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