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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Union
gptkb:Country
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gptkbp:area
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1,221,037 km²
1,221,037 square kilometers
1219090 km²
1,121,996 square kilometers
1,121,996 km²
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gptkbp:borders
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gptkb:Swaziland
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:Botswana
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gptkbp:breeding_behavior
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:calling_code
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+27
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Pretoria
gptkb:Cape_Town
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gptkbp:climate
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varied
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gptkbp:coordinates
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Southern Africa
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:South_African_rand
gptkb:South_African_Rand
gptkb:South_African_pound
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gptkbp:demographics
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Multiracial society
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gptkbp:demonym
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gptkb:South_African
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gptkbp:dissolved
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gptkb:1961
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gptkbp:driving_side
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left
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gptkbp:economy
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mixed economy
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gptkbp:established
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1910
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gptkbp:export_markets
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gptkb:machinery
gptkb:automobile
gptkb:platinum
gptkb:gold
electronics
diamonds
chemicals
petroleum
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gptkbp:famous_landmark
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gptkb:Cape_of_Good_Hope
gptkb:Robben_Island
gptkb:Kruger_National_Park
gptkb:Table_Mountain
gptkb:Apartheid_Museum
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Flag_of_the_Union_of_South_Africa
gptkb:Flag_of_South_Africa
Union Jack and the flag of the Orange Free State
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gptkbp:formed
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1910
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gptkbp:gdp
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approximately $350 billion
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gptkbp:government_type
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gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
parliamentary democracy
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gptkbp:historical_event
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gptkb:Soweto_Uprising_1976
gptkb:Constitution_of_1996
gptkb:Sharpeville_Massacre_1960
Formation of the Union
Formation of the Pan Africanist Congress
Formation of the South African Communist Party
First democratic elections 1994
National Party victory in 1948
Formation of the African National Congress
End of apartheid 1994
Establishment of the Union Parliament
Formation of the Democratic Alliance
Formation of the Economic Freedom Fighters
Formation of the United Party
Implementation of the apartheid system
Introduction of the Natives Land Act 1913
Transition to a republic 1961
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gptkbp:historical_figure
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gptkb:Chris_Hani
gptkb:P._W._Botha
gptkb:John_Vorster
gptkb:Nadine_Gordimer
gptkb:Oliver_Tambo
gptkb:Helen_Joseph
gptkb:Bantu_Stephen_Biko
gptkb:Steve_Biko
gptkb:Jan_Smuts
gptkb:Zakes_Mda
gptkb:Desmond_Tutu
gptkb:Ruth_First
gptkb:Thabo_Mbeki
gptkb:Joe_Slovo
gptkb:Mamphela_Ramphele
gptkb:Walter_Sisulu
gptkb:Miriam_Makeba
gptkb:James_Barry_Munnik_Hertzog
gptkb:Archbishop_Desmond_Tutu
gptkb:Daniel_François_Malan
gptkb:Hendrik_Verwoerd
gptkb:J._M._Coetzee
gptkb:Hugh_Masekela
gptkb:Nelson_Mandela
gptkb:Fatima_Meer
gptkb:Albert_Hertzog
gptkb:Zola_Budd
gptkb:Cyril_Ramaphosa
gptkb:Louis_Botha
gptkb:F._W._de_Klerk
gptkb:Lillian_Ngoyi
Khadija Magardie
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gptkbp:historical_period
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British colonial period
Post-apartheid era
Apartheid era
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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First self-governing union in Africa
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Union of South Africa
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gptkbp:independence
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May 31, 1910
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:South_Africa
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gptkbp:major_city
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gptkb:Port_Elizabeth
gptkb:Tshwane
gptkb:Kimberley
gptkb:Johannesburg
gptkb:Pietermaritzburg
gptkb:Pretoria
gptkb:Cape_Town
gptkb:Bloemfontein
gptkb:Durban
gptkb:Nelspruit
gptkb:Polokwane
East London
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gptkbp:major_rivers
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gptkb:Tugela_River
gptkb:Vaal_River
gptkb:Orange_River
gptkb:Limpopo_River
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gptkbp:membership
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1945
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gptkbp:minister
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gptkb:Louis_Botha
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gptkbp:national_animal
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gptkb:Springbok
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gptkbp:national_anthem
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gptkb:Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika
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gptkbp:national_flower
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gptkb:King_Protea
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gptkbp:official_language
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gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Xhosa
English
Afrikaans
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:National_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:United_Party
South African Party
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gptkbp:population
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approximately 50 million
approximately 1.5 million (1910)
approximately 1.5 million (1911)
approximately 8 million (1911)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Transvaal_Colony
gptkb:Orange_River_Colony
gptkb:Cape_Colony
gptkb:Natal_Colony
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Africa
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gptkbp:signed_by
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gptkb:British_Empire
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gptkbp:significant_event
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gptkb:Constitutional_Act_of_1909
gptkb:South_African_War
gptkb:Republic_referendum_1960
gptkb:Statute_of_Westminster_1931
Constitution of 1910
Formation of the Union
Republic declared in 1961
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gptkbp:sport
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gptkb:rugby
gptkb:Cricket
gptkb:soccer
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Republic_of_South_Africa
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gptkbp:time_zone
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UTC+2
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Vorta
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Indian_politician
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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