The number of registered .co.za domain names have now exceeded 1.2 million, announces ZACR, the registry for .co.za, .net.za, .web.za and .org.za.
ZACR also administers some other African gTLDs .joburg, .capetown, .durban and .africa.
This growth brings the total number of domains under ZACR’s management to 1,264,733.
Namespace | Total | Percentage |
.co.za | 1,205,271 | 95.298% |
.org.za | 23,570 | 1.864% |
.africa | 21,768 | 1.721% |
.capetown | 4,860 | 0.384% |
.joburg | 3,241 | 0.256% |
.durban | 2,390 | 0.189% |
.net.za | 1,969 | 0.156% |
.web.za | 1,664 | 0.132% |
.ZA is the Country-Code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of South Africa and is the largest African ccTLD by far.
The ZA Central Registry (ZACR), formerly known as UniForum SA, is a non-profit organisation established in 1988. The registry marked its 31st anniversary in the last week of July 2019.
What is the meaning of ZA?
ZA is based on the Dutch name for South Africa: Zuid-Afrika.
Part of South Africa was colonized by the Dutch.