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   Which city is the capital of South Africa?

   • Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa has three cities that serve as capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Johannesburg, the largest urban area in the country and a centre of commerce, lies at the heart of the populous Gauteng province. Durban, a port on the Indian Ocean, is a major industrial centre.

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   What are the major cities in South Africa?

   • Johannesburg, the largest urban area in the country and a centre of commerce, lies at the heart of the populous Gauteng province. Durban, a port on the Indian Ocean, is a major industrial centre. East London and Port Elizabeth, both of which lie along the country’s southern coast, are important commercial, industrial, and cultural centres.

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   What is Johannesburg known for?

   • It is the country’s chief industrial and financial metropolis. One of the youngest of the world’s major cities, Johannesburg was founded in 1886, following the discovery of gold. The city was initially part of the Transvaal, an independent Afrikaner, or Boer, republic that later became one of the four provinces of South Africa.

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   Is Johannesburg a part of South Africa?

   • Today the city is a part of Gauteng (a Sotho word meaning “Place of Gold”), one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The geography of Johannesburg reflects nearly a century of racially driven social engineering that reached a climax under apartheid (literally “apartness”), the system of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.

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   4 days ago · Cape Town, city and seaport, legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province. The city lies at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula. Because it was the site of the first European settlement in South Africa, Cape Town is known as the country’s ‘mother city.’

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   4 days ago · Major cities are Durban, Johannesburg, and Soweto. Additionally, South Africa is the only country in the world to have 3 capitals – Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein. While Bloemfontein is the judicial capital, Pretoria is the executive capital.

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   5 days ago · South African Capitals. South Africa has three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein. Each city plays a unique role in the governance of the country. Executive capital: Pretoria is the seat of the government and the president's office. Legislative capital: Cape Town is the seat of the parliament.

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   6 days ago · Johannesburg is the financial capital and largest city in South Africa. Durban is home to Africa’s busiest port and is the number-one domestic tourist destination for South Africans. Crime

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   3 days ago · Its capital and largest city is Maseru. The country is also known by the nickname The Mountain Kingdom. [10] The Sotho ethnic group (also known as Basotho), from which the country derives its name, composes 99.7% of the country's current population, making it one of the most ethnically homogenous in the world.

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