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There are eleven official names of South Africa, [1] one in each of its 12 official languages. The number is surpassed only by India. The number is surpassed only by India. These languages include English , Afrikaans , the Nguni languages ( Zulu , Xhosa , Ndebele , and Swazi ), the Sotho-Tswana languages ( Tswana , Sotho , and Pedi ), Venda ...
In 1860, Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria, became the first member of the royal family to visit South Africa. Later, in 1901, the then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later King George V and Queen Mary ) visited South Africa during an extensive tour of the British Empire.
Solomon Islands: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Honiara The park was established on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953; South Africa: Queensburgh, its original name was Malvern, but it was changed in 1953 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's coronation; Uganda: Queen Elizabeth National Park; United Kingdom:
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Iapa, queen of the city Dihrani – Esarhaddon conquered eight kings and queens of the land Bāzu [112] Baslu, queen of the city Ihilum – Esarhaddon conquered eight kings and queens of the land Bāzu [112] Qedarite. Zabibe (reigned c. 750 –735 BC) Samsi (reigned c. 735 –710 BC) Yatie (reigned c. 710 –695 BC)
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [15] [16] [17] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...
This is a list of the heads of state of South Africa from the foundation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 to the present day.. From 1910 to 1961 the head of state under the South Africa Act 1909 was the Monarch, who was the same person as the Monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions/Commonwealth realms.
[1] [2] South Africa's first known inhabitants have been collectively referred to as the Khoisan, the Khoekhoe and the San. Starting in about 400 AD, these groups were then joined by the Bantu ethnic groups who migrated from Western and Central Africa during what is known as the Bantu expansion. These Bantu groups were mainly limited to the ...