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{{Country
|name = South Africa
|image = [[File: South Africa.png|300px]]
|imagetext = Map of South Africa
|symbol = [[File: Coat of arms of South Africa.png|90px]]
|symboltext = Coat of arms
|continent = [[Africa]]
|numberofzones = 13
|maxpph = 13
|updated = 2022-01-29
}}

'''South Africa''', officially the '''Republic of South Africa''' ('''RSA'''), is a [[country]] in southernmost [[Africa]], which has about 60 million inhabitants.

South Africa has three capital cities: executive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria Pretoria], judicial [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein Bloemfontein] and legislative [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town Cape Town]. The largest city is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg Johannesburg]. Other major cities are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban Durban], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Elizabeth Port Elizabeth] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereeniging Vereeniging].

The RSA is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean South Atlantic] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean Indian Oceans]; to the north by the neighbouring countries of [[Country: Namibia|Namibia]], [[Country: Botswana|Botswana]], and [[Country: Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]]; and to the east and northeast by [[Country: Mozambique|Mozambique]] and [[Country: Eswatini|Eswatini]] (former [[Country: Swaziland|Swaziland]]); and it surrounds the [[enclave]]d country of [[Country: Lesotho|Lesotho]].

'''Motto:''' ''"ǃke e꞉ ǀxarra ǁke"''<br>
([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C7%80Xam_language ǀXam]) "Unity in Diversity"

[[File: Flag of South Africa.png|x120px|Flag of South Africa]]

== Zones ==
There are [https://lundkvist.com/?country=%23&continent=Afrika&countryContinent=339 13] [[turf zones]] in the country all belonging to the same and only region, ''South Africa''. Eight of these zones are counted as [[world heritage sites]].

The most taken zone is [[Zone: CapeFloral|CapeFloral]] which is located on Cape Point outside Cape Town.

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.

=== [[File: Zontyp01.png|24px]] [[World Heritage Sites]] ===
* [[Zone: BirthOfHuman|BirthOfHuman]] ([[2015]]) - The first [[turf zone]] in the country.
* [[Zone: CapeFloral|CapeFloral]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: iSimangaliso|iSimangaliso]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: KhomaniSan|KhomaniSan]] ([[2018]])
* [[Zone: Mapungubwe|Mapungubwe]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: Richtersveld|Richtersveld]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: RobbenIsland|RobbenIsland]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: VredefortDome|VredefortDome]] ([[2015]])

=== Other zones ===
* [[Zone: CapeTownAir|CapeTownAir]] ([[2018]])
* [[Zone: Drakensberg|Drakensberg]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: GoodHope|GoodHope]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: Lanseria|Lanseria]] ([[2016]]) - The 10<sup>th</sup> [[turf zone]] in the country.
* [[Zone: TamboAirport|TamboAirport]] ([[2016]])

''Updated: 2022-01-29

== Country specific medals ==
No country specific [[Medals#Country medals|medals]].

== External links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa South Africa (Wikipedia)]
* [https://lundkvist.com/?country=%23&continent=Afrika&countryContinent=339 Map with all zones in South Africa marked]

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[[Category: Africa]]
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