South Africa is located at the southernmost point of the African Continent. It is bordered by Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and completely surrounds Lesotho. It covers a land area of approximately 1.22 million km2 and a coastline length of 2 968km. Major ports are located in Richards Bay, Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), Saldanha, East London, Cape Town, Durban, and Coega (Ngqura).

As of the year 2023, South Africa has the 38th largest economy in the world with a GDP of 447.2 billion USD.

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