Index (2003) [12] Eastern Cape iMpuma-Koloni (Xhosa) Bhisho (Bisho) Port Elizabeth 168,966 km2 (65,238 sq mi) 6,562,053 38.8/km2 (100/sq mi) 0.62 Free State Freistata (Sotho) Bloemfontein Bloemfontein 129,825 km2 (50,126 sq mi) 2,745,590 21.1/km2 (55/sq mi) 0.67 Gauteng eGoli (Zulu) Johannesburg Johannesburg 18,178 km2 (7,019 sq mi) 12,272,263 675.1/km2 (1,749/sq mi) 0.74 KwaZulu-Natal iKwaZulu-Natali (Zulu) Pietermaritzburg ‡ Durban 94,361 km2 (36,433 sq mi) 10,267,300 108.8/km2 (282/sq mi) 0.63 Limpopo Limpopo (Northern Sotho) Polokwane (Pietersburg) Polokwane 125,754 km2 (48,554 sq mi) 5,404,868 43.0/km2 (111/sq mi) 0.59 Mpumalanga iMpumalanga (Swazi) Mbombela (Nelspruit) Mbombela 76,495 km2 (29,535 sq mi) 4,039,939 52.8/km2 (137/sq mi) 0.65 North West Bokone Bophirima (Tswana) Mahikeng (Mafikeng) Klerksdorp 104,882 km2 (40,495 sq mi) 3,509,953 33.5/km2 (87/sq mi) 0.61 Northern Cape Noord-Kaap (Afrikaans) Kimberley Kimberley 372,889 km2 (143,973 sq mi) 1,145,861 3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi) 0.69 Western Cape † Wes-Kaap (Afrikaans) Cape Town Cape Town 129,462 km2 (49,986 sq mi) 5,822,734 45.0/km2 (117/sq mi) 0.77 Republic of South Africa iRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika (Zulu) Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein[citation needed] Johannesburg 1,220,813 km2 (471,359 sq mi) 51,770,560 42.4/km2 (110/sq mi) 0.67