Country guide
South Africa
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for South Africa.
Key facts
- Capital
- Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
- Region
- Africa
- Area
- 1,221,037 km²
- Population
- 63,100,945
Neighboring countries
South Africa has 6 land neighbors in the country data.
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Eswatini
- Zimbabwe
Learn South Africa
South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town. Table Mountain was officially named one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature in 2011 after a global public vote.
South Africa covers 1,221,037 square kilometers and borders Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe, with Namibia its largest neighbor. Kruger National Park covers about nineteen thousand square kilometers, one of Africa's largest national parks.
The Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg holds the largest known concentration of human ancestor fossils anywhere in the world.
Trivia
- South Africa has three capitals, not one.
- South Africa recognizes twelve official languages, after adding South African Sign Language to its constitution in two thousand twenty-three.
- Table Mountain was officially named one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature in two thousand eleven after a global public vote.
- Kruger National Park covers about nineteen thousand square kilometers, one of Africa's largest national parks.
- The Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg holds the largest known concentration of human ancestor fossils anywhere in the world.
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