Map of Southern Africa

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This Map of Southern Africa shows seas, islands, governmental boundaries, countries, dependent territories, lakes, capitals and major cities.
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Last Updated: October 21, 2024

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of Africa. The definition is not universally accepted, but some groups include the United Nations Geoscheme, the intergovernmental Southern African Development Community, and the physical geography definition based on the physical characteristics of the land. Southern Africa is generally defined as Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa are part of the Southern African Customs Union.

The climate of the region is broadly divided into subtropical in the north and temperate in the south, and also includes humid-subtropical, Mediterranean, mountain-subtropical, oceanic, desert and semi-arid regions. With the exception of the lower parts of Zambia and the interior of Namibia and Botswana, the region rarely suffers from extreme heat. The Namib Desert is the driest area in the region.

Major and principal cities in Southern Africa include Antananarivo, Cape Town, Gaborone, Harare, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lilongwe, Lusaka, Maputo, Maseru, Mbabane, Pretoria, and Windhoek.

List of Countries of Southern Africa
Country	Capital	Population (2021)^[1]	Area	Currency
Angola	Luanda	34,503,774	1,246,700 sq km (481,354 sq mi)	kwanza
Botswana	Gaborone	2,588,423	581,726 sq km (224,606 sq mi)	pula
Comoros	Moroni	821,625	2,235 sq km (863 sq mi)	Comorian franc
Democratic Republic of the Congo (partly)	Kinshasa	95,894,118	2,344,858 sq km (905,355 sq mi)	Congolese franc
Eswatini	Lobamba (royal), Mbabane (administrative)	1,192,271	17,364 sq km (6,704 sq mi)	lilangeni
Lesotho	Maseru	2,281,454	30,355 sq km (11,720 sq mi)	loti
Madagascar	Antananarivo	28,915,653	587,041 sq km (226,658 sq mi)	ariary
Malawi	Lilongwe	19,889,742	118,484 sq km (45,747 sq mi)	Malawian kwacha
Mauritius	Port Louis	1,298,915	2,040 sq km (788 sq mi)	Mauritian rupee
Mozambique	Maputo	32,077,072	801,590 sq km (309,496 sq mi)	metical
Namibia	Windhoek	2,530,151	825,418 sq km (318,696 sq mi)	Namibian dollar
South Africa	Cape Town (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), Pretoria (legislative)	59,392,255	1,221,037 sq km (471,445 sq mi)	rand
Zambia	Lusaka	19,473,125	752,614 sq km (290,586 sq mi)	Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe	Harare	15,993,524	390,757 sq km (150,872 sq mi)	Zimbabwe dollar

Dependent Territories of Southern Africa

Country	Capital	Population (2021)^[1]	Area	Currency
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	318,000	375 sq km (145 sq mi)	Euro
Réunion	Saint-Denis	885,700	2,512 sq km (970 sq mi)	Euro
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	7,735	395 sq km (153 sq mi)	Saint Helena pound

List of Countries of Southern Africa

Dependent Territories of Southern Africa

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