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ISO 3166-2:ZA. ISO 3166-2:ZA is the entry for South Africa in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1 . ZA hails from Dutch: Zuid-Afrika.
Provinces. Since 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces: the Eastern Cape, the Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, the Northern Cape and the Western Cape. The boundaries of the provinces, which are specified in the national constitution, have been altered twice by constitutional amendment.
The following map depicts the provinces and districts of South Africa. The district municipalities are labelled with numbers that correspond to their district code, while the metropolitan municipalities are labelled with letters that correspond to their names. Further details of the districts are listed in the table that follows the image.
July. 30 – The Klipdrift Republic is proclaimed by a group of diamond miners with Stafford Parker as their president. December. 31 – Sir Henry Barkly is appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa. Date unknown. The Alfred Basin in Table Bay Harbour, named after Prince Alfred, is completed.
List of South African provincial capitals. The following is a list of the capitals of the provinces of South Africa . / 32.85333°S 27.43611°E / -32.85333; 27.43611 ( Bhisho) / 29.11611°S 26.21417°E / -29.11611; 26.21417 ( Bloemfontein) / 26.20611°S 28.04000°E / -26.20611; 28.04000 ( Johannesburg)
The South African postal code system was previously used in Namibia, then "South West Africa", including the enclave of Walvis Bay, which remained part of South Africa until 1994. It was allocated the number range 9000–9299. Following independence, use of the South African postal code system was discontinued.
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