Southern Africa

southernmost region of Africa
Place cultural_region Q27394
Southern Africa
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Southern Africa

Summary

Southern Africa is a cultural region[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of cultural_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,082 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern Africa is in the country of Botswana[3].
  • Southern Africa is in the country of Lesotho[4].
  • Southern Africa is in the country of Eswatini[5].
  • Southern Africa is in the country of Zimbabwe[6].
  • Southern Africa is in the country of Namibia[7].
  • Southern Africa is on the continent of Africa[8].
  • Southern Africa's instance of is recorded as cultural region[9].
  • Southern Africa's instance of is recorded as region[10].
  • Southern Africa's shares border with is recorded as Central Africa[11].
  • Southern Africa's shares border with is recorded as East Africa[12].
  • Southern Africa's shares border with is recorded as Indian Ocean[13].
  • Southern Africa's shares border with is recorded as Atlantic Ocean[14].
  • Southern Africa is part of Africa[15].
  • Southern Africa's Commons category is recorded as Southern Africa[16].
  • Southern Africa comprises Botswana[17].
  • Southern Africa comprises Lesotho[18].
  • Southern Africa comprises Namibia[19].
  • Southern Africa comprises South Africa[20].
  • Southern Africa comprises Eswatini[21].
  • Southern Africa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -25.879105555556, 'lon': 23.097577777778}[22].
  • Southern Africa's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Africa[23].
  • Southern Africa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Southern Africa[24].
  • Southern Africa has a population of {'amount': '+69235159'}[25].
  • Southern Africa's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Southern Africa[26].
  • Southern Africa's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

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Geography

Country listings include Botswana[3], a sovereign state[28], in Botswana[29], founded in 1966[30]; Lesotho[4], a sovereign state[31], in Lesotho[32], founded in 1966[33]; Eswatini[5], a sovereign state[34], in Eswatini[35], founded in 1968[36]; Zimbabwe[6], a republic[37], in Zimbabwe[38], founded in 1980[39]; and Namibia[7], a republic[40], in Namibia[41], founded in 1990[42]. Southern Africa is on the continent of Africa[8]. It is part of Africa[15].

Physical Characteristics

Southern Africa has a population of {'amount': '+69235159'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cultural region[9] and region[10].

Why It Matters

Southern Africa ranks in the top 8% of cultural_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,082 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . unstats.un.org. unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +2
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