South
African Maps and Pictures
Jim Hathaway
Department
of Geography, Geology, and the Environment
Slippery
Rock University
South Africa is a diverse country. For example, it has eleven official languages: Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu. This website include maps and pictures that begin to show the nation's natural and cultural diversity. While on sabbatical in 2000, I worked at Fort Hare University in Alice, Eastern Cape. Students in one of my classes made the 11 language maps that are linked below. The photos come from travels around the country in 2000 and during a briefer visit to South Africa in 2002. Many thanks to Mike Huston, a former student at SRU who helped upload the photos.
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| Provinces: here's a map of South Africa's nine provinces. | |
| Population: this map shows where South Africa's 41 million (1996 census) people live. | |
| Languages: here's a link to an opening page for South Africa's 11 official languages | |
Click on pictures for larger photos
| Pictures |
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| Alice, a town in the Eastern Cape Alice environs Alice people |
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| Hogsback, Eastern Cape Landscapes |
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| The Wild Coast, Eastern Cape Umngazi Port Saint John |
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| Cape Town, Western Cape Landscapes Township Tour |
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| Kwa-Zulu Natal Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park |
