South Africa's provinces

The Constitution of South Africa divides the country into nine provinces, each with its own Premier, provincial members of executive councils and Legislature. The provinces are:

Eastern Cape	Free State	Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal	Limpopo	Mpumalanga
Northern Cape	North West	Western Cape

The capitals of South Africa's provinces are:

• Eastern Cape : Bhisho

• Free State : Bloemfontein

• Gauteng : Johannesburg

• KwaZulu-Natal : Pietermaritzburg

• Limpopo : Polokwane

• Mpumalanga : Mbombela

• Northern Cape : Kimberley

• North West : Mahikeng

• Western Cape : Cape Town

South Africa map with provinces & capital cities

South Africa map with provinces & largest cities

Note that the largest city in a province isn't always the capital city of the province.

 

Highest points in each province

The highest points in each province are:

• Eastern Cape : KwaDuma (3019m), in the southern Drakensberg.

• Free State : Namahadipiek (3291m), in the Maloti Range.

• Gauteng : Suikerbosrand Toringkop (1913m).

• KwaZulu-Natal : Mafadi (3446m), the highest peak in South Africa (but not southern Africa, Lesotho has a higher peak).

• Limpopo : Iron Crown (2126m), there's a hiking trail to the peak.

• Mpumalanga : Steenkampsberg / Steenkampsberge (2274m), near Dullstroom.

• Northern Cape : Murch Point (2156m), on private land near Richmond.

• North West : Slope Point, which is a subsidiary of Nooitgedacht West (1816m).

• Western Cape : Seweweekspoortpiek (2325m), in the Klein Swartland.

The lowest point of elevation in each province is:

• Eastern Cape : 0m (Coastline).

• Free State : 980m.

• Gauteng : 914m (Pienaarsrivier valley)

• KwaZulu-Natal : 0m (Coastline).

• Limpopo : 107m.

• Mpumalanga : 89m.

• Northern Cape : 0m (Coastline)..

• North West : 850m.

• Western Cape : 0m (Coastline).

South Africa map with Provinces & areas

Areas are written on the map and are in square kilometres.

The percentage each of South Africa's provinces make up of the total area:

• Eastern Cape : 14%

• Free State : 11%

• Gauteng : 2%

• KwaZulu-Natal : 8%

• Limpopo : 10%

• Mpumalanga : 6%

• Northern Cape : 31%

• North West : 9%

• Western Cape : 11%

South Africa map with provinces and population

South Africa map with provinces

With the names of the provinces in a legend outside of the map:

Map of South African Provinces with brightly contrasting colours

More RSA maps

Check out:

• this flag map of SA.
• map of South African national roads
• Map of South African railway infrastructure
  • Map of Rovos Rail Cape Town to Pretoria route

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