South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa · Data from the World Bank Open Data API · World Geography Learning Path
South Africa sits at the southern tip of the African continent, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. It's unusual among countries in splitting its government across three different capital cities.
Quick Facts
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income level
- Upper middle income
- Population
- 64,747,319
- Land area
- 1,213,090 km²
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South Africa is one of the few countries with three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial).