South Africa
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The Republic of South Africa (also referred to as South Africa, SA or RSA) is a country in Southern Africa.
Provinces of South Africa
South Africa is currently divided into nine provinces[1].
| Province | Capital | Largest city | Area (km²)[2] | Population (2011 est.)[3] | Pop. density (per km²) | HDI (2003)[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | Bhisho | Port Elizabeth | 168,966 | 6,829,958 | 40.4 | 0.62 |
| Free State | Bloemfontein | Bloemfontein | 129,825 | 2,759,644 | 21.3 | 0.67 |
| Gauteng | Johannesburg | Johannesburg | 18,178 | 11,328,203 | 623.2 | 0.74 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | Pietermaritzburg² | Durban | 94,361 | 10,819,130 | 114.7 | 0.63 |
| Limpopo | Polokwane | Polokwane | 125,754 | 5,554,657 | 44.2 | 0.59 |
| Mpumalanga | Nelspruit | Nelspruit | 76,495 | 3,657,181 | 47.8 | 0.65 |
| North West | Mafikeng | Rustenburg | 104,882 | 3,253,390 | 31.0 | 0.61 |
| Northern Cape | Kimberley | Kimberley | 372,889 | 1,096,731 | 2.9 | 0.69 |
| Western Cape¹ | Cape Town | Cape Town | 129,462 | 5,287,863 | 40.8 | 0.77 |
See also
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- References
- ↑ This paragraph comes from:
Provinces of South Africa. (2011, September 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:58, December 25, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Provinces_of_South_Africa&oldid=448748607 - ↑ Source : Stats in Brief, isbn=978-0-621-39563-1, Statistics South Africa, Pretoria, 2010
url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/StatsInBrief/StatsInBrief2010.pdf - ↑ Source : Mid-year population estimates, Statistics South Africa, 2011
url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022011.pdf - ↑ Source: Adelzadeh, Asghar, et. al. South Africa Human Development Report 2003, isbn=9780195784183, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 282p
url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/africa/southafrica/south_africa_2003_en.pdf
