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South Africa

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since 1910 · up to 2,061 thousand km² · Africa

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Capital: Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost country in Africa. The country consists of nine provinces, and is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. South Africa also encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres (471,445 square miles), the country has a population of over 63 million people, making it the sixth-most populated country in Africa, and 24th-most in the world.

Predecessors: The Apartheid Regime in South Africa

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