Atlas of South Africa

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Atlas-country 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 TheRepublic of South Africais a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of► Namibia,► Botswana,► Zimbabwe,► Mozambique,and► Eswatini.► Lesothois an independent enclave entirely surrounded by South African territory. To the south of South Africa lie► Antarctica,► Tristan da Cunhaand► Bouvet Island. Afrikaans Suid-Afrika- Republiek van Suid-Afrika Republiek van Suid-Afrikais '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 Eswatini. 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 Afrikalilizwe 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 (Eswatini), 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 58,775,022 inhabitants Area 1,221,037 square kilometres (471,445 sq mi) Major languages Afrikaans, English, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, SiSwati, Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, SeTswana, Venda (all official) Major religions Protestantism, Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Traditional Religions More information South Africa,Geography of South Africa,History of South AfricaandPolitics 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 forNorthern Cape,turquoise forNorth West (South African province),purple forGauteng,green forLimpopo,brown forMpumalanga,pink forKwaZulu-Natal,yellow forEastern Cape,pale green forFree State,and pale yellow forWestern Cape) and districts (numbers) of South Africa

• See also the maps in theMaps 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'sBartolomeu Dias' voyage (1487-88) (Hindi)

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

Territorial expansion

TheCape Colony

NatalColony

Orange Free State

Transvaal

HomelandsduringApartheid

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

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

Map showing the dominant home languages in South Africa, based on ward-level data from the 2011 census. In this context, a language is dominant if it more than 50% of the population in a ward speak it at home, or more than 33% speak it and no other language is spoken by more than 25%. English Afrikaans isiNdebele isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho sa Leboa Sesotho Setswana siSwati Tshivenda Xitsonga No language dominant

Distribution ofAfrikaans Die verspreiding van Afrikaans.

Distribution of Zulu

Distribution of Xhosa

Distribution of Tswana

Distribution of Sotho

Distribution of Northern Sotho

Distribution of Swazi

Distribution of Tsonga

Distribution of Venda

Distribution of Sotho-Tswana languages

Distribution of Nguni languages

Distribution of West Germanic languages

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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