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This is a list of the extreme points of South Africa, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in the country. Including the Prince Edward Islands Northernmost Point: Over Vlakte farm, Vhembe District Municipality , Limpopo Province ( 22°7′40″S 29°39′20″E / 22.12778°S 29.65556°E ...
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; [15] [16] [17] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa , which is also the second largest in the continent.
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 ...
Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces. They vary widely in size, from the Northern Cape, which covers nearly one-third of the country's land area, to Gauteng, which takes up a mere 1.5%.
Using an interval of 30 mi (50 km), the length is about 2,100 mi (3,400 km). The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal , being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken).
Kruger National Park (Afrikaans: [ˈkry.(j)ər]) is a South African national park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa.It covers an area of 19,623 km 2 (7,576 sq mi) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km (220 mi) from north to south and 65 km (40 mi) from east to west.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water.