page_title: Southern Africa
hierarchical_section_title: Southern Africa
caption_attribution_description: Map: Africa – Southern Africa: dark green: UN subregion green: geographic, including above light green: Southern African Development Community (SADC)
context_page_description: Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, and including several countries.
  The term southern Africa or Southern Africa, generally includes Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, though Angola may be included in Central Africa and Malawi and Mozambique in East Africa. From a political perspective the region is said to be unipolar with South Africa as a first regional power.
context_section_description: Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, and including several countries.
  The term southern Africa or Southern Africa, generally includes Angola, Botswana, Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, though Angola may be included in Central Africa and Malawi and Mozambique in East Africa. From a political perspective the region is said to be unipolar with South Africa as a first regional power.
caption:   Southern Africa (UN subregion)   Geographic, including above   Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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