"South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres
(1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern
Africa stretching along the South
Atlantic and Indian
Oceans to the north by the neighboring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east
and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland
(Eswatini); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest
country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest
country in the world by land area and, with close to 56 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation." taken from Wikipedia