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South Africa

Republic of South Africa

  • Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • ZAF

Where is South Africa?

Facts

Capital
Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
Population
64,747,319 (2025)
Area
1,221,037 km²
Density
53 per km²
Languages
Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Currency
South African rand (R)
Demonym
South African
Calling code
+27
Internet domain
.za
Landlocked
No

About South Africa

South Africa is a country in Southern Africa. Its capital is Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town and about 65 million people live there. It shares land borders with 6 countries: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

In Globle, the countries closest to South Africa are Namibia (shared border), Botswana (shared border) and Zimbabwe (shared border). If one of them lights up deep red, South Africa is a strong next guess.

Closest countries in Globle

Border-to-border distance, coloured the way the game would show it if South Africa were the hidden country.

  1. Namibia border
  2. Botswana border
  3. Zimbabwe border
  4. Mozambique border
  5. Eswatini border
  6. Lesotho 158 km
  7. Zambia 519 km
  8. Malawi 723 km

Land borders

Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Mozambique Namibia Zimbabwe

South Africa in other languages

Globle accepts the name in the language you play in, plus the English name.

EnglishSouth Africa
EspañolSudáfrica
FrançaisAfrique du Sud
DeutschSüdafrika
PortuguêsÁfrica do Sul
ItalianoSudafrica
NederlandsZuid-Afrika
PolskiPołudniowa Afryka
SvenskaSydafrika
MagyarDél-afrikai Köztársaság
TürkçeGüney Afrika Cumhuriyeti
РусскийЮАР
УкраїнськаПівденно-Африканська Республіка
ΕλληνικάΝότια Αφρική
Bahasa IndonesiaAfrika Selatan
Tiếng ViệtCộng hòa Nam Phi
简体中文南非
繁體中文南非
日本語南アフリカ共和国
한국어남아프리카 공화국
हिन्दीदक्षिण अफ़्रीका
বাংলাদক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা
العربيةجنوب أفريقيا
فارسیآفریقای جنوبی
עבריתדרום אפריקה
اردوجنوبی افریقا

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