| Local Name:South Africa |
| Captial:Pretoria (administrative/executive) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judicial) |
| Continent:Africa |
| Major Cities:Johannesburg is the largest city, Durban is slightly smaller than Cape Town but larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined |
| Government |
| Constitutional Form:Republic |
| Head of State:Executive |
| Basis of Executive: Presidency and ministry are subject to parliamentary confidence |
| Head of State and Government: President Jacob Zuma |
| Area |
| Area Rank: 25 |
| Total Area: 1,221,037 km2(471,445 sqmi) |
| Land: 1,214,470 km2(468,910 sqmi) |
| Water: 4,620 km2(1,780 sqmi) |
| Water in Percent: 0.38% |
| Population |
| Population Rank: 24 |
| Population: 50,586,757 |
| Date: 1-Jul-11 |
| World Population: 0.72% |
| Source : Official estimate |
| Languages:English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi, Sotho, Tswana, Venda, Tsonga, Swazi, Ndebele |
| Currency |
| Currency: South African rand |
| Currency Sign: R |
| Currency ISO Code: ZAR |
| Fractional Unit: Cent |
| Number to Basic: 100 |
| Time Zone:UTC+02:00 (South African Standard Time) |
| International Codes |
| ISD Code: +27 |
| ISO Code A2: ZA |
| ISO Code A3: ZAF |
| ISO Number: 710 |
| Coordinates |
| Latitude: -29 |
| Longitude: 24 |
| Information: South Africa News |
| Drive on:Left side |