Only the coloured countries constitute the Republic of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland do not
belong to the Republic of South Africa.
Within the Republic of South Arfica the regions award their own international titles.
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Index
Region
Provinces
1
ZAF-010
Region Western Cape
• province Western Cape (Cape Town)
2
ZAF-020
Region Eastern Cape
• province Eastern Cape (Bisho)
3
ZAF-030
Region Kwazulu/Natal
• province Kwazulu/Natal (Pietermaritzburg)
4
ZAF-040
Region 4
• province Northern Cape (Kimberley) • province Free State (Bloemfontein)
5
ZAF-050
Region 5
• province North-West (Mafikeng) 1) • province Gauteng (Pretoria) • province Mpumalanga (Nelspruit) • province Limpopo (Polokwane) 2)
1) Mmabatho, the former capital of the Homelands Bophuthatswana, is part of the town Mafikeng since the re-union with the Rep. of South Africa. 2) Polokwane was formerly called Pietersburg. In 2002 cities, which reminded to the former politics of separation, have been renamed countrywide.
The appropriate administrative center is written in brackets.
Canary Islands The Canary Islands area region of Spain, see there.