Capital

Cape Town (legislative) Pretoria (Administrative) Bloemfontein (Judicial) 33°55? S 18°25? E

Largest city

Johannesburg

Official language(s)

Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda

From Great Britain May 31, 1910

Area  • Total   • Water (%)

  44,344,136 (26th) 36/km² (136th) {{{population_densitymi²}}}/mi² 

2005 estimate $527,400,000,000 (24th) $11,900 (76th)

0.658 (120th) – medium

Currency

Time zone  • Summer (DST)

(UTC+2) (UTC+2)

Internet TLD

.za

Calling code

+27