Northern Ireland
| Area
| 13 843 sq.km.
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| Population
| 1.8 mln
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| Capital
| Belfast
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| Government
| devolved assembly within parliamentary constitutional monarchy
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| Languages
| English, Irish
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| National Day
| St Patrick’s Day – March 17th
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| National symbol
| shamrock, flax plant flower
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| Flag
| unofficial 
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South Africa
| Area
| 1.2 mln sq.km.
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| Population
| 43 mln (in capitals, Pretoria – 650000, Cape Town – 1 mln, Bl-n – 150000)
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| Capital
| Pretoria (government), Cape Town, Bloemfontein (law)
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| Government
| a republic with a president
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| Languages
| English, Afrikaans, Xhosa
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| Flag
| 
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