{"id":7,"date":"2014-07-14T09:36:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T08:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2020-07-29T00:36:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T23:36:03","slug":"countries-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/countries-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries In Southern Africa: Facts You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Africa is one of the largest continents in the world with over 50 different countries. It is subdivided into various regions: Northern Africa which is constituted by countries like Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya; the western region of Africa include countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Togo etc.<\/p>\n
Countries that occupy the eastern part of Africa include Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania etc and, Central Africa is made up of countries like Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea etc.<\/p>\n
Countries in South Africa\u00a0<\/strong>is the part that often brings confusion. There are several countries in Southern Africa just like in every other African region. Such countries include Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and\u00a0South Africa<\/a> (which is a country within southern Africa).<\/p>\n A lot of people often think that South Africa has other countries within it; but that’s not true, South Africa is the main hub among the Southern African countries.<\/p>\n South Africa is just one country in the southern part of Africa. Geographically, Lesotho is an African country located right inside South Africa forming an enclave (an independent country that is completely landlocked by another) and is the only independent African country to have such attribute. Apart from Lesotho, there are only 2 more landlocked nations in the world – The Republic of\u00a0San Marino\u00a0which is\u00a0enclaved within\u00a0Italy\u00a0and The\u00a0Vatican City, which is enclaved within the city of\u00a0Rome.<\/p>\nClassification of Countries in South Africa<\/strong><\/h2>\n