South Africa (historically)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_Africa_(historically)

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Country
gptkbp:anthem	gptkb:Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika gptkb:Nkosi_Sikelel'_iAfrika
gptkbp:area	1,221,037 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Botswana gptkb:Eswatini gptkb:Mozambique gptkb:Namibia gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Pretoria
gptkbp:continent	gptkb:Africa
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:South_African_rand
gptkbp:dialCode	+27
gptkbp:drivesOn	left
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Flag_of_South_Africa_(1928–1994) gptkb:Flag_of_South_Africa_(post-1994)
gptkbp:formerColonyOf	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:governmentType	parliamentary republic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	South Africa (historically)
gptkbp:independenceDate	1910-05-31
gptkbp:judicialCapital	gptkb:Bloemfontein
gptkbp:leftCommonwealth	1961
gptkbp:legislativeCapital	gptkb:Cape_Town
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Africa
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Bloemfontein gptkb:Cape_Town gptkb:Durban gptkb:Johannesburg gptkb:Pretoria gptkb:Soweto gptkb:Port_Elizabeth
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Group_Areas_Act gptkb:Population_Registration_Act gptkb:Bantu_Education_Act
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission gptkb:Sharpeville_massacre gptkb:Soweto_uprising apartheid first democratic elections (1994)
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Nelson_Mandela gptkb:F._W._de_Klerk gptkb:P._W._Botha gptkb:Cecil_Rhodes Jan Smuts
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:African_National_Congress gptkb:Inkatha_Freedom_Party gptkb:United_Democratic_Front National Party
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Afrikaans English
gptkbp:population	~40 million (1990s)
gptkbp:rejoinedCommonwealth	1994
gptkbp:surroundedBy	gptkb:Lesotho
gptkbp:timezone	gptkb:SAST
gptkbp:UNMemberSince	1945
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:His_Majesty's_Prison gptkb:Defaced_Blue_Ensign
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7