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Posted 25 Jun 2025

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India and South Africa signed agreements for submarine cooperation during 9th Joint Defence Committee (JDC) meeting held in South Africa.

South Africa (Capita: Pretoria)

Political features:

  • Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
  • Location:It is the southernmost country on the African continent.
  • Land boundaries: Namibia (Northwest), Botswana and Zimbabwe (North), Mozambique and Eswatini (Northeast and East).
    • Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South African territory.
  • Maritime boundaries: Indian Ocean (Southeast) and the Atlantic Ocean (Southwest).

Geographical features:

  • Natural resources: Gold, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, gem diamonds.
    • South Africa was the World's leading chromite ore producer in 2022.
  • Major Rivers: River Orange (drains into Atlantic), Limpopo (crosses the Tropic of Capricorn twice and drains into the Indian Ocean) 
  • Mountain Range: Drakensberg.
  • Tags :
  • South Africa
  • River Orange
  • Limpopo
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