South Africa

Capital: Pretoria. South Africa is one of the 54 countries in the Africa quiz.

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Facts about South Africa

• CapitalPretoria
• Population58.6 million
• Area1,221,037 km²
• RegionsAfrica, Southern Africa
• LanguagesAfrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
• CurrencySouth African rand (ZAR)
• Neighbours
  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
  • Lesotho
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Zimbabwe

South Africa is the 5th most populous of the 54 countries in Africa and the 9th largest by area. Worldwide it ranks 24th by population and 24th by area.

Nearby countries

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  BotswanaGaborone
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  EswatiniMbabane
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  LesothoMaseru
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  MozambiqueMaputo
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  NamibiaWindhoek
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  ZimbabweHarare

Quizzes with South Africa

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