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 |
KwaZulu-Natal Province of KwaZulu-Natal | 1. | 10,154,469 | Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg | 750,845 |
Gauteng Gauteng | 2. | 10,058,121 | Johannesburg Johannesburg | 2,026,469 |
Gauteng Gauteng | 3. | 10,058,121 | Pretoria Pretoria | 1,619,438 |
Eastern Cape Eastern Cape | 4. | 6,490,714 | Bhisho Bhisho | 137,287 |
Limpopo Limpopo | 5. | 5,494,928 | Polokwane Polokwane | 123,749 |
Western Cape Province of the Western Cape | 6. | 4,988,154 | Cape Town Cape Town | 3,433,441 |
North-West Province of North West | 7. | 3,895,126 | Mahikeng Mahikeng | 14,000 |
Mpumalanga Mpumalanga | 8. | 3,409,743 | Nelspruit Nelspruit | 110,159 |
Orange Free State Free State | 9. | 2,740,946 | Bloemfontein Bloemfontein | 463,064 |
Northern Cape Province of Northern Cape | 10. | 819,380 | Kimberley Kimberley | 142,089 |