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Geographical – South Africa Geographical information

South Africa Location
Continent:
Africa
Sub Continent:
Southern Africa
Lat / Long:
-30° 33.57 S 22° 56.25 E
South Africa Name Facts
Offcial:
Republic of South Africa 
Official Native:
Republiek van Suid-Afrika 
Common:
South Africa 
ISO:
ZA, ZAF
Republic of South Africa
Govt Form:
Parliamentary republic
Head of State:
Executive
Executive legitimacy:
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence

The Geo South Africa tool tells all about the geographical aspects of the country, such as area in square meter, coastline and border length. It tells in which continent and subcontinent South Africa is situation. Also, it tells about the longitude and latitude of South Africa on the map. This tools gives the following information.

South Africa

South Africa Geographical information

Common Speaking Languages
isiNdebele. Afrikaans English IsiXhosa
Sepedi Sesotho Setswana Tshivenda
Xitsonga siSwati IsiZulu
Border Length's
Botswana: 1,840 KM Lesotho: 909 KM Mozambique: 491 KM Namibia: 967 KM
Swaziland: 430 KM Zimbabwe: 225 KM
Regions
Eastern Cape Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo
Mpumalanga North-West Northern Cape Orange Free State
Western Cape


South Africa Road Map


South Africa is located on the continent of Africa. Neighbouring countries are:

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  • Republic of South Africa
  • Capital:
  • Government:
    Parliamentary republic
  • Basis of executive legitimacy:
    Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
  • Head of State:
    Executive
  • Constitutional Form:
    Republic
  • Areain sq km:
    1219910
  • Official language:
    IsiZulu, IsiXhosa , Afrikaans , English, Sepedi, Setswana , Sesotho , Xitsonga , siSwati , Tshivenda and isiNdebele.
  • Independence:
    27 April, 1931
  • Demonym:
    South African
  • Population:
    57,779,622
  • Domain:
    .za
  • Coastline:
    2798 KM
  • Border Length:
    4,862 KM
  • Fips:
    SF
  • Birthrate:
    20.5
  • Deathrate:
    9.6
  • Life Expectancy:
    63.1
  • World Rank(Population):
    25

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