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  • Name • South Africa
  • Capital • Pretoria
  • Location • Africa
  • Coordinates • 30° south, 26° east
  • Population • 43,786,000
  • Area • 1,219,912 km² (471,011 square miles)
  • Elevation • 1,533 meters (5,030 feet)
  • Languages • Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, Northern, English, Tswana, Sotho, Southern, Tsonga
  • Currency • Rand (ZAR)
  • Phone code • 27
  • Internet domain • .za
  • Neighbors • Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

South Africa is in Africa. South Africa's location is 30° south latitude, 26° east longitude. South Africa has roughly 43,786,000 residents, and an average elevation of approximately 1,533 meters above sea level. Explore the interactive South Africa Map below.


Within South Africa


Cities, Towns, Villages in South Africa • 19 places


Points of Interest in South Africa • 36 places


Airports in South Africa • 33 places


Hotels in South Africa • 358 places


Resorts in South Africa • 1 place


Natural Features in South Africa • 189 places


Water Features in South Africa • 102 places


Other Features in South Africa • 42 places


Other Names for South Africa

  • Afrikaans • "Suid-Afrika"
  • "Union of South Africa"
  • "Unie Van Suid-Afrika"
  • Danish, Swedish • "Sydafrika"
  • Basque • "Hegoafrika"
  • French, Narom • "Afrique du Sud"
  • Icelandic • "Suður-Afríka"
  • Malay (generic), Indonesian • "Afrika Selatan"
  • Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian • "Sør-Afrika"
  • Portuguese • "África do Sul"
  • Albanian • "Afrika e Jugut"
  • Vietnamese • "Nam Phi"
  • Spanish, Gallegan • "Sudáfrica"
  • Slovenian, Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian, Croatian • "Južna Afrika"
  • Catalan • "Sud-àfrica"
  • Welsh • "De Affrica"
  • Esperanto • "Sud-Afriko"
  • Estonian • "Lõuna-Aafrika Vabariik"
  • Faroese • "Suðurafrika"
  • Irish • "An Afraic Theas"
  • Hungarian • "Dél-Afrika"
  • Italian • "Sudafrica"
  • Dutch • "Zuid-Afrika"
  • Romanian • "Africa de Sud"
  • Somali • "Koonfur Afrika"
  • Swahili (generic) • "Afrika ya Kusini"
  • Macedonian, Serbian • "Јужна Африка"
  • Aragonese • "Surafrica"
  • Bulgarian • "Южноафриканска република"
  • Czech • "Jihoafrická republika"
  • Gaelic (Scots) • "Afraga a Deas"
  • Croatian, Bosnian • "Južnoafrička Republika"
  • Haitian; Haitian Creole • "Afrik disid"
  • Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association), Occitan (post 1500); Provençal • "Africa del Sud"
  • Kurdish • "Efrîqaya Başûr"
  • Latin • "Africa Australis"
  • Limburgish, Limburger, Limburgan • "Zuud-Afrika"
  • Latvian • "Dienvidāfrikas Republika"
  • Maori • "Āwherika ki te Tonga"
  • Raeto-Romance • "Africa dal Sid"
  • Tswana • "Aferika Borwa"
  • Turkish • "Güney Afrika Cumhuriyeti"
  • Xhosa • "UMzantsi Afrika"
  • Polish • "Republika Południowej Afryki"
  • English, Old (ca.450-1100) • "Sūðafrica"
  • Asturian; Bable • "República Surafricana"
  • Bulgarian • "Република Южна Африка"
  • Breton • "Suafrika"
  • Basque • "Hego Afrika"
  • Franco-Provençal • "Africa du Sud"
  • Gallegan • "Sudáfrica - Ningizimu Afrika"
  • Haitian; Haitian Creole • "Afrik Disid"
  • Hungarian • "Dél-afrikai Köztársaság"
  • Ido • "Sud-Afrika"
  • Cornish • "Afrika Dheghow"
  • Letzeburgesch, German • "Südafrika"
  • Lithuanian • "Pietų Afrikos Respublika"
  • Maori • "Awherika ki te Tonga"
  • Low German; Low Saxon • "Süüdafrika"
  • Novial • "Sud Afrika"
  • Piemontese, Catalan • "Sudàfrica"
  • Russian • "Южно-Африканская Республика"
  • Sicilian • "Àfrica dû Sud"
  • Slovenian • "Republika Južna Afrika"
  • Swahili (generic) • "Afrika Kusini"
  • Tagalog • "Timog Aprika"
  • Tok Pisin • "Saut Aprika"
  • Zulu • "IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika"
  • Czech • "Jižní Afrika"
  • Dzongkha • "སའུཐ་ཨཕ་རི་ཀ"
  • Finnish • "Etelä-Afrikka"
  • Hebrew • "דרום אפריקה"
  • Khmer • "អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង"
  • Lao • "ອາຟະລິກາໃຕ້"
  • Latvian • "Dienvidāfrika"
  • Russian • "Южная Африка"
  • Turkish • "Güney Afrika"
  • Amharic • "ደቡብ አፍሪካ"
  • Bulgarian • "Южна Африка"
  • Georgian • "სამხრეთ აფრიკა"
  • Lithuanian • "Pietų Afrika"
  • Maltese • "Afrika t’Isfel"
  • Polish • "Afryka Południowa"
  • Slovak • "Južná Afrika"
  • Thai • "แอฟริกาใต้"
  • Ukrainian • "ПАР"
  • Serbian • "Јужноафричка Република"
  • Thai • "ประเทศแอฟริกาใต้"
  • Ukrainian • "Південно-Африканська Республіка"
  • Georgian • "სამხრეთ აფრიკის რესპუბლიკა"
  • Tajik • "Африқои Ҷанубӣ"
  • Uighur • "جەنۇبىي ئافرىقا"
  • Bulgarian • "ЮАР"
  • Tibetan • "ལྷོ་ ཨཕྲི་ཀ།"
  • German • "Republik Südafrika"
  • Estonian • "Lõuna Aafrika"
  • Lingala • "Afríka ya Nsé"
  • Northern Sami • "Mátta-Afrihká"
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands) • "ʻAfelika tonga"
  • Urdu • "جنوبی افریقہ"
  • Arabic • "جنوب افريقيا"
  • Bengali • "দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা"
  • Greek, Modern (1453-) • "Νότια Αφρική"
  • Persian • "افریقای جنوبی"
  • Hindi, Kashmiri, Sanskrit • "दक्षिण अफ्रीका"
  • Armenian • "Հարավային Աֆրիկա"
  • Japanese • "南アフリカ"
  • Korean • "남아프리카"
  • Tamil • "தென் ஆப்ரிக்கா"
  • Chinese • "南非"
  • Arabic • "جنوب أفريقيا"
  • Belarusian • "Паўднёва-Афрыканская Рэспубліка"
  • Persian • "آفریقای جنوبی"
  • Japanese • "南アフリカ共和国"
  • Korean • "남아프리카 공화국"
  • Tamil • "தென்னாபிரிக்கா"
  • Vietnamese • "Cộng hòa Nam Phi"
  • Arabic • "جمهورية جنوب افريقيا"
  • Hindi • "दक्षिण अफ़्रीका"
  • Korean • "남아공"
  • Malayalam • "ദക്ഷിണ ആഫ്രിക്ക"
  • Ukrainian • "Південна Африка"

Also See

South Africa Travel Guide on iGuide
South Africa Tourist Information on You.travel

South Africa Map
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