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South Africa (nation)
Coordinates:
Lat: 30 00 00 S degrees minutes Lat: -30.0000 decimal degrees
Long: 026 00 00 E degrees minutes Long: 26.0000 decimal degrees
Note: San Bushmen arrived in area 10,000 BCE; Iron Age Bantu-speakers immigrated for centuries until 15th century; Dias arrived on Cape 1488, Dutch 1650s; British and Boer dispute led to war 1899-1902; non-Europeans were granted limited government participation 1983; official languages are Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu.
Names:
South Africa (preferred C ,V ,English-P ,U ,N )South Africa Shona )Republic of South Africa (C ,V ,O ,English ,U ,N )Suid-Afrika (C ,V ,Afrikaans-P ,U ,N )Republiek van Suid-Afrika (C ,V ,O ,Afrikaans ,U ,N )Zuid-Afrika (C ,O ,Dutch )Zuid-Afrika Limburgan )Sewula Afrika (C ,V ,Ndebele-P ,U ,N )iRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika (C ,V ,O ,Ndebele ,U )Repabliki we Sewula Afrika (C ,V ,Ndebele ,U ,N )Afrika-Borwa (C ,V ,Sotho, Northern-P ,U ,N )Afrika-Borwa Sotho, Southern ,U ,N )Afrika-Borwa Setswana ,U ,N )Rephaboliki ya Afrika-Borwa (C ,V ,O ,Sotho, Northern ,U )Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa (C ,V ,Sotho, Northern ,U ,N )Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa Sotho, Southern ,U ,N )Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa deleted Tswana, use 75054 Setswana ,U ,N )Afrika Borwa (C ,V ,Sotho, Southern-P ,U )Afrika Borwa Southern Sotho )Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa (C ,V ,O ,Sotho, Southern ,U )Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa Southern Sotho )Ningizimu Afrika (C ,V ,Swati (Swazi)-P ,U ,N )Ningizimu Afrika Zulu-P ,U ,N )iRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika (C ,V ,O ,Swati (Swazi) ,U )Riphabiliki yase Ningizimu Afrika (C ,V ,Swati (Swazi) ,U ,N )Riphabiliki yase Ningizimu Afrika Zulu ,U ,N )Aforika Borwa (C ,V ,Setswana )Aforika Borwa deleted Tswana, use 75054 Setswana-P ,U )Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa (C ,V ,O ,Setswana )Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa deleted Tswana, use 75054 Setswana ,U )Afrika Dzonga (C ,V ,Tsonga-P ,U )Afrika-Dzonga (C ,V ,Tsonga ,U ,N )Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga (C ,V ,O ,Tsonga ,U )Riphabiliki ya Afrika-Dzonga (C ,V ,Tsonga ,U ,N )Afurika Tshipembe (C ,V ,Venda-P ,U )Riphabuliki ya Afurika Tshipembe (C ,V ,O ,Venda ,U )Afrika Tshipembe (C ,V ,Venda ,U ,N )Riphabuliki ya Afrika Tshipembe (C ,V ,Venda ,U ,N )uMzantsi Afrika (C ,V ,Xhosa-P ,U )Mzantsi Afrika (C ,V ,Xhosa ,U ,N )iRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika (C ,V ,O ,Xhosa ,U )iRiphabliki ya Mzantsi Afrika (C ,V ,Xhosa ,U ,N )iRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika (C ,V ,O ,Zulu ,U )República de Sudáfrica (C ,V ,Spanish ,U ,N )Sudáfrica (C ,O ,Spanish-P ,U ,N )Sudáfrica Galician )Afrique du Sud (C ,O ,French-P ,U ,N )République sud-africaine (C ,O ,French ,U ,N )África do Sul (C ,O ,Portuguese )Africa del Sud (C ,O ,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) )Südafrika (C ,O ,German )Südafrika Luxembourgish )Южная Африка (C ,O ,Russian-P ,U )Южно-Африканская Республика (C ,O ,Russian ,U )南非 (C ,O ,Chinese-P ,U )南非共和国 (C ,O ,Chinese ,U )ج وٌب أفرًل اِ (C ,O ,Arabic-P ,U )جُهور ةً ج وٌب أفرًل اِ (C ,O ,Arabic ,U )ZAF (C ,O ,ISO3L )ZA (C ,O ,ISO2L )ISO710 (C ,O ,ISO3N )SF (C ,V ,FIPS )South African (C ,O )דרום אפריקה (C ,U ,Hebrew )Aferika Borwa (C ,U ,Setswana )ʻAfilika tonga (C ,U ,Tonga (Tonga Islands) )Afirka Ta Kudu (C ,U ,Hausa )Afraga a Deas (C ,U ,Scots Gaelic )Africa Australis (C ,U ,Latin )Africa dal Sid (C ,U ,Romansh )Africa de Sud (C ,U ,Romanian )Àfrica dû Sud (C ,U ,Sicilian )Africa du Sud (C ,U ,Arpitan )Afrika Anaafo (C ,U ,Akan )Afrika Atsimo (C ,U ,Malagasy )Afrika Dhyhow (C ,U ,Cornish )Afrika e Jugut (C ,U ,Albanian )Afrika Kusini (C ,U ,Kikuyu )Afrika Kusini Swahili (generic) )Afrika Selatan (C ,U ,Indonesian )Afrika Selatan Malay (macrolanguage) )Afrika t’Isfel (C ,U ,Maltese )Afrîkaya Başûr (C ,U ,Kurdish )Afrika ya Kusini (C ,U ,Swahili (generic) )Afríka ya Súdi (C ,U ,Lingala )Afrika ya Súdi (C ,U ,Luba-Katanga )Afrik bŋ Worgo (C ,U ,Fulah )Afrik Disid (C ,U ,Haitian (Haitian Creole) )Afrik disid (C ,U ,Haitian (Haitian Creole) )Afryka Południowa (C ,U ,Polish )Afurika y'Epfo (C ,U ,Rundi )An Afraic Theas (C ,U ,Irish Gaelic )Anyiehe Afrika nutome (C ,U ,Ewe )Āwherika-ki-te-tonga (C ,U ,Maori )Awherika ki te Tonga (C ,U ,Maori )Cənub Afrika (C ,U ,Azerbaijani )Cộng hòa Nam Phi (C ,U ,Vietnamese )De Affrica (C ,U ,Welsh )Dél-Afrika (C ,U ,Magyar (Hungarian) )Dél-afrikai Köztársaság (C ,U ,Magyar (Hungarian) )Dienvidāfrika (C ,U ,Latvian )Dienvidāfrikas Republika (C ,U ,Latvian )Etelä-Afrikka (C ,U ,Finnish )Güney Afrika (C ,U ,Turkish )Güney Afrika Cumhuriyeti (C ,U ,Turkish )Hegoafrika (C ,U ,Basque )Hego Afrika (C ,U ,Basque )iNingizimu Afrika (C ,U ,Zulu )iRiphabhulikhi ye Ningizimu Afrika (C ,U ,Swati (Swazi) )iRiphabhuliki yase Ningizimu Afrika (C ,U ,Zulu )IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika (C ,U ,Zulu )iRiphabliki ye Sewula Afrika (C ,U )iRiphabliki yom Zantsi Afrika (C ,U ,Xhosa )iSewula Afrika (C ,U )Jihoafrická republika (C ,U ,Czech )Jižní Afrika (C ,U ,Czech )Južna Afrika (C ,U ,Croatian )Južna Afrika Bosnian )Južná Afrika (C ,U ,Slovak )Južnoafrička Republika (C ,U ,Croatian )Južnoafrička Republika Bosnian )Južnoafriška republika (C ,U ,Slovene )Koonfur Afrika (C ,U ,Somali )Lõuna-Aafrika (C ,U ,Estonian )Lõuna-Aafrika Vabariik (C ,U ,Estonian )Mátta-Afrihká (C ,U ,Northern Sami )Mauling Aprika (C ,U ,Pampanga )Mbongo-Afrîka (C ,U ,Sangho )Mzansi ye Afrika (C ,U ,North Ndebele )Nam Phi (C ,U ,Vietnamese )Orílẹ́ède Ariwa Afirika (C ,U ,Yoruba )Pietų Afrika (C ,U ,Lithuanian )Pietų Afrikos Respublika (C ,U ,Lithuanian )Południowa Afryka (C ,U ,Polish )República Sudafricana (C ,U ,Asturian )Republika Južna Afrika (C ,U ,Slovene )Republik Südafrika (C ,U ,German )Saut Aprika (C ,U ,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) )Sawusafirika (C ,U ,Ganda (Ugandan language) )Sør-Afrika (C ,U ,Norwegian (Nynorsk) )Sør-Afrika Norwegian (Bokmål) )Sør-Afrika Norwegian )Suafrika (C ,U ,Breton )Sūðaffrica (C ,U ,Anglo-Saxon )Sud-àfrica (C ,U ,Catalan )Sudafrica (C ,U ,Aragonese )Sudafrica Italian )Sud-Africa (C ,U ,Occitan )Sudàfrica (C ,U ,Catalan )Sudàfrica Piemontese )Sud Afrika (C ,U ,Novial )Sudafrika (C ,U ,Ido )Sud-Afriko (C ,U ,Esperanto )Suður-Afríka (C ,U ,Icelandic )Suðurafrika (C ,U ,Faroese )Suráfrica (C ,U ,Galician )Süüdafrika (C ,U ,Low German )Sydafrika (C ,U ,Danish )Sydafrika Swedish )Timog Aprika (C ,U ,Tagalog )umZantsi Afrika (C ,U ,Xhosa )UMzantsi Afrika (C ,U ,Xhosa )Worodugu Afriki (C ,U ,Bambara )جنوب افريقيا (C ,U ,Arabic )Република Южна Африка (C ,U ,Bulgarian )दक्षिण अफ्रीका (C ,U ,Hindi )Ҷумҳурии Африқои Ҷанубӣ (C ,U ,Tajik )Νότια Αφρική (C ,U ,Greek )Јужна Африка (C ,U ,Serbian )Јужна Африка Macedonian )სამხრეთ აფრიკა (C ,U ,Georgian )Հարավային Աֆրիկա (C ,U ,Armenian )ອາຟະລິກາໃຕ້ (C ,U ,Lao )남아프리카 (C ,U ,Korean )দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা (C ,U ,Bengali )អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង (C ,U ,Khmer )Південно-Африканська Республіка (C ,U ,Ukrainian )แอฟริกาใต้ (C ,U ,Thai )جنوب أفريقيا (C ,U ,Arabic )南アフリカ共和国 (C ,U ,Japanese )სამხრეთ აფრიკის რესპუბლიკა (C ,U ,Georgian )남아공 (C ,U ,Korean )ደቡብ አፍሪካ (C ,U ,Tigrinya )ደቡብ አፍሪካ Amharic )दक्षिण-आफ्रिका (C ,U ,Sanskrit )Јужноафричка Република (C ,U ,Serbian )தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா (C ,U ,Tamil )སའུཐ་ཨཕ་རི་ཀ (C ,U ,Dzongkha )南アフリカ (C ,U ,Japanese )Южна Африка (C ,U ,Bulgarian )آفریقای جنوبی (C ,U ,Persian-Farsi )افریقای جنوبی (C ,U ,Persian-Farsi )جٔنوٗبی اَفریٖقہ (C ,U ,Kashmiri )남아프리카공화국 (C ,U ,Korean )ประเทศแอฟริกาใต้ (C ,U ,Thai )ПАР (C ,U ,Ukrainian )Паўднёва-Афрыканская Рэспубліка (C ,U ,Belarusian )Южноафриканска република (C ,U ,Bulgarian )جەنۇبىي ئافرىقا (C ,U ,Uyghur )ལྷོ་ ཨཕྲི་ཀ། (C ,U ,Tibetan )남아프리카 공화국 (C ,U ,Korean )दक्षिण अफ्रिका (C ,U ,Marathi )दक्षिण अफ्रिका Nepali )ЮАР (C ,U ,Bulgarian )ЮАР Russian )దక్షిణ ఆఫ్రికా రాజ్యం (C ,U ,Telugu )တောင်အာဖရိက (C ,U ,Burmese )दक्षिण अफ़्रीका (C ,U ,Hindi )Південна Африка (C ,U ,Ukrainian )දකුණු අප්රිකාව (C ,U ,Sinhala )ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଆଫ୍ରିକା (C ,U ,Odia )દક્ષિણ આફ્રિકા (C ,U ,Gujarati )Оңтүстік Африка республикасы (C ,U ,Kazakh )ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ (C ,U ,Kannada )جنوبی افریقہ (C ,U ,Urdu )ئەفریقای باشوور (C ,U ,Kurdish )جمهورية جنوب افريقيا (C ,U ,Arabic )ദക്ഷിണാഫ്രിക്ക (C ,U ,Malayalam )தென் ஆப்பிரிக்கா (C ,U ,Tamil )Unie van Suid-Afrika (H ,V ,Afrikaans )Union of South Africa (H ,V )
Hierarchical Position:
Place Types:
nation (preferred C ) ............ federal union established 1910
primary political unit (C )
independent sovereign nation (C )
republic (C ) ............ established 1961
independent political entity (C )
Related geographic places:
capital is .... Bloemfontein .................. (World, Africa, South Africa, Free State) [1092884] .................. judicial capital
capital is .... Cape Town .................. (World, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape) [7000811] .................. legislative capital
capital is .... Pretoria .................. (World, Africa, South Africa, Gauteng) [7000810] .................. executive capital
member of .... Commonwealth of Nations ................ (World) [7005615] ................ withdrew in 1961; rejoined in 1994
member of .... United Nations ................ (World) [7029605] ................ joined organization in 1945
Sources and Contributors:
Південно-Африканська Республіка.......... [VP ] ..................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 953987
Паўднёва-Афрыканская Рэспубліка.......... [VP ] ..................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 953987
Оңтүстік Африка республикасы.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 953987
iRiphabhulikhi ye Ningizimu Afrika.......... [VP ] ........................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 953987
iRiphabhuliki yase Ningizimu Afrika.......... [VP ] ........................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 953987
IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika.......... [VP ] ..................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 953987
iRiphabliki ye Sewula Afrika.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 953987
iRiphabliki yom Zantsi Afrika.......... [VP ] .................................................. GeoNames online [n.d.] 953987
République sud-africaine.......... [VP ] ......................................... ISO Handbook (1988) 775
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