South Africa

Republic of South Africa 11 aur sarkari bhasa[1] Afrikaans: Republiek van Suid-Afrika Zulu: iRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika Xhosa: iRiphabhlikhi yoMzantsi Afrika Pedi: Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa Southern Sotho: Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa Tswana: Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa Tsonga: Riphabliki ya Afrika Dzonga Swati: iRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu-Afrika Venda: Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe Southern Ndebele: iRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "ǃke e: ǀxarra ǁke" (ǀXam) "Unity in diversity"
Anthem: "South Africa ke national anthem"
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Capital	Pretoria (executive)[2] Cape Town (legislative)[2] Bloemfontein (judicial)[2]
Largest city	Johannesburg[3]
Official languages	12 bhasa[4][5] Afrikaans English Ndebele Sepedi Sesotho Setswana South African Sign Language Swazi Tshivenda Xhosa Xitsonga Zulu Languages with special status[4] Khoe languages Nama Khoisan languages German Greek Gujarati Hindi Portuguese Telugu Tamil Urdu Arabic Hebrew Sanskrit
Ethnic groups (2022[6])	81.4% Black 8.2% Coloured 7.3% White 2.7% Indian, nai to Asian 0.4% duusra
Religion (2022)[7]	85.3% Isai dharam 7.8% traditional dharam 3.1% koi dharam nai 1.6% Islam 1.1% Hinduism 1.1% duusra
Demonym(s)	South African
Government	Unitary dominant-party[8] parliamentary republic with an executive presidency
• President	Cyril Ramaphosa
• Deputy President	Paul Mashatile
• Speaker of the National Assembly	Thoko Didiza
• Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces	Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane
• Chief Justice	Mandisa Maya
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	National Council of Provinces
• Lower house	National Assembly
Independence  United Kingdom se
• Union	31 May 1910
• Statute of Westminster	11 December 1931
• Republic	31 May 1961
• Abhi ke constitution	4 February 1997
Area
• Total	Template:Convinfobox/prisec2 (24th)
• Water (%)	0.380
Population
• 2022 census	62,027,503[9] (23rd)
• Density	50.8 /km2 (131.6 /sq mi) (169th)
GDP (PPP)	2024 estimate
• Total	▼ $993.75 billion[10] (32nd)
• Per capita	▼ $15,720[10] (95th)
GDP (nominal)	2024 estimate
• Total	▲ $403.75 billion[10] (38th)
• Per capita	▲ $6,380[10] (98th)
Gini (2014)	Template:DecreasePositive 63.0[11] very high inequality
HDI (2022)	▲ 0.717[12] high (110th)
Currency	South African rand (ZAR)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Date format	Short formats: yyyy/mm/dd[13] yyyy-mm-dd[14]
Driving side	left
Calling code	+27
ISO 3166 code	ZA
Internet TLD	.za

Republic of South Africa, Africa ke south me ek des hae. Iske abaadi forty-five million hae.

South Africa ke parrosi des Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique aur Swaziland hae.

Sab se barraa city Johannesburg hae, capital city Cape Town, Pretoria, aur Bloemfontein. Iske kaaran hae ki government Pretoria se raaj kare hae, parliament, Cape Town me baithe hae aur Supreme Court Bloemfontein me hae.

11 national bhasa hae: Afrikaans, English bhasa, Ndebele, Xhosa, Zulu, Swati, Setswana, Sesotho, Sesotho sa Leboa, Venda aur Tsonga.

South Africa ke ek jaane maane jan Nelson Mandela hae, jon ki 1994 se 1999 talak president rahaa.

1. ↑ Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act (47665) (in English and Tswana). 697. Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. 27 July 2023.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "South Africa at a glance". South African Government. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
3. ↑ "Principal Agglomerations of the World". City Population. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (2013 English version ed.). Constitutional Court of South Africa. 2013. ch. 1, s. 6. https://www.concourt.org.za/images/phocadownload/the_text/english-2013.pdf. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
5. ↑ "The NA Approves South African Sign Language as the 12th Official Language". Parliament of South Africa. 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on Dec 22, 2023.
6. ↑ Mitchley, Alex. "SA's population swells to 62 million - 2022 census at a glance". News24 (in English). Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
7. ↑ "Statistical Release - Census 2022" (PDF). statssa.gov.za. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
8. ↑ "THE DOMINANT-PARTY SYSTEM: Challenges for South Africa's Second Decade of Democracy" (PDF) (in English). JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ELECTIONS. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
9. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Census-2022
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2024 Edition. (South Africa)". www.imf.org. International Monetary Fund. 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
11. ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
12. ↑ "Human Development Report 2023/24" (PDF) (in English). United Nations Development Programme. 13 March 2024. p. 275. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
13. ↑ "Data Source Comparison for en-ZA". www.localeplanet.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
14. ↑ "Data Source Comparison for af-ZA". www.localeplanet.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.