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The Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe The Atlantic Ocean around the plate boundaries (text is in Finnish). The African and European mainlands are non-contiguous, and the delineation between these continents is thus merely a question of which islands are to be associated with which continent.
South Africa: Africa: Botswana / Eswatini / Lesotho / Mozambique / Namibia / Zimbabwe: Atlantic Ocean / Indian Ocean: South Sudan: Africa: Central African Republic / DR Congo / Ethiopia / Kenya / Sudan / Uganda: Spain: Europe / *Africa: Andorra / France / *Morocco / Portugal / *United Kingdom Atlantic Ocean / Bay of Biscay / Mediterranean Sea ...
Distinct Land Borders: Refers to the number of separate geographic boundaries a country shares with its neighbors. A single country may have multiple distinct land borders with the same neighbour (e.g., due to enclaves, exclaves, or disconnected regions). Distinct Land Neighbours: Refers to the number of unique countries a nation borders via land.
Land borders and maritime boundaries are included and are tabulated separately and in combination. For purposes of this list, " maritime boundary " includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , which includes boundaries of territorial waters , contiguous zones , and exclusive economic zones .
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification . [ 2 ]
South Africa: 1,221,148: Country in Africa. Area of mainland South Africa is 1,220,813 km 2 (471,359 sq mi), [5] added to which are the Prince Edward Islands – Marion Island, 290 km 2, and Prince Edward Island, 45 km 2. [6] Central Europe: 1,200,790: United Nations geoscheme region.
South Africa – A sovereign country located at the southern tip of Africa. [1] It’s coast stretches 2,798 kilometres [ 2 ] and borders both the Atlantic and Indian oceans . [ 3 ] To the north of South Africa lie Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , Mozambique and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), while the Kingdom of Lesotho is an independent ...
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [14] [15] [16] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...