Africa · Has a coastline
South Africa
South Africa is a country in Africa with 6 land neighbours — joint 4th-most in Africa. Its capital is Pretoria.
Capital
Pretoria
Land borders
6joint 4th-most in Africa
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Has a coastline
South Africa
Pretoria
Capital
64.7 million
Population
1,221,037 km²
Area
6
Land borders
South African rand (ZAR)
Currency
Countries that border South Africa
6 land neighbours: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Each one has a page of its own.
Why this one is hard
6 neighbours to keep in the right order.
Its 6 land borders are joint 4th-most in Africa — level with Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Libya, Mozambique, South Sudan and Chad. Of the 15 possible pairings among them, 4 are themselves borders, which is what turns a list into a knot. Mozambique is the most connected of them, with 6 land borders of its own. All of them deal on the Africa board alongside South Africa, and on the world board with everyone else in Africa.
6
land borders — joint 4th-most in Africa
4
pairs of its neighbours that border each other
6
borders on Mozambique, its most-connected neighbour
54
countries on the Africa board
The capital
Pretoria
Capital Rush deals South Africa and offers four capitals; this is the one that pays. It comes up on the Africa board and on the world board, which is twice as many chances to get it wrong.
The flag
Flag Blitz flies it and offers four countries — South Africa is the one that owns it.
- ISO code
- ZA
- Currency
- South African rand (ZAR)
- Official languages
- Afrikaans, English and 9 more
- Quiz boards
- Africa · World
South Africa, asked and answered
What countries border South Africa?
South Africa has 6 land neighbours: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
What is the capital of South Africa?
Pretoria. It is the answer the Africa Capitals Quiz wants when South Africa comes up, and the World Capitals Quiz with it.
What continent is South Africa in?
Africa. It is one of 54 countries on that board, and one of 195 on the world board.
Where can I practise finding South Africa on a map?
On the Africa Map Quiz — a blank map of Africa, ten countries to find, no labels. South Africa is in the pool, along with all 6 of its neighbours.
Can you find South Africa on a blank map?
Its 6 neighbours are on the same board. Ten questions, no sign-up, one attempt at today's version.