South Africa - Νότια Αφρική

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Location

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Capital city	Pretoria (official) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judicial)
State	Presidential Republic
Coin	Rand (ZAR)
Area	1,219,912 km²
Population	54,956,900 (2015 estimate)
Language	Afrikaans, English, Zulu, etc.


Calling Code	27
Internet TLD	.za
Time zone	(UTC 2)

THE South Africa is her country Meridian Africa.

At a glance

The state borders East with Mozambique and Eswatini, North with Namibia, τη Botswana and Zimbabwe, Wet to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, South and East by the Indian Ocean.

Appropriate visit period

Languages

Areas

South Africa consists of 9 provinces:

Areas of South Africa

Gauteng

Western Cape
Cape Town

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape
with capital Kimberly.

Free State
with capital Bloemfontein, also the judicial capital of the country since 1910.

KwaZulu-Natal
with capital Durban, the second most populous city in South Africa.

Northwest
Rustenburg is the most touristic city of the northwestern province. The city hosted matches of the 2010 Soccer World Cup

Boumalanga
with the city as its capital Nelspruit, near the border with Mozambique and in its southern part Kruger National Park .

Λιμποπο
with the capital Polokwane (formerly Petersburg), a good springboard for a visit to the northern part of Kruger National Park and nearby Zimbabwe

Important cities

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Pretoria (the Pretoria. English: Pretoria) - One of the three capitals of South Africa.

Cape Town (English: Cape TownCape Town) - The capital of the province "Western Cape»The landscape that surrounds the city is famous for its exceptional beauty.

Bloemfontein (Afrikaans: Bloemfontein= "The Flowering Well") - The judicial capital of the country is located on the central plateau of the country, at an altitude of 1400 meters.

Durban (English: Durban) - South Africa's second most populous city and a popular tourist destination thanks to its warm, subtropical climate and beaches.

Johannesburg (Afrikaans and English: Johannesburg) - South Africa's largest city and international center of the diamond trade.

Polokouane (formerly Petersburg) - Industrial center and tourist destination as a springboard for visiting Kruger National Park.

Port Elizabeth - Coastal city and large industrial center.

Kimberly (Afrikaans and English: Kimberley) - Known for the diamond deposits of the surrounding area.

Additional tourist destinations

Kruger National Park —

Kgalagandi National Park - On the border with Botswana

World Heritage Sites in South Africa

Robben Island (Robben Island) (1999) - The island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years during Apartheid.

Sterkfontaine, Schwartkrans and Kromdrai Human Fossil Deposits and their surrounding areas (Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs) - (1999, 2005) -

Simangaliso Wetlands Park (iSimangaliso Wetland Park) (1999) -

Ucalaba Park - Drakenberg (Ukhahlamba / Drakensberg Park) - (2000) -

Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape - (2003) -

The Cape Floral Region Protected Areas - (2004) -

The Brentford Crater (Vredefort Dome) - (2005) - The largest confirmed crater on Earth. It has a diameter of about 300 km and its age is estimated to be over 2 billion years.