South Africa

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South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa, surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and sharing borders with Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, and Lesotho (which forms an enclave within it). The "Rainbow Nation" is celebrated for its extraordinary cultural and linguistic diversity—11 official languages—as well as its world-class wildlife, wine regions, and cities.