, Herero, Nama, Northern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Oshivambo, Shona, Sotho, Southern Ndebele, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Demonym	South African
Government; ; - Monarch; - Governor-General; - Prime Minister	Constitutional monarchy; Parliamentary democracy; Queen Elizabeth II; Festus Mogae; Morgan Tsvangirai
Establishment; - Union; - Statute of Westminster; - Republic	; May 31, 1910; December 11, 1931; May 31, 1961
Area ; - Total; ; - Water (%)	; 3,954,932 km²; 2,037,753 sq mi; 1.4
Population ; - 2005 estimate; - Density;	; 88,958,386; 20.48/km²; 53.06/sq mi
GDP (PPP); - Total; - Per capita	2007 estimate; $1.854 trillion; $20,838
GDP (nominal); - Total; - Per capita	2007 estimate; $2.017 trillion; $22,675
Gini (2005)	40.8 (medium)
HDI (2007)	0.920 (high)
Currency	South African rand (ZAR)
Time zone; - Summer (DST)	WAT, SAST (UTC +1 to +2); not observed (UTC +1 to +2)
Internet TLD	.za
Calling code	+27

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Union of South Africa


Flag	Coat of arms

Motto "Ex Unitate Vires" (Latin) "From Unity, Strength"

Anthem The Call of South Africa (state) God Save the Queen (royal)



Capital Largest city	Cape Town (legislative) 33°55′S 18°27′E Pretoria (administrative) 25°43′S, 28°17′E Bloemfontein (judicial) 29°06′S, 26°13′E Johannesburg

Official languages	English

Recognized regional languages	Afrikaans, German, Herero, Nama, Northern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Oshivambo, Shona, Sotho, Southern Ndebele, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

Demonym	South African

Government - Monarch - Governor-General - Prime Minister	Constitutional monarchy Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II Festus Mogae Morgan Tsvangirai

Establishment - Union - Statute of Westminster - Republic	May 31, 1910 December 11, 1931 May 31, 1961

Area - Total - Water (%)	3,954,932 km² 2,037,753 sq mi 1.4

Population - 2005 estimate - Density	88,958,386 20.48/km² 53.06/sq mi

GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita	2007 estimate $1.854 trillion $20,838

GDP (nominal) - Total - Per capita	2007 estimate $2.017 trillion $22,675

Gini (2005)	40.8 (medium)

HDI (2007)	0.920 (high)

Currency	South African rand (`ZAR`)

Time zone - Summer (DST)	WAT, SAST (UTC +1 to +2) not observed (UTC +1 to +2)

Internet TLD	.za

Calling code	+27