Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

SOUTHERN AFRICA

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Volcano Mountain Capital

city

Large

city/

town

Small

city/

town

Ancient

monument

FISHING

The waters

of the Indian

Ocean provide

rich fishing

grounds for

Mozambique.

Shrimp accounts

for more than 40 percent of

export earnings. Maputo,

Africa’s second largest harbor, is

being developed to service

Africa’s land-locked regions.

MOzAMbIque recOvery

After its independence in

1975, civil war devastated

Mozambique, one of Africa’s

poorest countries. The uN

negotiated a fragile peace

agreement in 1992.

refugees have returned

and are rebuilding their

shattered land.

Bricks are made

for new homes in

a refugee camp

in Mozambique.

bOTSwANA

Area: 224,607 sq

miles (581,730 sq km)

Population: 2,183,000

Capital: Gaborone

leSOTHO *

Area: 11,720 sq

miles (30,355 sq km)

Population: 1,948,000

Capital: Maseru

ANGOlA

Area: 481,354 sq

miles (1,246,700 sq km)

Population: 19,625,000

Capital: luanda

MOzAMbIque

Area: 308,642 sq

miles (799,380 sq km)

Population: 25,303,000

Capital: Maputo

NAMIbIA

Area: 318,261 sq miles

(824,292 sq km)

Population: 2,212,000

Capital: windhoek

MAlAwI

Area: 45,747 sq

miles (118,484 sq km)

Population: 17,964,500

Capital: lilongwe

SwAzIlANd *

Area: 6,704 sq miles

(17,364 sq km)

Population: 1,435,500

Capital: Mbabane

zAMbIA

Area: 290,587 sq

miles (752,618 sq km)

Population: 15,066,000

Capital: lusaka

SOuTH AFrIcA *

Area: 470,693 sq

miles (1,219,090 sq km)

Population: 53,675,500

Capital: Pretoria/Tshwane

(administrative), cape

Town (legislative), and

bloemfontein (judicial)

zIMbAbwe

Area: 150,872 sq

miles (390,757 sq km)

Population: 14,229,500

Capital: Harare

* countries covered

on other pages.

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Cabinda
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NAMIBIA
ANGOLA
SOUTH
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BOTSWANA
LESOTHO
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SWAZILAND
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Cabinda
Caxito
Opuwo
Walvis Bay
Omaruru
Cubango
Kuito
Karasburg
Mmabatho
Lucapa
Tete
Uíge
M'Banza Congo
N'Dalatando
Malanje Saurimo
Luena
Pemba
Chimoio
Masvingo
Xai-Xai
Serowe
MolepololeMochudi
Ghanzi
Maun
Keetmanshoop
Mariental
Oshakati Rundu
Tsumeb
Grootfontein
Gobabis
N’Giva
Menongue
Benguela
Sumbe
Livingstone
Francistown
Mutare
Inhambane
Quelimane
Chinhoyi
Gweru
Nelspruit
Namibe Lubango
Huambo
Bellville
Kimberley
Welkom
Mahalapye
Mdantsane
East London
Bulawayo
Pietermaritzburg
Chitungwiza
Beira
Nampula
Port Elizabeth
Soweto
Johannesburg
Durban
WINDHOEK
LUANDA
HARARE
BLOEMFONTEIN
MBABANE
CAPE TOWN
GABORONE PRETORIA
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MAPUTO
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