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Southern ___MASK36___ is the southernmost region ___MASK64___ the African continent , variably defined by geography or geopolitics , and including several countries . The term " southern ___MASK36___ " or " Southern ___MASK36___ ", generally includes ___MASK27___ , Botswana , Lesotho , Malawi , Mozambique , Namibia , South ___MASK36___ , Swaziland , Zambia , and Zimbabwe . From a political perspective the region is said to be unipolar with South ___MASK36___ as a first regional power . ___MASK90___ Africa , officially the Republic ___MASK64___ ___MASK90___ Africa ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in Africa . It is bounded on the south by ___MASK64___ coastline ___MASK64___ Southern Africa stretching along the ___MASK90___ Atlantic and Indian Oceans , on the north by the neighbouring countries ___MASK64___ Namibia , Botswana and Zimbabwe , and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland , and surrounding the kingdom ___MASK64___ Lesotho . ___MASK90___ Africa is the 25th - largest country in the world by land area , and with close to 56 million people , is the world ' s 24th - most populous nation . It is the southernmost country on the mainland ___MASK64___ the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere . It is the only country that borders both the ___MASK16___ and the Indian Ocean . About 80 percent ___MASK64___ ___MASK90___ Africans are ___MASK64___ Sub - Saharan African ancestry , divided among a variety ___MASK64___ ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages , nine ___MASK64___ which have official status . The remaining population consists ___MASK64___ Africa ' s largest communities ___MASK64___ European ( white ), Asian ( Indian ), and multiracial ( coloured ) ancestry . ___MASK7___ , which means " place of gold ", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa . It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa ' s first all - race elections on 27 April 1994 . It was initially named Pretoria  Witwatersrand  Vereeniging ( PWV ) and was renamed " ___MASK7___ " in December 1994 . The ___MASK23___ is the third largest ___MASK64___ the world ' s oceanic divisions , covering ( approximately 20 % ___MASK64___ the water on the Earth ' s surface ). It is bounded by Asia on the north , on the west by Africa , on the east by Australia , and on the south by the Southern Ocean or , depending on definition , by Antarctica . It is named after the country ___MASK64___ India . The ___MASK23___ is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine ___MASK64___ gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great Indian sea "", in Hindi . The Old World consists ___MASK64___ Africa , Europe , and Asia , regarded collectively as the part ___MASK64___ the world known to Europeans before contact with the Americas . It is used in the context ___MASK64___ , and contrast with , the New World ( Americas ). ___MASK92___ , officially the Republic ___MASK64___ ___MASK92___ , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa . The citizens refer to themselves as " Batswana " ( singular : " Motswana "). Formerly the British protectorate ___MASK64___ Bechuanaland , ___MASK92___ adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966 . Since then , it has maintained a strong tradition ___MASK64___ stable representative democracy , with a consistent record ___MASK64___ uninterrupted democratic elections . The Bantu languages , technically the Narrow Bantu languages ( as opposed to " Wide Bantu ", a loosely defined categorization which includes other Bantoid languages ), constitute a traditional branch ___MASK64___ the Niger  Congo languages . There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion ___MASK64___ mutual intelligibility , though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear , and " Ethnologue " counts 535 languages . Bantu languages are spoken largely east and south ___MASK64___ present - day Cameroon , that is , in the regions commonly known as Central Africa , Southeast Africa , and Southern Africa . Parts ___MASK64___ the Bantu area include languages from other language families ( see map ). The ___MASK16___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". Sub - Saharan ___MASK36___ is , geographically , the area ___MASK64___ the continent ___MASK64___ ___MASK36___ that lies south ___MASK64___ the Sahara desert . According to the UN , it consists ___MASK64___ all African countries that are fully or partially located south ___MASK64___ the Sahara . It contrasts with North ___MASK36___ , whose territories are part ___MASK64___ the League ___MASK64___ Arab states within the Arab world . Somalia , Djibouti , Comoros and Mauritania are geographically in Sub - Saharan ___MASK36___ , but are likewise Arab states and part ___MASK64___ the Arab world . The Eastern Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half ___MASK64___ the earth that is east ___MASK64___ the prime meridian ( which crosses Greenwich , England ) and west ___MASK64___ the antimeridian . It is also used to refer to Europe , Asia , Africa , and Australia , in contrast with the Western Hemisphere , which includes North and South America . This hemisphere may also be called the " Oriental Hemisphere ". In addition , it may be used in a cultural or geopolitical sense as a synonym for the " Old World ". ___MASK36___ is the world ' s second - largest and second - ___MASK75___ - populous continent . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % ___MASK64___ Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % ___MASK64___ its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as ___MASK64___ 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % ___MASK64___ the world ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the ___MASK16___ to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . ___MASK77___ ( or ), officially the Republic ___MASK64___ ___MASK77___ ( or "") is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east , Tanzania to the north , Malawi and Zambia to the northwest , Zimbabwe to the west , and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest . It is separated from Madagascar by the ___MASK77___ Channel to the east . The capital and largest city is Maputo ( known as " Lourenço Marques " before independence ). The Witwatersrand aka The Reef , is a 56 - kilometre - long ___MASK89___ - facing scarp in the ___MASK7___ Province of South Africa . It consists of a hard , erosion - resistant quartzite sedimentary rock , over which several ___MASK89___ - flowing rivers form waterfalls , which account for the name  Witwatersrand , meaning the  ridge of white waters  in Afrikaans . This east  west - running scarp can be traced with only one short gap from Bedfordview ( about 10 km west of O . R . Tambo International Airport ) in the east , through Johannesburg and Roodepoort , to Krugersdorp in the west ( see the diagram bottom - left below ). ___MASK50___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK64___ ___MASK50___ ( or ; Swazi : " Umbuso weSwatini " ; sometimes called kaNgwane or Eswatini ), is a sovereign state in Southern Africa . It is neighboured by Mozambique to its northeast and by South Africa to its north , west and south . The country and its people take their names from Mswati II , the 19th - century king under whose rule Swazi territory was expanded and unified . A zoo ( short for zoological garden or zoological park and also called an animal park or menagerie ) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures , displayed to the public , and in which they may also ___MASK78___ . ___MASK68___ , officially the Republic ___MASK64___ ___MASK68___ , is a landlocked country located in southern Africa , between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers . It is bordered by South Africa to the south , Botswana to the west and southwest , Zambia to the northwest , and Mozambique to the east and northeast . Although it does not border Namibia , less than 200 metres ___MASK64___ the Zambezi River separates it from that country . The capital and largest city is Harare . A country ___MASK64___ roughly 13 million people , ___MASK68___ has 16 official languages , with English , Shona , and Ndebele the most commonly used . ___MASK88___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK64___ ___MASK88___ , is an enclaved , landlocked country in southern Africa completely surrounded by South Africa . It is just over in size and has a population slightly over two million . Its capital and largest city is Maseru . Multiracial is defined as made up ___MASK64___ or relating to people ___MASK64___ many races . Many terms exist for people ___MASK64___ various multiracial backgrounds . While some ___MASK64___ the terms used in the past are considered insulting and offensive , there are many socially acceptable modern terms that multiracial people identify with . These include " mixed - race " ( or simply " mixed "), " biracial ", " multiracial ", " métis ", " mestizo ", " mulatto ", " dougla ", and " pardo ". ___MASK87___ ( also known as Jozi , Joburg and eGoli ) is the largest city in ___MASK90___ Africa and is one ___MASK64___ the 50 largest urban areas in the world . It is the provincial capital ___MASK64___ ___MASK7___ , which is the wealthiest province in ___MASK90___ Africa . While ___MASK87___ is not one ___MASK64___ ___MASK90___ Africa ' s three capital cities , it is the seat ___MASK64___ the Constitutional Court . The city is located in the mineral - rich Witwatersrand range ___MASK64___ hills and is the centre ___MASK64___ large - scale gold and diamond trade . ___MASK18___ , officially the Republic ___MASK64___ ___MASK18___ ( German : ), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the ___MASK16___ . It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north , Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east . Although it does not border Zimbabwe , a part ___MASK64___ less than 200 metres ___MASK64___ the Zambezi River ( essentially a small bulge in Botswana to achieve a Botswana / Zambia micro - border ) separates the two countries . ___MASK18___ gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990 , following the Namibian War ___MASK64___ Independence . Its capital and largest city is Windhoek , and it is a member state ___MASK64___ the United Nations ( UN ), the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ), the African Union ( AU ), and the Commonwealth ___MASK64___ Nations . Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in ___MASK87___ , ___MASK90___ Africa . It is part ___MASK64___ the Hermann Eckstein Park and is opposite the ___MASK87___ Zoo . The Zoo Lake consists ___MASK64___ two dams , an upper feeder dam , and a larger lower dam , both constructed in natural marshland watered by the Parktown Spruit . The ___MASK87___ Zoo is an zoo in ___MASK87___ , ___MASK90___ Africa . The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation , enrichment , husbandry , and medical care ___MASK64___ wild animals , and houses about 2000 individuals ___MASK64___ 320 species . Established in 1904 , it has traditionally been owned and operated by the ___MASK87___ City Council . However , it has recently been turned into a corporation and registered as a Section 21 non - profit organisation .