Regions in South Africa
Please click on a region name for more information on this region.
You can sort the regions in South Africa alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in South Africa
There are 10 regions in South Africa in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Western Cape Province of the Western Cape | 1. | 4,988,154 | Cape Town Cape Town | 3,433,441 |
Gauteng Gauteng | 2. | 10,058,121 | Johannesburg Johannesburg | 2,026,469 |
Gauteng Gauteng | 3. | 10,058,121 | Pretoria Pretoria | 1,619,438 |
KwaZulu-Natal Province of KwaZulu-Natal | 4. | 10,154,469 | Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg | 750,845 |
Orange Free State Free State | 5. | 2,740,946 | Bloemfontein Bloemfontein | 463,064 |
Northern Cape Province of Northern Cape | 6. | 819,380 | Kimberley Kimberley | 142,089 |
Eastern Cape Eastern Cape | 7. | 6,490,714 | Bhisho Bhisho | 137,287 |
Limpopo Limpopo | 8. | 5,494,928 | Polokwane Polokwane | 123,749 |
Mpumalanga Mpumalanga | 9. | 3,409,743 | Nelspruit Nelspruit | 110,159 |
North-West Province of North West | 10. | 3,895,126 | Mahikeng Mahikeng | 14,000 |