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South Africa flag

The flag of South Africa was founded on April, 27, 1994

South Africa flag

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Description of South African flag: two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes

Country name:
long form: Republic of South Africa
short form: South Africa

Location of South Africa: Southern Africa

South Africa borders with:
Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean

The capital of South Africa: Pretoria

Time difference: UTC+2

Area: 1,219,912 sq km

Population: 49,052,500

Nationality: South African

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

Government type: republic

Chief of state: President

Currency: rand (ZAR)

Internet-domain: .za

South Africa flag

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