Africa · DX entity · DXCC 462

South Africa

South Africa is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 38 and ITU zone 57. Its primary prefix is ZS.

Flag of South Africa.

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Figure 1. South Africa and its provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01336 degrees, about 1 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 28.5° S 24.7° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	462
Name in the ADIF standard	REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	ZS
CQ zone	38
ITU zone	57

Prefixes

ZS is the primary prefix. The country files list 8 prefixes and prefix blocks for South Africa.

Show all prefixes

ZS H5 S4 S8 V9 ZR ZT ZU

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.