List of populated places in South Africa

A Name Province Remarks/new name Aan de Doorns Western Cape Aberdeen Eastern Cape Aberfeldy Free State Abbotsdale Western Cape Acornhoek Mpumalanga Adelaide Eastern Cape Adendorp Eastern Cape Addo Eastern Cape Aggeneys Northern Cape L'Agulhas or Agulhas Western Cape also see Cape Agulhas Amahlongwa KwaZulu-Natal Ahrens KwaZulu-Natal Akasia Gauteng northwest of Pretoria Albertinia Western Cape Garden route Alberton Gauteng Albertshoek North West Alderley Eastern Cape Alexander Bay Northern Cape Alexandria Eastern Cape Alexandra Gauteng Township north of Johannesburg Alettasrus North West Alice Eastern Cape Edikeni in Xhosa Alicedale Eastern Cape Aliwal North Eastern Cape Allandale Free State Allanridge Free State Alldays Limpopo Allep Free State Amalia North West Amalienstein Western Cape Klein Karoo Amandawe KwaZulu-Natal Amanzimtoti KwaZulu-Natal Amersfoort Mpumalanga Amsterdam Mpumalanga Anerley KwaZulu-Natal Arlington Free State Arniston Western Cape Ashton Western Cape Askham Northern Cape Atlantis Western Cape Atteridgeville Gauteng Augrabies Northern Cape Aurora Western Cape

B Name Province Remarks/new name Baardskeerdersbos Western Cape Babelegi North West Babanango KwaZulu-Natal Badplaas Mpumalanga Bailey Eastern Cape Bakerville North West Balfour Mpumalanga Balfour Eastern Cape Amatola District Balgowan KwaZulu-Natal Ballengeich KwaZulu-Natal Ballito KwaZulu-Natal Balmoral Mpumalanga Baltimore Limpopo Bandelierkop Limpopo Bandur Limpopo Bank, Gauteng Gauteng Bankkop Mpumalanga Bapsfontein Gauteng Barakke Eastern Cape Barberspan North West also Leghadighadi - 'Deep waterhole' Barberton Mpumalanga Barkly East Eastern Cape Barkly West Northern Cape Baroe Eastern Cape Barrington Western Cape Barrydale Western Cape Bathurst Eastern Cape Baviaan Western Cape Bazley KwaZulu-Natal Beaufort West Western Cape Beauty Limpopo Bedford Eastern Cape Beestekraal North West Behulpsaam Eastern Cape Beitbridge Limpopo Bekker Northern Cape Bela-Bela Limpopo previously Warmbaths Belfast Mpumalanga Bell Eastern Cape Bellevue Eastern Cape Bellville Western Cape Belmont Northern Cape Benoni Gauteng Berbice Mpumalanga Berea Western Cape Bergplaas Western Cape Bergrivier Western Cape Bergville KwaZulu-Natal Berlin Eastern Cape Bermolli Northern Cape Besters KwaZulu-Natal Bethal Mpumalanga Bethanie North West Bethelsdorp Eastern Cape Bethlehem Free State Bethulie Free State Bettiesdam Mpumalanga Betty's Bay Western Cape Bewley North West Biesiesfontein Western Cape Biesiespoort Northern Cape Biesiesvlei North West Biggarsberg KwaZulu-Natal Bhisho Eastern Cape Capital of Eastern Cape Bitterfontein Western Cape West Coast Bityi Eastern Cape Bloemfontein Free State Bloemhof North West Blouberg Western Cape Part of the City of Cape Town Bluewater Bay Eastern Cape BoboyiKwaZulu-Natal Boipatong Gauteng Boksburg Gauteng Bonnievale Western Cape Bonza Bay Eastern Cape Part of East London Bophelong Gauteng Bosbokrand Mpumalanga Boshof Free State Boston KwaZulu-Natal Bothaville Free State Botshabelo Free State Brackenfell Western Cape Brakpan Gauteng Brandfort Free State Braunschweig Eastern Cape Bray North West Bredasdorp Western Cape Breyten Mpumalanga Brits North West Britstown Northern Cape Broederstroom North West Bronkhorstspruit Gauteng Buffelsjagbaai Western Cape Bultfontein Free State Bulwer KwaZulu-Natal Burgersdorp Eastern Cape Burgersfort Limpopo Boompie Alleen Free State Butterworth Eastern Cape now Gcuwa

C Name Province Remarks/new name Cala Eastern Cape Caledon Western Cape Calitzdorp Western Cape Calvert KwaZulu-Natal Calvinia Northern Cape Cambria Eastern Cape Campbell Northern Cape Camperdown KwaZulu-Natal Camps Bay Western Cape Part of Cape Town Candover KwaZulu-Natal Cannon Rocks Eastern Cape Cape St. Francis Eastern Cape Cape Town Western Cape Cape Vidal KwaZulu-Natal Carletonville Gauteng Carlow Limpopo Carlsonia North West Carlton Northern Cape Carnarvon Northern Cape Carolina Mpumalanga Catalina Bay KwaZulu-Natal Carolusberg Northern Cape Cathcart Eastern Cape Cato Ridge KwaZulu-Natal Cedarville KwaZulu-Natal Centurion Gauteng Ceres Western Cape Chalumna Eastern Cape Chantelle Gauteng Charl Cilliers Mpumalanga Charlestown KwaZulu-Natal Chintsa Eastern Cape Chrissiesmeer Mpumalanga Christiana North West Chuniespoort Limpopo Churchaven Western Cape Citrusdal Western Cape Clansthal KwaZulu-Natal Clanwilliam Western Cape Claremont Western Cape Part of Cape Town Clarens Free State Clarkebury Eastern Cape Clarkson Western Cape Clermont KwaZulu-Natal Clewer Mpumalanga Clifford Eastern Cape Clifton Western Cape Part of Cape Town Clocolan Free State Coalville Mpumalanga Coega Eastern Cape Concordia Northern Cape Coffee Bay Eastern Cape Cofimvaba Eastern Cape Coghlan Eastern Cape Colchester Eastern Cape Coleford Eastern Cape Colesberg Northern Cape Colenso KwaZulu-Natal Coligny North West Colston Northern Cape Commondale Mpumalanga Constantia Western Cape Part of Cape Town Copperton Northern Cape Cornelia Free State Cork Mpumalanga Cookhouse Eastern Cape Cradock Eastern Cape CraigieburnKwaZulu-Natal Cullinan Gauteng

D Name Province Remarks/new name Dalton KwaZulu-Natal Danielskuil Northern Cape Dannhauser KwaZulu-Natal Darling Western Cape Darnall KwaZulu-Natal Daveyton Gauteng De Aar Northern Cape Dealesville Free State De Doorns Western Cape De Kelders Western Cape Delareyville North West Delmas Mpumalanga Delportshoop Northern Cape Deneysville Free State Derby North West De Rust Western Cape Despatch Eastern Cape Devon Gauteng Dewetsdorp Free State Dibeng Northern Cape Dingleton Northern Cape Döhne Eastern Cape Doonside KwaZulu-Natal Doringbaai Western Cape Dordrecht Eastern Cape Douglas Northern Cape Drummond KwaZulu-Natal Dududu KwaZulu-Natal Duduza Gauteng Duiwelskloof Limpopo renamed Modjadjiskloof Dullstroom Mpumalanga Dundee KwaZulu-Natal Durban KwaZulu-Natal Durbanville Western Cape Dutywa Eastern Cape Dysselsdorp Western Cape

E Name Province Remarks/new name Edenburg Free State Edenvale Gauteng Edenville Free State Eendekuil Western Cape East London Eastern Cape Xhosa: eMonti, part of Buffalo City ekuPhakameni KwaZulu-Natal Elandsbaai Western Cape Elandslaagte KwaZulu-Natal Elim Western Cape Elgin Western Cape Elliot Eastern Cape eMdloti KwaZulu-Natal Empangeni KwaZulu-Natal Ermelo Mpumalanga Eshowe KwaZulu-Natal Estcourt KwaZulu-Natal Evaton Gauteng Excelsior Free State

F Name Province Remarks/new name Faure Western Cape Fauresmith Free State Ficksburg Free State Firgrove Western Cape Fisherhaven Western Cape Fish Hoek Western Cape Flagstaff Eastern Cape Fochville Gauteng Fort Beaufort Eastern Cape Fouriesburg Free State Frankfort Free State Franklin KwaZulu-Natal Franskraal Western Cape Franschhoek Western Cape Fraserburg Northern Cape

G Name Province Remarks/new nameGa-MotlagomoLimpopo Gansbaai Western Cape Ganyesa North West Ga-Rankuwa North West Gcuwa Eastern Cape previously Butterworth Genadendal Western Cape George Western Cape Germiston Gauteng Giyani Limpopo Glencoe KwaZulu-Natal Gonubie Eastern Cape Gordon's Bay Western Cape Gouda Western Cape Graaff-Reinet Eastern Cape Graafwater Western Cape Grabouw Western Cape Grahamstown Eastern Cape renamed to Makhanda Graskop Mpumalanga Gravelotte, Limpopo Limpopo Greylingstad Mpumalanga Greyton Western Cape Greytown KwaZulu-Natal Griekwastad Northern Cape formerly Griquatown Groblersdal Limpopo Groblershoop Northern Cape Groot Marico North West

H Name Province Remarks/new name Haenertsburg Limpopo Hammanskraal Gauteng Hankey Eastern Cape HardingKwaZulu-Natal Harrismith Free State Hartbeespoort North West Province Hattingspruit KwaZulu-Natal Hazyview Mpumalanga Hectorspruit Mpumalanga Heidelberg Gauteng Heidelberg Western Cape Heilbron Free State Henley on Klip Gauteng Hennenman Free State Hermanus Western Cape Hertzogville Free State Hibberdene KwaZulu-Natal Hillcrest KwaZulu-Natal Hilton KwaZulu-Natal Himeville KwaZulu-Natal Hluhluwe KwaZulu-Natal Hobhouse Free State Hoedspruit Limpopo Hofmeyr Eastern Cape Hoopstad Free State Hopefield Western Cape Hopetown Northern Cape Howick KwaZulu-Natal Humansdorp Eastern Cape

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Name Province Remarks/new nameIbhayi Eastern Cape Collection of townships north of Port Elizabeth Ifafa Beach KwaZulu-Natal Illovo Beach KwaZulu-Natal Indwe Eastern Cape Impendle KwaZulu-Natal Inanda KwaZulu-Natal Ingwavuma KwaZulu-Natal Irene Gauteng Isando Gauteng Isipingo KwaZulu-Natal Ixopo KwaZulu-Natal IzingolweniKwaZulu-NataleZinqoleni

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Name Province Remarks/new name Jamestown Western Cape Jansenville Eastern Cape Jacobsdal Free State Jagersfontein Free State Jan Kempdorp Northern Cape Jeffreys Bay Eastern Cape Johannesburg Gauteng

K Name Province Remarks/new name Kaapmuiden Mpumalanga Karridene KwaZulu-Natal Katlehong Gauteng Kempton Park Gauteng Kenton-on-Sea Eastern Cape Kestell Free State Keurboomstrand Western Cape Kgotsong Free State Khayelitsha Western Cape Kimberley Northern Cape Kingsburgh KwaZulu-Natal King William's Town Eastern Cape Kinross Mpumalanga Kirkwood Eastern Cape Klapmuts Western Cape Klerksdorp North West Province Kloof KwaZulu-Natal Knysna Western Cape Koffiefontein Free State Kokstad KwaZulu-Natal Komatipoort Mpumalanga Kommetjie Western Cape Koppies Free State Kraaifontein Western Cape Kromdraai Gauteng Kroonstad Free State Kriel Mpumalanga Krugersdorp Gauteng now part of Mogale City Kuils River Western Cape KwaCele KwaZulu-Natal KwaDukuza KwaZulu-Natal previously Stanger KwaMashu KwaZulu-Natal KwaMhlanga Mpumalanga KwaThema Gauteng

L Name Province Remarks/new name Ladybrand Free State Lady Frere Eastern Cape Lady Grey Eastern Cape Ladysmith KwaZulu-Natal Mnambithi Laingsburg Western Cape La Lucia KwaZulu-Natal La Mercy KwaZulu-Natal Lambert's Bay Western Cape Lenasia Gauteng Lephalale Limpopo previously Ellisras Lichtenburg North West Lindley Free State Lyttelton Gauteng Loopspruit Mpumalanga Louis Trichardt Limpopo Known as "Makhado" June 2003 - March 2007 Louwsburg KwaZulu-Natal Zulu name: Ngotshe Luckhoff Free State Lydenburg Mpumalanga

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Name Province Remarks/new name Machadodorp Mpumalanga Maclear Eastern Cape Madadeni KwaZulu-Natal Mafikeng North West Magabeni KwaZulu-Natal Magaliesburg Gauteng Mahlabatini KwaZulu-Natal Makeleketla Free State Adjacent to Winburg Malelane Mpumalanga Mamelodi Gauteng Mandini KwaZulu-Natal Marble Hall Limpopo Margate KwaZulu-Natal Marquard Free State Matatiele Eastern Cape MathuliniKwaZulu-Natal Matjiesfontein Western Cape Mbombela Mpumalanga previously Nelspruit Melkbosstrand Western Cape Melkhoutfontein Western Cape Melmoth KwaZulu-Natal Melville KwaZulu-Natal Memel Free State Merrivale KwaZulu-Natal Meyerton Gauteng Middelburg Eastern Cape Middelburg Mpumalanga Midrand Gauteng Milnerton Western Cape Mkuze KwaZulu-Natal Mmabatho North West Province Modder River Northern Cape Modimolle Limpopo (previously Nylstroom) Mokopane Limpopo (previously Potgietersrus) Molteno Eastern Cape Mooirivier KwaZulu-Natal Morgenzon Mpumalanga Mount Edgecombe KwaZulu-Natal Mount Fletcher Eastern Cape Mossel Bay Western Cape Mpumalanga KwaZulu-Natal Mthatha Eastern Cape MthwalumeKwaZulu-Natal Mtubatuba KwaZulu-Natal Nkomokayixoshwa Mtunzini KwaZulu-Natal Muden KwaZulu-Natal Muizenberg Western Cape Muldersdrift Gauteng MurchisonKwaZulu-Natal Musina Limpopo (previously Messina)

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Name Province Remarks/new name Naboomspruit Limpopo new name Mookgophong Newcastle KwaZulu-Natal New Germany KwaZulu-Natal New Hanover KwaZulu-Natal Engcobo Eastern Cape Nieu-Bethesda Eastern Cape Nigel Gauteng Nongoma KwaZulu-Natal Noordhoek Western Cape Nottingham Road KwaZulu-Natal Nquthu KwaZulu-Natal

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Name Province Remarks/new name Odendaalsrus Free State Ogies Mpumalanga Ohrigstad Mpumalanga Orania, Northern Cape Northern Cape Oranjeville Free State Orchards Gauteng Orkney North West oThongathi KwaZulu-Natal Oudtshoorn Western Cape Oyster Bay Eastern Cape

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