World Countries

South Africa

South Africa coat of arms
The flag of South Africa is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and blue, with a yellow-edged black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base centered on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width and two-third the height of the field, and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a white-edged green horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and blue bands to the fly end of the field.

Common Name: South Africa

Official Name: Republic of South Africa

Geographic Details

CapitalPretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
Continent(s)Africa
RegionAfrica
SubregionSouthern Africa
Landlocked❌
Area1,221,037 km²
Coordinates(29° 0' S, 24° 0' E)

Demographic and Political Information

Population59,308,690
CurrencySouth African rand (R)
TimezonesUTC+02:00
LanguagesAfrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
UN Member✅

Additional Information

Top-level Domain.za
Calling Code+2
Independent✅
Start of weekmonday
alpha2CodeZA
alpha3CodeZAF