Map Of South Africa Capital Cities
In 1910 when the union of south africa was formed there was a great dispute about the location of the new country s capital city.
Map of south africa capital cities. When the union of south africa was created in 1910 pretoria became the administrative capital. The administrative capital is pretoria in gauteng the legislative capital is cape town in the western cape and bloemfontein in the free state is the judicial capital. Learn more about the geography of south africa which comprises three main elements. Executive pretoria judicial bloemfontein and legislative cape town the largest city is johannesburg about 80 of south africans are of black african ancestry divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking.
The youngest country on the planet in south sudan which is located in north africa. Go back to see more maps of africa. Today most of the foreign embassies in south africa can be found in pretoria. The population of pretoria today is 741 651.
This page was last edited on 30 june 2020 at 19 00 utc. Province capital coordinates eastern cape. South africa has three capital cities. This map shows governmental boundaries countries and their capitals in africa.
Find your way around our country with interactive and detailed maps of south africa and its provinces incuding detailed streetmaps of its major cities. Pretoria in gauteng marked with a red square on this map is usually referred to as the capital city of south africa. The country however has in fact three capitals. A compromise was reached to spread a balance of power throughout the country and this led to the current capital cities.
South africa officially the republic of south africa rsa is the southernmost country in africa with over 58 million people it is the world s 24th most populous nation and covers an area of 1 221 037 square kilometres 471 445 sq mi. Openstreetmap download coordinates as. On the map of africa countries and capitals the continent covers 6 percent of the total surface of the planet and about 20 4 percent of the total land area. This city is also considered the south african academic center because it is home to 3 universities the south african bureau of standards for research and the council for scientific and industrial research.
You are free to use this map for educational purposes please refer to the nations online project. These travel destinations are popular among those who are seeking for vibrant colors ancient monuments natural attractions and exotic wildlife along with beautiful beaches. Less known but also very exciting are such capitals like nairobi dakar port louis and antananarivo. Cairo is the largest city on the african continent.
Rio de janeiro map. Text is available under the creative. Two capital cities cape town and pretoria in south africa are considered the best places to live in this region. Map of africa with countries and capitals click to see large.
The most visited cities by tourists are cape town cairo and tunis. The interior highveld plateau the region between the coast and the plateau the demarcation between these two the last one is called the great escarpment a pronounced steep and mountainous feature at the periphery of the highveld. All capital cities in africa. New york city map.
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