Southern African Development Community

Southern African Development Community

4 other official names:

*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)
Southern African Development Community 4 other official names: 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);
	Flag Logo
	Motto: "Towards a Common Future"
	Anthem: "SADC Anthem"
	Map of Africa indicating SADC (light green) and SADC+SACU (dark green) members
Headquarters	Gaborone
Largest city	Kinshasa
Working languages	English; French; Portuguese; Swahili;
Type	Intergovernmental
Membership	16 states Angola ; Botswana ; Comoros ; Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Eswatini ; Lesotho ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Mauritius ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; Seychelles ; South Africa ; Tanzania ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe ;
Leaders
• Summit Chairperson	João Lourenço
• Council Chairperson	Tete António
• SADC PF Chairperson	Roger Mancienne
• SADC Tribunal; President	Disbanded
• Executive Secretary	Elias Mpedi Magosi
Legislature	SADC Parliamentary Forum
Establishment
• as SADCC	1 April 1980
• as SADC	17 August 1992
Area
• Total	9,672,702 km2 (3,734,651 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 estimate	363,222,621
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$597.8 billion
• Per capita	$1,649
Time zone	UTC+1 to +4
	Website; www.sadc.int

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.

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