South Africa
South Africa: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
country · population 63,000,000 (registry) · Africa · page prepared 2026-11-07
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South Africa at a glance
Rolled up from the 18 regions inside South Africa on this site.
Largest places in South Africa
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.East London, South Africa267,000
Inside South Africa
18 regions have South Africa as their parent.
- Bloemfontein
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Durban
- East London, South Africa
- George (Western Cape), South Africa
- Hangklip-Kleinmond, South Africa
- Hermanus
- Hoedspruit town
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Kimberley, South Africa
- Mthatha (Umtata)
- Nelspruit
- Polokwane (Pietersburg)
- Port Elizabeth
- Pretoria
- Richards Bay
- Rustenburg, South Africa
- Stellenbosch, South Africa
Companies based in South Africa
73 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 104 across South Africa and the places inside it — search them all below.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of South Africa are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.