South Africa

South Africa, officially be de Republic of South Africa (RSA anaa R.S.A.), be de southernmost country for Africa insyd. Ebe bounded to de south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline wey dey stretch along de South Atlantic den Indian Oceans;"South African Maritime Safety Authority". South African Maritime Safety Authority. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008."Coastline". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2008."South Africa Fast Facts". SouthAfrica.info. April 2007. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2008. go de north by de neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, den Zimbabwe; den go de east den northeast by Mozambique den Eswatini. E sanso dey completely enclave de country Lesotho.Guy Arnold. "Lesotho: Year In Review 1996 – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2011. Ebe de southernmost country for de mainland of de Old World, den de second-most populous country wey dey locate entirely south of de equator, after Tanzania. South Africa be biodiversity hotspot, plus unique biomes, plant den animal life. Plus ova 62 million people, de country be de world ein 23rd-most populous nation wey e dey cova area of 1,221,037 square kilometres (471,445 square miles). Pretoria be de administrative capital, while Cape Town, as de seat of Parliament, be de legislative capital. Dem traditionally regard Bloemfontein as de judicial capital.Marais, Lochner; Twala, Chitja (7 May 2020). "Bloemfontein: the rise and fall of South Africa's judicial capital". African Geographical Review. 40 (1). Informa UK Limited: 49–62. doi:10.1080/19376812.2020.1760901. ISSN 1937-6812. S2CID 218929562. De largest city, den site of highest court be Johannesburg.

About 80% of de population be Black South Africans.Mitchley, Alex. "SA's population swells to 62 million - 2022 census at a glance". News24. Retrieved 11 October 2023. De population wey dey remain dey consist of Africa ein largest communities of European (White South Africans), Asian (Indian South Africans den Chinese South Africans), den multiracial (Coloured South Africans) ancestry. South Africa be multiethnic society wey dey encompass wide variety of cultures, languages, den religions. Ein pluralistic makeup dey reflect insyd de constitution ein recognition of 12 official languages, de fourth-highest number for de world insyd. According to de 2011 census, de two most spoken first languages be Zulu (22.7%) den Xhosa (16.0%).Census 2011: Census in brief (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. pp. 23–25. ISBN 978-0621413885. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2015. De next two be of European origin: Afrikaans (13.5%) dem develop am from Dutch wey dey serve as de first language of chaw Coloured den White South Africans; dem commonly dey use English (9.6%) insyd public den commercial life, both dey reflect de legacy of Dutch den British colonialism, respectively. 

 Demographics 

 Urbanization 
One online database"South African Cities And Provinces – A Complete List". dirkstrauss.com. 27 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021. dey list South Africa get more dan 12,600 cities den towns. De following be de largest cities den towns insyd South Africa.
Largest cities anaa towns insyd South Africa

2016 Community Survey,"Community Survey 2016: Provinces at a Glance" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 29 April 2019. World Urbanization Prospects: De 2018 RevisionUnited Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition". Retrieved 28 April 2019. RankNameProvincePop.Johannesburg
Cape Town1JohannesburgGauteng9,167,045Durban
Pretoria2Cape TownWestern Cape4,004,7933DurbanKwaZulu-Natal3,661,9114PretoriaGauteng2,437,0005GqeberhaEastern Cape1,263,0516VereenigingGauteng957,5287SoshanguveGauteng841,0008East LondonEastern Cape810,5289BloemfonteinFree State759,69310PietermaritzburgKwaZulu-Natal679,766

 Politics 

 Administrative divisions 
Dem divide de provinces into 52 districts: 8 metropolitan den 44 district municipalities. Dem subdivide de district municipalities further into 205 local municipalities. De metropolitan municipalities, wey dey govern de largest urban agglomerations, dey perform de functions of both district den local municipalities.
ProvinceProvincial capitalLargest cityArea (km2)Stats in Brief, 2010 (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2010. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-621-39563-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2011.Population (2016)"Community Survey 2016 In Brief" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.Population (2020)Stats in Brief, 2020: Mid 2020 official estimates from Statistics South Africa, Pretoria.Eastern CapeBhishoGqeberha168,9666,996,9766,734,000Free StateBloemfonteinBloemfontein129,8252,834,7142,929,000GautengJohannesburgJohannesburg18,17813,399,72415,488,000KwaZulu-NatalPietermaritzburgDurban94,36111,065,24011,532,000LimpopoPolokwanePolokwane125,7545,799,0905,853,000MpumalangaMbombelaMbombela76,4954,335,9644,680,000North WestMahikengKlerksdorp104,8823,748,4354,109,000Northern CapeKimberleyKimberley372,8891,193,7801,293,000Western CapeCape TownCape Town129,4626,279,7307,006,000

 References 

Category:South Africa
Category:BRICS nations
Category:Countries for Africa insyd
Category:Countries den territories wer English be official language
Category:G20 nations
Category:Member states of de African Union
Category:Member states of de Commonwealth of Nations
Category:Member states of de United Nations
Category:Newly industrializing countries
Category:Republics insyd de Commonwealth of Nations
Category:Southern African countries
Category:States den territories dem establish insyd 1910

 You fi read further 

 A History of South Africa, Third Edition. Leonard Thompson. Yale University Press. 2001. 384 pages. ISBN 0-300-08776-4.
 Economic Analysis and Policy Formulation for Post-Apartheid South Africa: Mission Report, Aug. 1991. International Development Research Centre. IDRC Canada, 1991. vi, 46 p. Without ISBN.
 Emerging Johannesburg: Perspectives on the Postapartheid City. Richard Tomlinson, et al. 2003. 336 pages. ISBN 0-415-93559-8
 Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Segregation and Apartheid. Nigel Worden. 2000. 194 pages. ISBN 0-631-21661-8.
 South Africa: A Narrative History. Frank Welsh. Kodansha America. 1999. 606 pages. ISBN 1-56836-258-7
 South Africa in Contemporary Times. Godfrey Mwakikagile. New Africa Press. 2008. 260 pages. ISBN 978-0-9802587-3-8.
 The Atlas of Changing South Africa. A. J. Christopher. 2000. 216 pages. ISBN 0-415-21178-6.
 The Politics of the New South Africa. Heather Deegan. 2000. 256 pages. ISBN 0-582-38227-0.
 Twentieth-Century South Africa. William Beinart Oxford University Press 2001, 414 pages, ISBN 0-19-289318-1.

 External links 

 Government of South Africa
 South Africa. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
 South Africa from UCB Libraries GovPubs
 South Africa from the BBC News
 South Africa luxury travel from Scott Dunn
 Wikimedia Atlas of South Africa
 Geographic data related to South Africa at OpenStreetMap