South Africa
South Africa's country identifiers are standardized across telecommunications, web, and finance. Its international calling code is +27, used when dialing into the country from abroad. The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code is ZA, with the alpha-3 code ZAF, reflecting the country's official name, Republic of South Africa. Its country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) is .za, administered for domain registration under second-level extensions like .co.za and .org.za. The official currency is the South African rand, identified by the ISO 4217 code ZAR, widely used in banking, trade, and financial transactions. Understanding these codes is essential for international communication, web presence, and commercial operations.
- Calling code
- +27
- ISO alpha-2
- ZA
- ISO alpha-3
- ZAF
- ISO numeric
- 710
- ccTLD
- .za
- Currency
- ZARSouth African rand (ZAR)
- Region
- Africa
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Time zones
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Postal format
- 4-Digits - NNNN
How to call South Africa
From outside South Africa, dial your international access prefix, then +27, then the national number. Drop the leading trunk zero when the destination numbering plan requires it.
+27 [area or mobile code] [local number]