Humans create borders to indicate the land that belongs to them, which is why countries are separated by international borders.
South Africa shares borders with Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, and the kingdom of Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa.
Some borders consist of fences, but natural boundaries such as rivers and mountains can also function as borders.
Unlike physical maps, political maps indicate manmade features such as international borders, national and provincial capital cities, other large cities and towns, national roads, railway lines, harbours and airports. Political maps also indicate neighbouring countries and their capital cities.
SA is made up of nine provinces, namely Gauteng (1), North West (2), Limpopo (3), Mpumalanga (4), KwaZulu-Natal (5), Free State (6), Northern Cape (7), Eastern Cape (8) and Western Cape…
