Atlas of South Africa

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South Africa

South Africa Suid-Afrika Ningizimu Afrika Mzantsi Afrika Sewula Afrika Afrika-Borwa Afrika Borwa Aferika Borwa Afurika Tshipembe Afrika Dzonga Afrika Jugore English South Africa - Republic of South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of ► Namibia, ► Botswana, ► Zimbabwe, ► Mozambique, and ► Swaziland. ► Lesotho is an independent enclave entirely surrounded by South African territory. To the south of South Africa lie ► Antarctica, ► Tristan da Cunha and ► Bouvet Island. Afrikaans Suid-Afrika - Republiek van Suid-Afrika Republiek van Suid-Afrika is 'n republiek aan die suidpunt van Afrika. Dit word begrens aan die noorde deur Namibië, Botswana en Zimbabwe, en na die noordooste deur Mosambiek en Swaziland. Lesotho is heeltemal vervat binne die grense van Suid-Afrika. isiZulu Ningizimu Afrika - iRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika: Ezisemthethweni imibhalo nemiqulu yakwaHulumeni. Bese kuthi uphiko lobuchwepheshe bamagama lona lwelekelela ngokusombulula tujfruyht tyuudfufu nangyientleng nwungtu AmaZulu maala wakulelli.! IsiXhosa Mzantsi Afrika - iRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika iRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika lilizwe eAfrika. Bathetha isiNgesi nesiBhulu nesiXhosa nesiZulu neelwimi ezinnye phaya. SeTswana Aferika Borwa - Lefatshe la Aferika Borwa Aferika Borwa, jaaka leina le raya le fitlhelwa kwa borwa ja Aferika.Ke lone lefatshe le le humileng go feta mafatshe otlhe mo kontinenteng ya Aferika. isiNdebele Sewula Afrika - IRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika Sesotho sa Leboa Afrika-Borwa - Rephaboliki ya Afrika-Borwa SeSotho Afrika Borwa - Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa SiSwati Ningizimu Afrika - IRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika Tshivenda Afurika Tshipembe - Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe Afurika Tshipembe ndi shango li no wanala kha pida thsa tshipembe tsha dzhango la Afurika. Mashango are tsini nalo ndi Zimbagwe, Namibia, Mozambikwi (mozambique), Swazini (Swaziland), li-Sotho (Lesotho) na Vhu-Tswana (Botswana). Tsonga Tsonga: Afrika Dzonga - Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga Short name  South Africa Official  name Republic of South Africa Status Independent country since 1910 Location Southern Africa Capital Pretoria & Cape Town & Bloemfontein Pretoria & Kaapstad & Bloemfontein Pretoria & Ikapa & Mangaung Population 47,432,000 inhabitants Area 1,221,037 km² Major  languages Afrikaans, English, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, SiSwati, Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, SeTswana, Venda (all official) Major  religions Protestantism More information South Africa, Geography of South Africa, History of South Africa and Politics of South Africa More  images South Africa - South Africa (Category).

General maps

Map of South Africa Kaart van Suid-Afrika in Engels

Map of South Africa in Afrikaans Kaart van Suid-Afrika in Afrikaans

Map showing provinces (By colour, pale pink for Northern Cape, turquoise for North West (South African province), purple for Gauteng, green for Limpopo, brown for Mpumalanga, pink for KwaZulu-Natal, yellow for Eastern Cape, pale green for Free State, and pale yellow for Western Cape) and districts (numbers) of South Africa

• See also the maps in the Maps of South African municipalities

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day South Africa, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day South Africa.

Portugal's Bartolomeu Dias' voyage (1487-88)

Portugal's Vasco da Gama's first voyage (1497 - 1499)

Territorial expansion

The Cape Colony

Natal Colony

Orange Free State

Transvaal

Homelands during Apartheid

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

South Africa in 1885 Suid-Afrika in 1885

Historical map of the Cape States, Bibliothek allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens für Militäranwärter Band I, 1905 Historiese kaart van die Kaapse State.

Other maps

A map showing South African languages by municipality. Lighter shades indicate a majority of less than 50%. Afrikaans in blue, Ndebele language in brown, Northern Sotho language in pink, Sesotho language in grey, Swati language in yellow, Tsonga language in cyan, Tswana language in red, Venda language in olive, Xhosa language in purple and Zulu language in green.

Distribution of Afrikaans Die verspreiding van Afrikaans.

Distribution of SeSotho

Distribution of Tswana

Distribution of Xhosa

Distribution of Zulu

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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