Southern Africa
Flag of South Africa
Where two oceans meet at the continent's edge.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #007848 29%
- #d83030 20%
- #001890 20%
- #f0f0f0 9%
- #000000 8%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
South Africa in numbers
| Official name | Republic of South Africa |
|---|---|
| Capital | Pretoria |
| Region | Southern Africa, Africa |
| Population | 59,308,690 |
| Area | 1,221,037 km² · 49 people per km² |
| Currency | South African rand (ZAR) |
| Languages | Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English |
| Country codes | ZA · ZAF · .za |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- South Africa has three capitals, splitting its government: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial).
- Cape Town's Table Mountain harbours more plant species on its slopes than the entire United Kingdom, part of a tiny floral kingdom found nowhere else on Earth.
- Tiny, landlocked Lesotho sits entirely surrounded by South African territory, making it one of the world's only countries enclosed by a single other nation.
Did you know
The world's first successful human heart transplant was performed in Cape Town in 1967 by surgeon Christiaan Barnard.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.