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Republic of South Africa |
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| South Africa Flag | |
 | Capital city: Admin Capital Pretoria. Legislative Capital Cape Town |
| Area: 1220088 square km |
| National day: 27 April (Freedom day, anniversary of the first non-racial elections, 1994) |
| Independence: 31 May 1910, union of four British colonies which evolved to full independence. Became the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and withdrew from the Commonwealth. |
| Population: 44 million as of 2000 |
| Leader: Thabo Mbeki born 1942. President since 1999. |
| Language: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, North Sotho, Sesotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu. (eleven official) |
| Currency: Rand ZAR (R) |
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