COUNTRY GUIDE · Africa
South Africa
Explore the geography, landmarks, and distinctive stories of South Africa.
South Africa at a glance
- CAPITAL
- Pretoria
- REGION
- Africa
- POPULATION
- 64,000,000
- AREA
- 1,221,037 km²
- LANGUAGE
- Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English
- CURRENCY
- Rand (ZAR)
COUNTRY SUPERLATIVE
Three Capitals
South Africa divides its executive, legislative and judicial capitals among three cities.
DID YOU KNOW?
A surprising detail about South Africa
South Africa has 12 official languages, including South African Sign Language.
Geography and nearby countries
PinPointr places South Africa in its Africa region. Its reference dataset lists an area of 1,221,037 km² and a population of approximately 64,000,000. The country is not listed as landlocked in PinPointr’s geography reference.
Listed land neighbors
Country statistics are fixed PinPointr gameplay references and may differ from current government or international estimates. Country highlights and illustrations are educational material, not official travel advice.