South Africa
Southern AfricaAfrica
The southern tip of Africa, with three capital cities and twelve official languages. You will find South Africa in Southern Africa. About 59 million people live in the country.
- Capitals
- Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Pretoria
- People
- 59 million
- Size
- 1,200,000 km²
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Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein share the job of capital.
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The country of Lesotho lies completely inside South Africa.
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In 1994 Nelson Mandela became president, after 27 years in prison for resisting apartheid.
Compare with
Size
South Africa1,200,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit the United Kingdom into South Africa about 5.1 times.
People
South Africa59 millionUnited Kingdom67 millionAbout as many people live in South Africa as in the United Kingdom.
Its colours are green, red, blue, black, white and yellow.
Do not mix it up with
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- Cape Town
- Pretoria
- Bloemfontein
- Johannesburg
- Benoni
- Durban
- Soweto
- Vereeniging
- Port Elizabeth
- Soshanguve
- Pietermaritzburg
- Evaton
- Thembisa
- Welkom
- Newcastle
- Krugersdorp
- Emalahleni
- Mbombela
- East London
- Botshabelo
- Thohoyandou
- Germiston
- Richards Bay
- Vanderbijlpark
- Centurion
- Springs
- Uitenhage
- Somerset West
- Polokwane
- Paarl
- Carletonville
- Klerksdorp
- George
- Rustenburg
- Kimberley
- KwaDukuza
- Bhisho
- Westonaria
- Middelburg
- Etwatwa
- Vryheid
- Mthatha
- Worcester
- Potchefstroom
- Brits
- Queenstown
- Mmabatho
- Kroonstad
- Bethal
- Qacha's Nek
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Neighbours
6 countries border South Africa.
Botswana
Eswatini
Lesotho
Mozambique
Namibia
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