Inter-governmental organization
Southern African Development Community
- Communauté de développement d'Afrique australe (French)
- Comunidade para o Desenvolvimento da África Austral (Portuguese)
- Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap (Afrikaans)
- Jumuiya ya Maendeleo ya Nchi za Kusini mwa Afrika (Swahili)
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Motto: "Towards a Common Future" |
Anthem: "SADC Anthem" |
![Map of Africa indicating SADC (light green) and SADC+SACU (dark green) members](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Southern_African_Development_Community.svg/265px-Southern_African_Development_Community.svg.png) Map of Africa indicating SADC (light green) and SADC+ SACU (dark green) members |
Headquarters | Gaborone |
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Largest city | Kinshasa |
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Type | Intergovernmental |
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• Summit Chairperson | João Lourenço |
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• Council Chairperson | Tete António |
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• SADC PF Chairperson | Roger Mancienne |
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| Disbanded |
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• Executive Secretary | Elias Mpedi Magosi |
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Legislature | SADC Parliamentary Forum |
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| 1 April 1980 |
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• as SADC | 17 August 1992 |
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• Total | 9,672,702[1] km2 (3,734,651 sq mi) |
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• 2020 estimate | 363,222,621[2] |
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GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
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• Total | $597.8 billion[3] |
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• Per capita | $1,649 |
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Time zone | UTC+1 to +4 |
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.
- ^ "Land area (sq. km) - South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, Angola, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe". World Bank. 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Population, total - South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, Angola, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe". World Bank. 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "GDP (current US$) - South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, Angola, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe". World Bank. 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.