How to get to South Africa from other countries

Canada

Miles: 9078.68
Kilometers: 14,610.32

South Africa Relative Facts

Geography South Africa
Location:
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
Geographic coordinates:
29 00 S, 24 00 E
Map references:
Africa
Area:
total: 1,219,912 sq km
land: 1,219,912 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)
Area - comparative:
slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Land boundaries:
total: 4,862 km
border countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km
Coastline:
2,798 km

Absolute Location of Major Cities in South Africa

1 . Durban's latitude is 29 degrees South, longitude is 30 degrees East.
2. Cape town's latitude 33 degrees South, longitude is 18 degrees East.
3. Johannesburg's latitude is 26 degrees South, longitude 28 degrees East.

How to find South Africa

to find it you need to use latitude and longitude

Definition of Absolute and Relative location

Absolute location is directly where a person or place is located. Relative location is close to where the person or place is.(E.G) Mike lives ABOUT 29 minutes away from his school named S.F.A. You can use lines of latitude and longitude to find the exact location of a place such as Toronto.

Exact Location Of South Afirca

The area of South Africa is 1,219,912 sq km (471,011 sq mi). Comparatively, the area occupied by South Africa is slightly less than twice the size of the state of Texas. Considered as a whole, South Africa extends 1,821 km (1,132 mi) NE–SW and 1,066 km (662 mi) SE–NW. It is bounded on the N by Botswana and Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), on the NE by Mozambique and Swaziland, on the E by the Indian Ocean, on the S by the confluence of the Indian and Atlantic oceans, on the W by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the NW by Namibia. South Africa also controls two small islands, Prince Edward and Marion, which lie some 1,920 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Cape Town. South Africa's capital city, Pretoria, is located in the northeastern part of the country.

South Afirca Location Theme

LOCATION
"Where are we?" is the question that the theme Location answers. Location may be absolute or it may be relative. These locations, whether relative or absolute, may be of people or places.

An absolute location is a latitude and longitude (a global location) or a street address (local location).


Florence, AL is 34o46' North latitude and 87.40' West longitude
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