South Africa is the southernmost country on the African continent. It is bordered by Namibia to the northwest, by Botswana and Zimbabwe to the north, and by Mozambique and Eswatini to the northeast and east. Lesotho, an independent country, is an enclave in the eastern part of South Africa, entirely surrounded by South African territory. South Africa’s coastlines border the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest.
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