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South Africa, Africa

This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 27 May 2025.

Pretoria, capital city of South Africa

Image of Pretoria, capital city of South Africa

South Africa is a leading African economy with diversified industries, renewable-energy growth, strong tourism, infrastructure investment, and technological innovation.
South Africa in one word would be “Ubuntu,” meaning human kindness.

South Africa Flag

Flag of South Africa

South Africa armorial

armorial of South Africa

South Africa is a country on the Sub-Saharan Africa located in the Southern Africa sub‑region of the Africa continent.

South Africa administrative divisions

9 provinces
  1. Eastern Cape
  2. Free State
  3. Gauteng
  4. KwaZulu-Natal
  5. Limpopo
  6. Mpumalanga
  7. Northern Cape
  8. North West
  9. Western Cape

Easy learning about South Africa

The capital city of South Africa is Pretoria.

South Africa is located in Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
Africa Continent
Inhabitants of South Africa are called South Africans
South Africa has a population of 63,212,384 inhabitants
within a total area of 1,219,912 Km2
(758,017 sq mi)
(2023 UN data)
South Africa’s Global Peace Index (GPI) 127 (world rank position)
GPI scale of 2.51
This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is...
(2024 data from GPI)
Human Development Index (HDI) South Africa HDI ranks in position nº 106 worldwide
HDI of 0.741 (0.4 to 1)
(2023 data from UNDP)
South Africa’s passport allows visa-free entry to 106 countries
South Africa passport ranks 46th in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
South Africa GDP per capita is $6,397 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
South Africa ’s LGBTI legal status Same-sex sexual acts are Legal
(2025 ILGA data)
South Africa EPI (English Proficiency Index)is classified as High proficiency
has a score of 594
ranks 11th worldwide

(2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude 29° 00' S, 24° 00' E
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Neighbouring countriesZimbabwe, Eswatini, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho
South Africa Climatemostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights
Most predominant religionChristian,
Second most predominant religionancestral, tribal, animist, or other traditional African religions,
Currency name & code Rand (ZAR)
Internet ccTLD.za
South Africa calling code+27

South Africa has 3 capitals,

  • Pretoria is the executive capital;
  • Cape Town is the legislative capital;
  • Bloemfontein is the judicial capital

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