Africa · Southern Africa
South Africa 🇿🇦
Capital: Pretoria
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ZA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
ZAF
Phone dial code
+27
Internet TLD
.za
Currency
ZAR R
Exchange rate
1 USD = 16.3165 ZAR
Population
63,100,945
Area (km²)
1,219,912
ZAR → USD conversions
| USD | ZAR |
|---|---|
| $1 | 16.32 R |
| $5 | 81.58 R |
| $10 | 163.17 R |
| $50 | 815.83 R |
| $100 | 1,631.65 R |
| $500 | 8,158.25 R |
| $1000 | 16,316.5 R |
Rate refreshed every 4 hours. See live ZAR rates for all currencies →
Timezones
Africa/Johannesburg
SAST · UTC+02:00 · South African Standard Time
States / provinces · 9 total
Cities in Eastern Cape · sample from province
Want every city in South Africa? See all 150,000+ cities or query the /v1/countries/ZA/states endpoint.
Country name in other languages
ar
جنوب أفريقيا
br
Suafrika
de
Republik Südafrika
es
República de Sudáfrica
fa
آفریقای جنوبی
fr
Afrique du Sud
hi
दक्षिण अफ्रीका
hr
Južnoafrička Republika
it
Sud Africa
ja
南アフリカ
ko
남아프리카 공화국
nl
Zuid-Afrika
Get this data from the API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://api.apogeoapi.com/v1/countries/ZA?include=full"
# Returns:
# {
# "iso2": "ZA", "iso3": "ZAF",
# "name": "South Africa",
# "capital": "Pretoria",
# "currency": "ZAR",
# "currencyRate": { "rate": 16.3165, "base": "USD" },
# "phoneCode": "27",
# "flagUrl": "https://flagcdn.com/za.svg",
# ...
# }Use this data in your app today
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