Africa
Southern Africa

South Africa

South Africa is a superb destination rich in culture, fauna, flora and history. 's southernmost country is a large country with widely varying landscapes, 12 official languages, and an equally diverse population and is often known as the "Rainbow Nation".
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Cape Town and Johannesburg.

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is the second most populous city in South Africa. The capital of , it is also the legislative capital of the nation. is on South Africa's southwestern coast close to the Cape of Good Hope, and is the southernmost city on the African continent.

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is a large metropolis and South Africa's largest city. Once regarded as South Africa's crime capital in the turbulent nineties, the city has shaken off that reputation led by its youthful exuberant population and a growing black middle class, not to mention the omnipresent soundtrack of Amapiano and house music.

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, the administrative capital of South Africa, is in . Its wide avenues are lined with purple-flowered jacaranda trees and stately architecture.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

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The is the most south-western province in South Africa, covering many of South Africa's tourist destinations and attractions.

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is in South Africa and stretches along the Indian Ocean between and .

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is a province in the east of South Africa, bordering in the north and the in the south.

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is one of the provinces in the northeast of South Africa. The word "Gauteng" is a Sesotho phrase meaning "Place of gold", referencing to the thriving gold industry following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg.

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The , in the north-west corner of South Africa, is its largest and least populated province with only a population of 1,303,047. Distances between towns are enormous due to its sparse population.

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Province is South Africa’s northernmost province. It borders , and . takes up 10.2% of South Africa's land area.

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The Province, "South Africa's breadbasket", sits in the heartland of the semi-desert.

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The Province is in the north-east of South Africa and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.

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The , provides a link between South Africa and Botswana. The province is the largest platinum production area in the world, and its Stelland area is the "Texas of South Africa" with some of the biggest cattle herds in the world.

South Africa

Latitude of center
-29.57° or 29° 34′ 12″ south
Longitude of center
25.53° or 25° 31′ 48″ east
Population
50,000,000
Area
1,219,912 km² (471,011 miles²)
Elevation
1,037 metres (3,402 feet)
Capital
Currency
Rand (ZAR)
Phone code
.za
Internet domain
27
Open­Street­Map ID
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Geo­Names ID
953987
Wiki­data ID
Q258
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“South Africa” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Алада-Африкатәи ареспублика”
  • Abkhazian: “Аладатәи Африка”
  • Achinese: “Afrika Seulatan”
  • Achinese: “Afrika Tunong”
  • Adyghe: “Къыблэ Африкэ Республикэ”
  • Afrikaans: “Republiek van Suid-Afrika”
  • Afrikaans: “Suid-Afrika”
  • Afrikaans: “Unie van Suid-Afrika” (historical)
  • Akan: “Afrika Anaafo”
  • Albanian: “Afrika e Jugut”
  • Albanian: “Republika Jugafrikane”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ አፍሪቃ”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ አፍሪካ”
  • Amis: “South africa”
  • Angika: “दक्षिण अफ्रीका”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية جنوب افريقيا”
  • Arabic: “جنوب أفريقيا”
  • Arabic: “جنوب إفريقيا”
  • Arabic: “جنوب افريقيا”
  • Aragonese: “Sudafrica”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Աֆրիկա”
  • Armenian: “Հարավաֆրիկյան Հանրապետություն”
  • Arpitan: “Africa du Mié-jorn”
  • Arpitan: “Africa du Sud”
  • Assamese: “দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা”
  • Assamese: “দক্ষিণ আফ্ৰিকা”
  • Asturian: “República Sudafricana”
  • Asturian: “Sudáfrica”
  • Atayal: “South africa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub Afrika”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Afrika Respublikası”
  • Balinese: “Afrika Kelod”
  • Balinese: “Afrika Selatan”
  • Bambara: “Worodugu Afrika”
  • Bambara: “Worodugu Afriki”
  • Banjar: “Aprika Salatan”
  • Bashkir: “Көньяҡ Африка Республикаһы”
  • Basque: “Hego Afrika”
  • Basque: “Hegoafrika”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Afrika Selatan”
  • Batak Toba: “Aprika Dangsina”
  • Bavarian: “Republik Sidafrika”
  • Bavarian: “Siadafrika”
  • Bavarian: “Sidafrika”
  • Belarusian: “ПАР”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Афрыканская Рэспубліка”
  • Bengali: “দ. আফ্রিকা”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা প্রজাতন্ত্র”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা”
  • Betawi: “Aprika Kidul”
  • Bhojpuri: “दक्खिन अफिरका”
  • Bhojpuri: “दक्खिन अफ़्रीका”
  • Bishnupriya: “খা আফ্রিকা”
  • Bislama: “Saot Afrika”
  • Bosnian: “Južna Afrika”
  • Bosnian: “Južnoafrička Republika”
  • Brahui: “Soelí Afríká”
  • Breton: “Afrika ar Su”
  • Breton: “Suafrika”
  • Bulgarian: “Република Южна Африка”
  • Bulgarian: “РЮА”
  • Bulgarian: “ЮАР”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Африка”
  • Bulgarian: “Южноафриканска република”
  • Burmese: “တောင်အာဖရိက”
  • Burmese: “တောင်အာဖရိကနိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Sud-àfrica”
  • Catalan: “Sud-Àfrica”
  • Catalan: “Sudàfrica”
  • Cebuano: “Habagatang Aprika”
  • Central Bikol: “Habagatan na Aprika”
  • Central Bikol: “Sur na Aprika”
  • Central Kanuri: “Africa Anǝm yǝ”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەفریقای باشوور”
  • Chavacano: “Sudafrica”
  • Chechen: “Къилба-Африкин Республика”
  • Cherokee: “ᎤᎦᏃᏮᎬᎿᎨᏍᏛ”
  • Cheyenne: “Mo’hetaneho’e hánêsóvóne”
  • Chinese: “Lâm-hui-kok”
  • Chinese: “Nán Fēi”
  • Chinese: “南非”
  • Chinese: “南非共和国”
  • Chuvash: “Кăнтăр Африка Республики”
  • Cornish: “Afrika Dhyhow”
  • Cornish: “Afrika Dyghow”
  • Corsican: “Republica di u Sudafrica”
  • Corsican: “Ripublica di u Sudafrica”
  • Corsican: “Sudafrica”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cenübiy Afrika”
  • Croatian: “Južna Afrika”
  • Croatian: “Južnoafrička Republika”
  • Croatian: “Republika Južna Afrika”
  • Czech: “JAR”
  • Czech: “Jihoafrická republika”
  • Czech: “Jižní Afrika”
  • Dagbani: “South Africa”
  • Danish: “Sydafrika”
  • Dhivehi: “ދެކުނު އެފްރިކާ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Afrika Veroci”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Afrikay Veroci”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Afrikaya Veroci”
  • Dinka: “Paankɔc Paguöt Apirïka”
  • Dotyali: “दक्षिण अफ्रिका”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Zuid-Afrika”
  • Dutch: “ZA”
  • Dutch: “ZAF”
  • Dutch: “Zuid Afrika”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Afrika”
  • Dzongkha: “སའུཐ་ཨཕ་རི་ཀ་”
  • Dzongkha: “སཱའུཐ་ ཨཕ་རི་ཀ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кечывалвел Африка Республик”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кечывалвел Африка”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنوب افريقيا”
  • Erzya: “Лембеёнксонь-Африкань Республикась”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Sud-Afriko”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Sudafriko”
  • Esperanto: “RSA”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Afriko”
  • Esperanto: “Sudafriko”
  • Estonian: “LAV”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Aafrika Vabariik”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Aafrika”
  • Ewe: “Anyiehe Africa nutome”
  • Ewe: “Anyiehe Afrika”
  • Ewe: “South Africa”
  • Extremaduran: “Sudáfrica”
  • Farefare: “South Africa”
  • Faroese: “Suðurafrika”
  • Fiji Hindi: “South Africa”
  • Fijian: “Ceva kei Aferika”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Afrikan tasavalta”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Afrikka”
  • Fon: “Tofɔligbe Afrikatò”
  • French: “Afrique du Sud”
  • French: “république d’Afrique du Sud”
  • French: “République d’Afrique du Sud”
  • French: “république sud-africaine”
  • French: “République sud-africaine”
  • Fulah: “Afrik bŋ Worgo”
  • Fulah: “Sawdafirika”
  • Ga: “South Afrika”
  • Gagauz: “Üülen Afrika Respublikası”
  • Galician: “África do Sur”
  • Galician: “Sudáfrica”
  • Galician: “Suráfrica”
  • Gan Chinese: “南非”
  • Ganda: “Sawusafirika”
  • Ganda: “South Africa”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ აფრიკა”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ აფრიკის რესპუბლიკა”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი აფრიკა”
  • Georgian: “სარ”
  • German: “Republik Südafrika”
  • German: “Südafrika”
  • German: “Suedafrika”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “R.S.A.”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Republic of South Africa”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “RSA”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “SA”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “South Africa”
  • Gilaki: “نسايي آفريقا”
  • Goan Konkani: “Dokxin Afrika”
  • Gorontalo: “Afrika Selatan”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Νότιας Αφρικής”
  • Greek: “Νότια Αφρική”
  • Guarani: “Yvyafrika”
  • Guarani: “Yvyáfrika”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Lafrik di Sid”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ આફ્રિકા”
  • Haitian: “Afrik disid”
  • Haitian: “Afrik Disid”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nàm-fî”
  • Hausa: “Afirka ta kudu”
  • Hausa: “Afirka ta Kudu”
  • Hausa: “Afirka Ta Kudu”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻApelika Hema”
  • Hebrew: “דרום אפריקה”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण अफ्रीका”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण अफ़्रीका”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Afrika”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-afrikai Köztársaság”
  • Iban: “Afrika Selatan”
  • Icelandic: “Suður-Afríka”
  • Ido: “Sudafrika”
  • Igbo: “South Africa”
  • Iloko: “Abagatan nga Aprika”
  • Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Afrik täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Afrik”
  • Indonesian: “Afrika Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Afrika Selatan”
  • Ingush: “ЗIилбухе-Африкера Республика”
  • Ingush: “ЗӀилбухе-Африкера Республика”
  • Interlingua: “Africa del Sud”
  • Interlingua: “Sudafrica”
  • Interlingue: “Sud Africa”
  • Interlingue: “Sud-Africa”
  • Inupiaq: “Kiluliñiq Aprika”
  • Inupiaq: “Natiq Apirikaq”
  • Irish: “an Afraic Theas”
  • Irish: “An Afraic Theas”
  • Italian: “Repubblica del Sudafrica”
  • Italian: “Sud Africa”
  • Italian: “Sudafrica”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Sout Afrika”
  • Japanese: “南アフリカ”
  • Japanese: “南アフリカ共和国”
  • Javanese: “Afrika Kidul”
  • Kabardian: “Ипшъэ Африкэ Республикэ”
  • Kabardian: “Ипшэ Африкэ Республикэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Afrika Hadɛ kiŋ”
  • Kabiyè: “Afrika Hadɛ Kiŋ”
  • Kabyle: “Tafrikt n Wenẓul”
  • Kabyle: “Tafriqt n Wenẓul”
  • Kalaallisut: “Kujalleqafrika”
  • Kalmyk: “Өмн Априкин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Qubla Afrika Respublikası”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “South Africa”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къыбыла-Африкан Республика”
  • Kashmiri: “جٔنوٗبی اَفریٖقہ”
  • Kashmiri: “جَنوٗبی اَفریٖکا”
  • Kashmiri: “جۆنوٗبی اَفریٖقہ”
  • Kashubian: “Pôłniowô Afrika”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Африка республикасы”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Африка Республикасы”
  • Khmer: “អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង”
  • Kikuyu: “Abĩrika ya Kuthini”
  • Kikuyu: “Afrika Kusini”
  • Kikuyu: “South Abĩrika”
  • Kinaray-A: “Republika kang Afrika Nabagatnan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Ripoblika kang Afrika Nabagatnan”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Afurika y’Epfo”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк-Африка Республикасы”
  • Kölsch: “Südafrika”
  • Komering: “Afrika Hulu”
  • Komi: “Лунвыв Африкаса Республика”
  • Kongo: “Repubilika ya Afelika ya Sudi”
  • Korean: “남아공”
  • Korean: “남아프리카 공화국”
  • Korean: “남아프리카”
  • Korean: “남아프리카공화국”
  • Kotava: “Geeafrika”
  • Kurdish: “Afrîkaya Başûr”
  • Kurdish: “ئەفریقای باشوور”
  • Kusaal: “Republic of South Africa”
  • Kusaal: “RSA”
  • Kusaal: “South Africa”
  • Ladin: “Sudafrica”
  • Ladino: “Sud-Afrika”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້”
  • Lao: “ອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້”
  • Latgalian: “Dīnavydu Afrikys Republika”
  • Latin: “Africa Australis”
  • Latvian: “DĀR”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidāfrika”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidāfrikas Republika”
  • Lezghian: “Кьибле-Африкадин Республика”
  • Ligurian: “Sudafrica”
  • Limburgan: “Zuid-Afrika”
  • Lingala: “Afríka ya Súdi”
  • Lingala: “Sidafríka”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Sudafrica”
  • Literary Chinese: “南非”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Afrika”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Afrikos Respublika”
  • Livvi: “Suvi Afriekku”
  • Lojban: “nanfi’ogu’e”
  • Lombard: “Sudafrica”
  • Lombard: “Südafrica”
  • Low German: “Süüdafrika”
  • Low German: “Zuud-Afrika”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Pódpołdnjowa Afrika”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Afrika ya Súdi”
  • Lule Sami: “Oarjje-Afrihkka”
  • Lule Sami: “Oarjje-Afrijkka”
  • Luxembourgish: “Südafrika”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Africa di Not”
  • Macedonian: “ЈАР”
  • Macedonian: “Јужна Африка”
  • Macedonian: “Јужноафриканска Република”
  • Maithili: “दक्षिण अफ्रिका”
  • Malagasy: “Afrika Atsimo”
  • Malay: “Afrika Selatan”
  • Malay: “افريکا سلاتن”
  • Malayalam: “ദക്ഷിണാഫ്രിക്ക”
  • Malayalam: “സൗത്ത് ആഫ്രിക്ക”
  • Maltese: “Afrika t’Isfel”
  • Maltese: “l-Afrika t’Isfel”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika tal-Afrika t’Isfel”
  • Manipuri: “ꯈꯥ ꯑꯐ꯭ꯔꯤꯀꯥ”
  • Manx: “yn Affrick Yiass”
  • Manx: “Yn Affrick Yiass”
  • Maori: “Awherika ki te Tonga”
  • Maori: “Āwherika-ki-te-tonga”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण आफ्रिका”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی آفریخا”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی آفریقا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng-hĭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-hui Kiōng-hô-kok”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-hui-kok”
  • Minangkabau: “Afrika Selatan”
  • Minangkabau: “Afsel”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე აფრიკაშ რესპუბლიკა”
  • Mirandese: “África de l Sul”
  • Moksha: “Лямбеширень Африконь Республикась”
  • Moksha: “Лямбеширень Африконь”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Африк”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Африкийн Бүгд Найрамдах Улс”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جنوب إفريقيا”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߝߙߌߞߌ߬ ߥߙߏ߬ߘߎ߮”
  • N'Ko: “ߥߙߏ߬ߘߎ߮ ߊߝߙߌߞߌ߬”
  • N'Ko: “ߥߙߏ߬ߘߎ߯ ߝߘߊ߬ߝߌ߲߬ߠߊ”
  • Narom: “Afrique du Sud”
  • Nauru: “South Aprika”
  • Navajo: “Kéyah Naakaii Łizhinii Bikéyah Shádiʼááhjí Siʼánígíí”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण अफ्रिका”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण अफ्रीका”
  • Newari: “दक्षिण अफ्रिका”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Saut Afrika”
  • North Ndebele: “Mzansi ye Afrika”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdafrikoo”
  • Northern Luri: “آفریقا ھارگە”
  • Northern Sami: “Lulli-Afrihká dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Lulli-Afrihká”
  • Northern Sami: “Mátta-Afrihká dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Mátta-Afrihká”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Sør-Afrika”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Afrika”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Afrika”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-Afrika”
  • Novial: “Sud Afrika”
  • Nyanja: “Afilika ya Kumwera”
  • Nyanja: “South Africa”
  • Obolo: “Afirika Osiki”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sud-Africa”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūðaffrica”
  • Oriya: “ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଆଫ୍ରିକା”
  • Oromo: “Aafrikaa Kibbaa”
  • Oromo: “Afrikaa Kibbaa”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Африкæ”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Африкæйы Республикæ”
  • Pali: “दक्षिण-अफ्रीका”
  • Pampanga: “Mauling Africa”
  • Pampanga: “Mauling Aprika”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਊਥ ਅਫਰੀਕਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਊਥ ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਨੂਬ ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਨੂਬ ਅਫ੍ਰੀਕਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਅਫਰੀਕਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Suráfrika”
  • Pedi: “Afrika Borwa”
  • Pedi: “Afrika-Borwa”
  • Pedi: “Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Saut Afrikaa”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Sudd-Afrikaa”
  • Persian: “آفریقای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “افریقای جنوبی”
  • Picard: “Afrike dech Sud”
  • Piemontese: “Sudàfrica”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Sowth Afreka”
  • Polish: “Południowa Afryka”
  • Polish: “Republika Południowej Afryki”
  • Polish: “RPA”
  • Portuguese: “África do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “República da África do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “RSA”
  • Portuguese: “SA”
  • Pushto: “سویلي افریقا”
  • Pushto: “سوېلي افريقا”
  • Quechua: “Sudáfrica”
  • Quechua: “Urin Aphrika”
  • Quechua: “Urin Aprika”
  • Romanian: “Africa de Sud”
  • Romansh: “Africa dal Sid”
  • Rundi: “Afurika y’Epfo”
  • Russia Buriat: “Урда Африка”
  • Russia Buriat: “Урда Африкын Улас”
  • Russian: “Азания”
  • Russian: “ЮАР”
  • Russian: “Южная Африка”
  • Russian: “Южно-Африканская Республика”
  • Rusyn: “Южна Африка”
  • Rusyn: “Южноафрицька републіка”
  • Sakizaya: “South africa”
  • Sakizaya: “South Africa”
  • Samoan: “Aferika i Saute”
  • Samogitian: “PAR”
  • Samogitian: “Pėitū Afrėkas Respoblėka”
  • Sango: “Afrîka-Mbongo”
  • Sango: “Mbongo-Afrîka”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिण-आफ्रिका”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Sudàfrica”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Suud-Afrikoa”
  • Scots: “Republic o Sooth Africae”
  • Scots: “S.A.”
  • Scots: “SA”
  • Scots: “Sooth Africae”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Afraga a Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Poblachd Afraga a Deas”
  • Serbian: “Južnoafrička Republika”
  • Serbian: “Јужна Африка”
  • Serbian: “Јужноафричка Република”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Afrika”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južnoafrička Republika”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းဢႃႇၾရိၵႃႉၸၢၼ်း”
  • Shona: “Afurika Chamhembe”
  • Shona: “South Africa”
  • Sicilian: “Àfrica dû Sud”
  • Silesian: “Republika Połedńowyj Afriki”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ آفريقا”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ آفريڪا”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Afriikk tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Afrikk”
  • Slovak: “JAR”
  • Slovak: “Juhoafrická republika”
  • Slovak: “Južná Afrika”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Afrika”
  • Slovenian: “Južnoafriška republika”
  • Slovenian: “Mzanzi”
  • Slovenian: “Republika Južna Afrika”
  • Slovenian: “RSA”
  • Slovenian: “SA”
  • Somali: “Koonfur Afrika”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنوبی آفریقا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی آفریکا”
  • South Ndebele: “Isewula Afrika”
  • Southern Sami: “Åarjel-Afrika”
  • Southern Sotho: “Afrika Boroa”
  • Southern Sotho: “Afrika Borwa”
  • Southern Sotho: “Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa”
  • Spanish: “Republica de Sudafrica”
  • Spanish: “República de Sudáfrica”
  • Spanish: “Sudafrica”
  • Spanish: “Sudáfrica”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⴼⵔⵉⵇⵜ ⵏ ⵡⵏⵥⵓⵍ”
  • Sundanese: “Afrika Kidul”
  • Swahili: “Afrika Kusini”
  • Swahili: “Afrika ya Kusini”
  • Swati: “iRiphabhulikhi ye Ningizimu Afrika”
  • Swati: “IRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika”
  • Swati: “Ningizimu Afrika”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Sydafrika”
  • Swedish: “Sydafrika”
  • Swiss German: “Südafrika”
  • Sylheti: “ꠖꠇ꠆ꠘꠞ ꠀꠚ꠆ꠞꠤꠇꠣ”
  • Tagalog: “Timog Aprika”
  • Tahitian: “’Afirita i ’Apato’a”
  • Tahitian: “’Āfirita i ’Apato’a”
  • Tajik: “Африкаи Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tajik: “Африқои Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tajik: “Ҷумҳурии Африқои Ҷанубӣ”
  • Talysh: “Afrika Veroji”
  • Talysh: “Nyso Afrikə Respublikə”
  • Tamil: “தென் ஆப்பிரிக்கா”
  • Tamil: “தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா”
  • Taroko: “South Africa”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Африка Җөмһүрияте”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Африка Республикасы”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Африка”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ ఆఫ్రికా”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణాఫ్రికా”
  • Thai: “ประเทศแอฟริกาใต้”
  • Thai: “แอฟริกาใต้”
  • Tibetan: “ལྷོ་ ཨཕྲི་ཀ།”
  • Tibetan: “ལྷོ་ཨ་ཧྥེ་རི་ཁ།”
  • Tigrinya: “ደቡብ አፍሪካ”
  • Tigrinya: “ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Saut Aprika”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAfilika tonga”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAfilika Tonga”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Südafrika”
  • Tsonga: “Afrika Dzonga”
  • Tsonga: “Afrika-Dzonga”
  • Tsonga: “Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga”
  • Tswana: “Aferika Borwa”
  • Tswana: “Aforika Borwa”
  • Tswana: “Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa”
  • Tulu: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ”
  • Tumbuka: “South Africa”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “جنوب إفريقيا”
  • Turkish: “Güney Afrika Cumhuriyeti”
  • Turkish: “Güney Afrika”
  • Turkmen: “Günorta Afrika Respublikasy”
  • Turkmen: “Günorta Afrika”
  • Twi: “Abibir Anaafo”
  • Twi: “South Africa”
  • Tyap: “Afi̱rika A̱tak”
  • Tyap: “Afrika A̱tak”
  • Udmurt: “Лымшор Африкаысь Республика”
  • Uighur: “جەنۇبىي ئافرىقا”
  • Ukrainian: “ПАР”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Африка”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Африканська Республіка”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Južna Afrika”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی افریقا”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی افریقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Afrika Respublikasi”
  • Venda: “Afurika Tshipembe”
  • Venetian: “Sudàfrica”
  • Veps: “Suviafrikan Tazovaldkund”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hoà Nam Phi”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Nam Phi”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Phi”
  • Vlaams: “Zuud-Afrika”
  • Vlax Romani: “South Africa”
  • Volapük: “Sulüdafrikän”
  • Võro: “Lõunõ-Afriga Vabariik”
  • Walloon: “Nonne-Afrike”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Apriká”
  • Welsh: “De Affrica”
  • Western Armenian: “Հարաւային Ափրիկէ”
  • Western Armenian: “Հարաւափրիկեան Հանրապետութիւն”
  • Western Balochi: “آپریکایی جنوبی”
  • Western Frisian: “Súd-Afrika”
  • Western Frisian: “Sûd-Afrika”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی افریقا”
  • Wolof: “Afrig gu Bëj-saalum”
  • Wolof: “Afrik di Sid”
  • Wu Chinese: “南非”
  • Xhosa: “eMzantsi Afrika”
  • Xhosa: “IRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika”
  • Xhosa: “iRiphabliki yom Zantsi Afrika”
  • Xhosa: “umZantsi Afrika”
  • Xhosa: “UMzantsi Afrika”
  • Yakut: “Соҕуруу Африка Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ”
  • Yakut: “Соҕуруу Африка”
  • Yiddish: “דרום אפריקע”
  • Yiddish: “דרום־אַפֿריקע”
  • Yoruba: “Gúúṣù Áfíríkà”
  • Yoruba: “Gúúsù Áfríkà”
  • Yue Chinese: “南非”
  • Yue Chinese: “南非共和國”
  • Zeeuws: “Zuud-Afrika”
  • Zhuang: “Nanzfeih”
  • Zulu: “iNingizimu Afrika”
  • Zulu: “iRiphabhuliki yase Ningizimu Afrika”
  • Zulu: “IRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika”
  • Zulu: “IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika”
  • Zulu: “uMzansi”
  • “Afrika Kidul”
  • “Afrika Selatan”
  • “Lõunõ-Afriga Vabariik”
  • “ma Setapika”
  • “Pėitū Afrėkas Respoblėka”
  • “SA”
  • “Sud Africa”
  • “Süd Africa”
  • “Sud Afriche”
  • “Sudafrica”
  • “Sudafriche”
  • “Tsintlan Afrikah”
  • “Tsintlan Afrikah Axkayotl”
  • “za”
  • “ZA”
  • “ZAF”
  • “दक्खिन अफिरका”

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