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South Africa is larger than Germany, France and Italy combined. It occupies, stretching latitudinally from 22° to 35 ° S and longitudinally from 17° to 33° E, the southernmost part of the African continent.
South Africa is larger than Germany, France and Italy combined. It occupies, stretching latitudinally from 22° to 35 ° S and longitudinally from 17° to 33° E, the southernmost part of the African continent. Its surface area is 1 219 090 km2, and it has common boundaries with Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique; enclosed by South African territory, in the South-East is the kingdom of Lesotho. To the West, South and East, South Africa borders on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The country is divided into nine provinces – Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Cape, Free State, North-West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga , Limpopo – and has three Capitals: Cape Town ( Legislative), Pretoria ( Administrative), Bloemfontein( Judicial). |
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