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SOUTH AFRICA -  Interesting Information

GEOGRAPHY:

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 
29 00 S, 24 00 E

TOTAL LAND AREA:
Total: 1,219,912 sq km
Note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)

LAND BOUNDARIES: 
Total: 4,862 km

BORDER COUNTRIES: 
Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km

COASTLINE:                                                                                                                                   Back to the TOP
2,798 km

MARITIME CLAIMS: 
Contiguous Zone: 24 nm
Territorial Sea: 12 nm
Continental Shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the Continental Margin
Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 NM

TERRAIN: 
Vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain

ELEVATION EXTREMES: 
Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m

Geography - note: South Africa completely surrounds Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Swaziland.
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This is the official version of the national anthem, combining Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and Die Stem/The Call of South Africa:
Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika:

Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo. 
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, 
O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika.
Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee, 
Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.
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South Africa
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