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The Republic of South Africa
Image of the South African Flag

Flag Colors & Description

The South African flag depicts a central green band which splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side, separating the flag into various areas. The Y embraces a black isosceles triangle on the hoist side; the arms of the Y are separated from the black by narrow yellow bands. The top section away from the hoist side is red and the bottom section is blue; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes.

People

Population: 44187637 (July 2006 estimate) (growth rate): -0.4% (2006 estimate)

Gdp: $576.4 billion (2006 estimate) (per capita): $13,000 (2006 estimate)

Languages:
 IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census)

Government

Capital: Pretoria (administrative capital)

Government type: republic

Geography

Natural Resources: antimony, chromium, coal, copper, gem diamonds, gold, iron ore, manganese, natural gas, nickel, phosphates, platinum, salt, tin, uranium, vanadium

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