South Africa

Six looks for South Africa

The country's flag flying on a pole: the bass lifts the wave, every kick runs a ripple through the cloth and a sweep of light crosses it on the drops.

The flag's colours

Measured from the flag itself, largest area first. Every look lights its scene with them.

• Dark green#007847 · 34% of the flag
• Blue#000C8A · 21% of the flag
• Red#E1392D · 20% of the flag
• White#FFFFFF · 11% of the flag
• Black#000001 · 10% of the flag
• Gold#FFB915 · 5% of the flag

About South Africa

Continent

Africa

Region

Southern Africa

Capital

Pretoria

National day

Freedom Day, 27 April

ISO codes

ZA, ZAF, 710

The map in Country Outline is the main landmass and the islands near it, from Natural Earth 1:50m. Borders are drawn as Natural Earth draws them, with the corrections listed on the licences page; an outline is not a statement on any border.