Category:South Africa

South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland; and surrounds the kingdom of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with close to 56 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (white), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (coloured) ancestry.

In Afrikaans
Suid-Afrika is 'n republiek aan die suidpunt van Afrika. Dit grens in die noorde aan Namibië (967 km grens), Botswana (1840 km grens) en Zimbabwe (225 km grens), en in die noordooste aan Mosambiek (491 km grens) en Eswazi (430 km grens). Lesotho (909 km grens) vorm 'n enklawe binne die grense van Suid-Afrika.