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South Africa is located at the southernmost region of Africa, with a long coastline that stretches more than 2,500 km (1,553 mi) and along two oceans (the South Atlantic and the Indian) as its shown in South Africa on world map. At 1,219,912 km2 (471,011 sq mi) South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world and is comparable in size to Colombia. Mafadi in the Drakensberg at 3,450 m (11,320 ft) is the highest peak in South Africa.

South Africa has a mixed economy with a high rate of poverty and low GDP per capita. Unemployment is high and South Africa is ranked in the top 10 countries in the world for income inequality as its mentioned in South Africa on world map, measured by the Gini coefficient. Unlike most of the world poor countries, South Africa does not have a thriving informal economy; according to OECD estimates, only 15 per cent of South African jobs are in the shadow economy.

South Africa is ranked sixth out of the world seventeen megadiverse countries, with more than 20,000 different plants, or about 10% of all the known species of plants on Earth, making it particularly rich in plant biodiversity as you can see in South Africa on world map. The most prevalent biome in South Africa is the grassland, particularly on the Highveld, where the plant cover is dominated by different grasses, low shrubs, and acacia trees, mainly camel-thorn and whitethorn.

Map of South Africa and surrounding countries shows all countries around South Africa. This South Africa map and bordering countries will allow you to know neighboring countries and the geographical location of South Africa in Africa. The South Africa map and surrounding countries is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

South Africa is surrounded by five countries as follow: to the north of the country lie the neighbouring territories of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an enclave surrounded by South African territory as its shown in the map of South Africa and surrounding countries.

Upon independence in 1990, Namibia economy was still tied to South Africa. To this day, the economy of Namibia as one of the surrounding countries of South Africa is still closely contacted to South Africa through both institutional relationships (Southern African Customs Union, for example) and privately owned mining concessions. South Africa has a mission in Harare. Zimbabwe has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate general in Johannesburg as its mentioned in the map of South Africa and surrounding countries. The Government of Zimbabwe took a particular interest in the search for independence for Namibia (South-West Africa) from South Africa. Botswana has a high commission in Pretoria and South Africa has a high commission in Gaborone. Both countries are former British colonies and members of the African Union and Commonwealth of Nations.

South Africa is preponderant in the region in terms of economic resources and military might, Mozambique as one of the surrounding countries of South Africa is considered a second-tier state in Southern Africa and a crucial partner for Pretoria. During the 1970s and early 1980s, although Swaziland claimed to be neutral in the East-West conflict, it was actually pro-Western and maintained strong relations with South Africa, including clandestine cooperation in economic and security matters as you can see in the map of South Africa and surrounding countrie.

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South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa as its shown in South Africa map Africa. South Africa remoteness—it lies thousands of miles distant from major African cities such as Lagos and Cairo and more than 6,000 miles (10,000 km) away from most of Europe, North America, and eastern Asia, where its major trading partners are located—helped reinforce the official system of apartheid for a large part of the 20th century.

Afrasia Bank and New World Wealth have just published the 2019 Africa Wealth Report, which includes North Africa and African island states in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It identifies the continent six wealthiest cities, defined as total individual private wealth—equities, real estate, businesses—less liabilities. They are Johannesburg, Cape Town, Cairo, Lagos, Durban, and Nairobi as its mentioned in South Africa map Africa. Three of the six cities are in South Africa, which, notwithstanding the smaller island nations, is the continent most developed, with a highly diversified economy increasingly based on knowledge.

South Africa formally joined the Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRICS) grouping of countries, identified by President Zuma as the country largest trading partners, and also the largest trading partners with Africa as a whole as you can see in South Africa map Africa. All five BRICS member countries are currently on the UN Security Council; Brazil, India and South Africa as non-permanent members. Zuma asserted that BRICS member countries would also work with each other through the UN, the Group of Twenty (G20) and the India, Brazil South Africa (IBSA) forum.