The South Africa regions map shows surrounding areas and provinces of South Africa. This administrative map of South Africa will allow you to know regions of South Africa in Africa. The South Africa regions map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Cape Town is one of Africa most beautiful, most romantic and most visited cities as you can see in South Africa region map. Its physical setting is extraordinary, something its pre-colonial Khoikhoi inhabitants acknowledged when they referred to Table Mountain as Hoerikwaggo – the mountain in the sea. The vast Northern Cape, the largest and most dispersed of South Africa provinces, is not an easy region to tackle as a visitor. From the lonely Atlantic coast to Kimberley, the provincial capital on its eastern border with the Free State, it covers over one-third of the nation landmass, an area dominated by heat, aridity, empty spaces and huge travelling distances. The Western Cape is the most mountainous and arguably the most beautiful of South Africa regions. A sweep of the country western flank takes in wind-contoured beaches and vine-combed valleys, indigenous rock art and ancient woodland, colonial architecture and urban life.

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa most African region, has everything the continent is known for – beaches, wildlife, mountains and accessible ethnic culture. The Maloti Route, one of South Africa most scenic drives, skirts the mountainous eastern flank of the Free State, the traditional heartland of conservative Afrikanerdom, which lies landlocked at the centre of the country as its shown in South Africa region map. Gauteng is South Africa smallest region, comprising less than two percent of its landmass, yet contributing around forty percent of the GDP. South Africa North West Province is one of the country least-understood regions – renowned, among tourists at least, for the opulent Sun City resort and the Big Five Pilanesberg National Park, but not much else.

Mpumalanga, “the land of the rising sun” to its Siswati- and Zulu-speaking residents, extends east from Gauteng to Mozambique and Swaziland as its mentioned in South Africa region map. To many visitors the region is synonymous with the Kruger National Park, the real draw of South Africa east flank, and one of Africa best game parks. Limpopo region is considered by many to be South Africa no-man-land: a hot, thornbush-covered area caught between the dynamic heartland of Gauteng to the south and, to the north, the Limpopo River, which acts as South Africa border with Zimbabwe and Botswana.

The South Africa political map shows regions and provinces of South Africa. This administrative map of South Africa will allow you to show regions, administrative borders and cities of South Africa in Africa. The South Africa political map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

The Republic of South Africa is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The President of South Africa is both head of state and head of government; in the same manner as the prime minister of other nations, the President is elected by the National Assembly (the lower house of the South African Parliament as you can see in South Africa political map) and must enjoy the confidence of the Assembly in order to remain in office. South Africans also elect provincial legislatures which govern in respect of each of the country nine provinces.

Other major political parties represented in Parliament are the Inkatha Freedom Party, which mainly represents Zulu voters, with 4.55%; and the Congress of the People with 7.42% in the 2009 election as you can see in South Africa political map. The formerly dominant New National Party, who both introduced and ended apartheid through its predecessor the National Party, disbanded in 2005 to merge with the ANC. The current South African president is Jacob Zuma.

General elections are held every 5 years as its shown in South Africa political map. The first fully multi-racial democratic election was held in 1994, the second in 1999, the third in 2004, and the most recent in 2009. Until 2008, elected officials were allowed to change political party, while retaining their seats, during set windows which occurred twice each electoral term, due to controversial floor crossing legislative amendments made in 2002. The last two floor crossing windows were in 2005 and 2007.

The South Africa states map shows all departments and regions of South Africa. States map of South Africa will allow you to know areas and cities of South Africa in South Africa. The South Africa states map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

South Africa is currently divided into nine states. On the eve of the 1994 general election, South Africa former homelands, also known as Bantustans, were reintegrated and the four existing states were divided into nine as its mentioned in South Africa states map. The twelfth, thirteenth and sixteenth amendments to the constitution changed the borders of seven of the states.

Each state in South Africa is governed by a unicameral legislature; the size of the legislature is proportional to population, ranging from 30 members in the Northern Cape to 80 in KwaZulu-Natal as you can see in South Africa states map. The legislatures are elected every five years by a system of party-list proportional representation; by convention, they are all elected on the same day, at the same time as the National Assembly election.

South Africa is divided into nine states (Tswana: diporofense; Sotho: diprovense; Northern Sotho: diprofense; Afrikaans: provinsies; Zulu: izifundazwe; Southern Ndebele: iimfunda; Xhosa: amaphondo; Swazi: tifundza; Venda: mavunḓu; Tsonga: swifundzankulu) as its shown in South Africa states map. The states do not have their own court systems, as the administration of justice is a responsibility purely of the national government. The states are in turn divided into 52 districts: 8 metropolitan and 44 district municipalities. The district municipalities are further subdivided into 226 local municipalities. The metropolitan municipalities, which govern the largest urban agglomerations, perform the functions of both district and local municipalities.