ZA

South Africa

Description

South Africa occupies the southernmost tip of the continent, with coastlines on both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, bordering Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Eswatini, and entirely surrounding Lesotho. Uniquely, the country has three capitals: Pretoria serves as the administrative and executive capital, Cape Town as the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein as the judicial capital. The ISO 3166-1 codes for South Africa (alpha-2 ZA, alpha-3 ZAF, numeric 710) are used across internet domains, currency and banking systems, and international shipping and travel documents.

Country Codes Details

ISO Code
ZA
Alpha-3 Code
ZAF
Country Name
South Africa
Numeric Code
710
Continent
Africa
Capital
Pretoria
Flag
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Phone codes for this country

1 phone codes found
Phone codes used in South Africa

++27 South Africa

Mobile Landline +27 82 123 4567

Currencies used in this country

1 currency found
Currencies used in South Africa

ZAR South African Rand

R Numeric: 710 2 decimal places
Format examples:
1,000.00 R 1,234.56 R

Airports in this country

51 airports found
Airports located in South Africa

AAM Malamala Airport

ICAO: FAMD Malamala medium_airport

AGZ Aggeneys Airport

ICAO: FAAG Aggeneys medium_airport

ALJ Alexander Bay Airport

ICAO: FAAB Alexander Bay medium_airport

BFN Bram Fischer International Air...

ICAO: FABL Bloemfontain medium_airport Scheduled

BIY Bisho Airport

ICAO: FABE Bisho medium_airport

CPT Cape Town International Airpor...

ICAO: FACT Cape Town large_airport Scheduled

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Official Sources

International Organization for Standardization

Official ISO 3166-1 country codes standard

International standards body maintaining country codes

United Nations Statistics Division

UN M49 country and area codes for statistical use

United Nations official geographical codes