Provinces of South Africa

South Africa has nine provinces.https://southafrica-info.com/land/nine-provinces-south-africa/

Just before the 1994 general election, the number of provinces went up from four to nine, because all the Bantustans became provinces.

Provinces have their own government, led by a Premier.

 List 

 Province Name in the most spoken native languagehttp://www.statssa.gov.za/census/census_2011/census_products/Census_2011_Census_in_brief.pdf, p. 25. Capital Largest city Area Population(2022) Density(2022) MapEastern Cape   Bhisho (Bisho) Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)    7,230,204   60pxFree State   Bloemfontein Bloemfontein   2,964,412   60pxGauteng   Johannesburg  Johannesburg   15,099,422    60pxKwaZulu-Natal   PietermaritzburgPietermaritzburg and Ulundi were joint capitals of KwaZulu-Natal from 1994 to 2004. Durban    12,423,907    60pxLimpopo   Polokwane (Pietersburg) Polokwane   6,572,720    60pxMpumalanga   Mbombela (Nelspruit) Mbombela   5,143,324    60pxNorth West   Mahikeng (Mafikeng) Rustenburg    3,804,548    60pxNorthern Cape   Kimberley Kimberley   1,355,946    60pxWestern CapeThese statistics do not include the Prince Edward Islands (, with no permanent residents), which are South African territories in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean but part of the Western Cape for legal and electoral purposes.   Cape Town Cape Town   7,433,019   60pxRepublic of South Africa   Pretoria,  Bloemfontein  Cape TownParliament sits in Cape Town, the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, and the Executive branch in Pretoria.  Johannesburg 62,027,503 60px
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 Provincial acronyms 
 Province HASC ISO FIPS CSS  ConventionalEastern CapeZA.ECECSF0502ECFree StateZA.FSFSSF0304FSGautengZA.GTGPSF0607GPKwaZulu-NatalZA.NLKZNSF0205KZNLimpopoZA.NPLPSF0909LPMpumalangaZA.MPMPSF0708MPNorthern CapeZA.NCNCSF0803NCNorth-WestZA.NWNWSF1006NWWestern CapeZA.WCWCSF1101WC Notes
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes 
ISO: Province codes from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a global context, prefix "ZA-" to the code
FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10–4, a U.S. government standard.
CSS: Province codes used by the Central Statistical Service of South Africa.

 Former administrative divisions 
 Province Capital Peak population LocationCape of Good Hope (1910–1994) Cape Town  6,125,335  50pxNatal (1910–1994) Pietermaritzburg  2,430,753  50pxOrange Free State (1910–1994) Bloemfontein  2,193,062  50pxTransvaal (1910–1994)  Pretoria  9,491,265  50px Homelands Capital Peak population LocationBophuthatswana (1977–1994) †  Mmabatho  1,478,950  50pxCiskei (1972–1994) †  Bisho  677,920  50pxGazankulu (1971–1994)  Giyani  954,771  50pxKaNgwane (1981–1994)  LouievilleSchoemansdal (de facto)  779,240  50pxKwaNdebele (1981–1994)  KwaMhlanga  404,246  50pxKwaZulu (1981–1994)  Nongoma (until 1980)Ulundi (1980–1994)  5,524,774  50pxLebowa (1972–1994)  Lebowakgomo  2,740,587  50pxQwaQwa (1974–1994)  Phuthaditjhaba  342,886  50pxTranskei (1976–1994) †  Umtata  2,323,650  50pxVenda (1979–1994) †  Thohoyandou  558,797  50px Mandates Capital Peak populationSouth West Africa  Windhoek  1,415,000
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† States for which the homeland was quasi-independent.

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