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EswatiniAbout South Africa
South Africa is a country in Southern Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of South Africa. In Arabic, the name is written جنوب أفريقيا, and the capital بريتوريا. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.
The capital of South Africa is Pretoria. Pretoria lies at about 26° south and 28° east. Alongside Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Cape Town also host important national institutions. South Africa has 11 official languages: Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu. Its currency is the South African Rand, with the symbol R and the international code ZAR.
South Africa covers about 1,221,037 square kilometres, which puts it 24th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 6 countries: Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The largest of these neighbours by area is Namibia. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes South Africa with the other countries of the same region.