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Location: South Africa is located on the southern tip of the African continent, bordered by Northern neighbors Nambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It encompasses the independent mountain kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland and is flanked by the Atlantic Ocean on the east giving the country its spectacular range of bio-diversity.
Size: South Africa occupies 4% of the continents total landmass, covering an area of 471,446 square miles. The country is five times larger than Great Britain and three times the size of Texas.
Provinces and major cities: South Africais divided into nine provinces, namely Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West and Western Cape. Major cities include the modern economic hub of Johannesburg, coastal Cape Town picturesquely perched between mountain and sea, historic Pretoria and the “sun and surf central” city of Durban.
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