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South Africa is divided into nine provinces. These are in order with capital:
- Western Cape ( Cape Town)
- Northern Cape ( Kimberley)
- Eastern Cape ( Bisho)
- KwaZulu-Natal ( Pietermaritzburg and Ulundi)
- Free State ( Bloemfontein)
- North West ( Mafikeng)
- Gauteng ( JohannesburgJohannesburg is the most populous city in South Africa, and the second most populous in Sub-Saharan Africa behind Lagos. Local residents refer to the city as "Jo'burg," or "Jozi. The Zulu name for the city is "Egoli," which means "place of gold" as forty)
- MpumalangaMpumalanga formerly Eastern Transvaal is a province in South Africa. The name means the place where the sun rises . Mpumalanga lies in the east of South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It occupies 6. 5% of the countr ( NelspruitNelspruit is a city of 21,474 people ( 1991) situated in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province (formerly Eastern Transvaal). Located on the Crocodile River (known as the Krokodil in Afrikaans), Nelspruit lies 60 kilometre)
- LimpopoLimpopo Province is the northernmost province of South Africa. The province was formerly named the "Northern Province" but the name was formally changed in February 2002 after deliberation by the provincial government. Other notable considerations were Ma ( PolokwaneIn 2002 a drive started to rename cities and towns in South Africa. As part of this drive, Pietersburg was renamed Polokwane . Polokwane is the capital of Limpopo Province, the province with the greatest increase in growth rate for 2003. Polokwane's web-s)
1 Historical Provinces
The division of South Africa into different administrative regions can be divided into three distinct periods, of which the first two fade into one another.
From the establishment of the Union of South AfricaThe Union of South Africa came into being on May 31, 1910 when the old Cape Colony and Natal Colony were combined with the defeated South African Republic and Orange Free State (renamed the Orange River Colony) after the Boer War. The various parts were t in 1910Events January events January 13 The first live musical radio program. Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. January 26 ? Seine floods in Paris. February events February 8 The Boy Scouts of America is in, the main division was into four provinces. As early as 19131913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. click on link for calendar) Events January-March January 30 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill February 1 New York City's Grand Central Station opens as the world's largest train station. February 3 Th, however, ownership of land by the black majority was restricted to certain areas covering about 13% of the country, and from the late 1950's these areas were gradually consolidated into "homelands" (also known as bantustans) to serve as the de jure national states of the black population in fulfilment of the white minority government's policy of Apartheid. In 1976 the homeland of Transkei was the first to accept independence from South Africa, and although this independence was never acknowledged by any other country, three other homelands followed suit.
From 1994 onwards, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces as shown in the top of this article. The former homelands were reintegrated into the Republic on the eve of the April 1994 general election which ended minority rule.
See also: Ranked list of South African provinces.
