ZA

Geography & Places abbreviation · Country Code

ZA
Stands forSouth Africa
CategoriesGeography & Places

ZA stands for South Africa, a country code abbreviation.

South Africa's code comes from Dutch Zuid-Afrika, which is why it is ZA rather than SA. The alpha-3 code is ZAF, the rand trades as ZAR, and websites typically use .co.za.

Example: Select ZA, not SA, for deliveries to Johannesburg or Cape Town.

Usage notes

South Africa has three capitals, Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein, and 12 official languages. Sports bodies use RSA, and locals often write SA.

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