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South Africa
South Africa is a country in Southern Africa with its capital in Pretoria.
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Region
- Southern Africa, Africa
- Population
- 63.1 million
- Languages
- Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
- Currency
- South African rand (R)
- Area
- 1,221,037 km²
- Borders
- 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
💡 Three capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
About the flag
Designed by Frederick Brownell and first flown in 1994, it was meant to be temporary, but it became so popular it was kept.
How to spot it: A sideways Y shape in green, edged white and gold, with a black triangle at the hoist, red above and blue below.
Often confused with: 🇻🇺 Vanuatu