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South Africa

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.Coat of arms of South Africa
Official nameRepublic of South Africa
LocationAfrica | Southern Africa
Area1221037 km2
Population59.31M inhabitants
Density48.572 pop / km2
Demonyms(m) South African / (f) South African
Official languagesAfrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Capital(s)Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
Statusindependent, officially-assigned
MembershipsUN, FIFA
CurrencySouth African rand (R)
GINI63 (2014)
TLD.za
Phone code+2, suffix(es): 7
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Drives on theleft