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 |
Eastern Cape Eastern Cape | 1. | 6,676,590 | Bhisho Bhisho | 137,287 |
Orange Free State Free State | 2. | 2,932,441 | Bloemfontein Bloemfontein | 556,000 |
Western Cape Western Cape | 3. | 7,113,776 | Cape Town Cape Town | 4,710,000 |
Gauteng Gauteng | 4. | 16,100,000 | Johannesburg Johannesburg | 5,635,127 |
Northern Cape Northern Cape | 5. | 1,303,047 | Kimberley Kimberley | 142,089 |
North-West North West | 6. | 4,122,854 | Mahikeng Mahikeng | 14,000 |
Mpumalanga Mpumalanga | 7. | 4,743,584 | Nelspruit Nelspruit | 110,159 |
KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal | 8. | 11,513,575 | Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg | 750,845 |
Limpopo Limpopo | 9. | 5,926,724 | Polokwane Polokwane | 123,749 |
Gauteng Gauteng | 10. | 16,100,000 | Pretoria Pretoria | 1,619,438 |