South Africa - encyclopedia article - Citizendium
South Africa is located at the extreme south of Africa, with a long coastline that stretches more than 2,500 kilometres (1,550 mi) and across two oceans (the Atlantic and the Indian).At 470,979 mi² (1,219,912 km²), South Africa is the world's 25th-largest country (after Mali).It is comparable in size to Colombia, and is nearly twice the size of the US state of Texas.
