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South Africa - General Overview

The Republic of South Africa is located at the southern tip of Africa. The South African coastline is 2,798km, surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Eleven official languages are recognized in the constitution.

• Zulu
• Xhosa
• Afrikaans
• Northern Sotho
• Tswana
• English
• Sotho
• Tsonga
• Swati
• Venda
• Ndebele

South Africa is divided into nine provinces, each with it's own capital city.

Province	Capital
Eastern Cape	Bisho
Free State	Bloemfontein
Gauteng	Johannesburg
KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg
Limpopo	Polokwane
Mpumalanga	Nelspruit
Northern Cape	Kimberley
Western Cape	Cape Town
North West	Mafikeng

 

Capital City of South Africa

South Africa has three capital cities:

• Cape Town, the legislative capital city
• Pretoria, the administrative capital city
• Bloemfontein, the judicial capital city