South Africa City Quiz

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Cities of South Africa in this quiz (132)

Cities are grouped into difficulty tiers by population. Easy mode draws from the top 20 cities, Normal from the top 50, Hard from the top 100 (max 100), and Extreme from all 132 cities down to a population of 10,000. Pin size on the map scales with population.

Easy (top 20 by population)

City	Name	Population (k)
Johannesburg	Johannesburg	5,635
Cape Town	Cape Town	4,618
Durban	Durban	3,500
Pretoria	Pretoria	2,473
Soweto	Soweto	1,271
Gqeberha	Gqeberha	1,263
Pietermaritzburg	Pietermaritzburg	750
Rustenburg	Rustenburg	626
Bloemfontein	Bloemfontein	564
Tembisa	Tembisa	511
East London	East London	478
Khayelitsha	Khayelitsha	391
Vereeniging	Vereeniging	377
Newcastle	Newcastle	363
Randburg	Randburg	335
Roodepoort	Roodepoort	325
Mitchells Plain	Mitchells Plain	311
Boksburg	Boksburg	261
Centurion	Centurion	237
iBhayi	iBhayi	235

Normal (population ranks 20–50)

City	Name	Population (k)
Kimberley	Kimberley	226
George	George	220
Welkom	Welkom	211
Mpumalanga	Mpumalanga	193
Botshabelo	Botshabelo	182
Klerksdorp	Klerksdorp	178
Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	170
Benoni	Benoni	158
Krugersdorp	Krugersdorp	141
Diepsloot	Diepsloot	138
Mthatha	Mthatha	137
Polokwane	Polokwane	130
Potchefstroom	Potchefstroom	130
Alberton	Alberton	121
Madadeni	Madadeni	119
Ga-Masemola	Ga-Masemola	115
Paarl	Paarl	112
Mbombela	Mbombela	110
eMalahleni	eMalahleni	109
KwaNobuhle	KwaNobuhle	107
Vanderbijlpark	Vanderbijlpark	99
Worcester	Worcester	97
Middelburg	Middelburg	87
Elsiesriver	Elsiesriver	85
Ermelo	Ermelo	84
Somerset West	Somerset West	80
Milnerton	Milnerton	80
Osizweni	Osizweni	78
Ennerdale	Ennerdale	78
Upington	Upington	75

Hard (population ranks 50–99, top 100)

City	Name	Population (k)
Ezakheni	Ezakheni	71
Thaba Nchu	Thaba Nchu	70
Komani	Komani	69
Thohoyandou	Thohoyandou	69
Makhanda	Makhanda	67
uMnambithi	uMnambithi	65
Khutsong	Khutsong	62
Oudtshoorn	Oudtshoorn	62
Bethal	Bethal	61
Kraaifontein	Kraaifontein	60
Mossel Bay	Mossel Bay	60
Piet Retief	Piet Retief	57
Richards Bay	Richards Bay	56
Atlantis	Atlantis	55
Knysna	Knysna	51
Matsulu	Matsulu	47
Bela-Bela	Bela-Bela	45
Kuils River	Kuils River	45
Standerton	Standerton	44
Musina	Musina	43
Secunda	Secunda	40
Durbanville	Durbanville	40
Siyabuswa	Siyabuswa	37
Malmesbury	Malmesbury	36
Mkhuhlu	Mkhuhlu	36
Dundee	Dundee	35
Lebowakgomo	Lebowakgomo	35
Kanyamazane	Kanyamazane	35
Acornhoek	Acornhoek	34
Hermanus	Hermanus	33
eMjindini	eMjindini	33
Mokopane	Mokopane	30
Thabazimbi	Thabazimbi	29
Robertson	Robertson	28
Jeffreys Bay	Jeffreys Bay	27
Port Alfred	Port Alfred	26
Giyani	Giyani	26
Lichtenburg	Lichtenburg	26
Louis Trichardt	Louis Trichardt	25
Mookgophong	Mookgophong	25
Carletonville	Carletonville	23
Kamhlushwa	Kamhlushwa	22
KaMaqhekeza	KaMaqhekeza	21
Mahubahuba	Mahubahuba	21
Verena	Verena	21
Itsoseng	Itsoseng	20
KwaNojoli	KwaNojoli	19
Koster	Koster	19
KwaMhlanga	KwaMhlanga	19
Glencoe	Glencoe	18

Extreme (includes towns with population 10k+, 132 total)

City	Name	Population (k)
Franschhoek	Franschhoek	18
Lephalale	Lephalale	18
Mooirivier	Mooirivier	18
Hout Bay	Hout Bay	18
Carolina	Carolina	17
Elim	Elim	17
White River	White River	17
Tonga	Tonga	17
Daggakraal	Daggakraal	17
Bredasdorp	Bredasdorp	16
Derde Gelid	Derde Gelid	16
Mahikeng	Mahikeng	15
Montagu	Montagu	15
Tzaneen	Tzaneen	15
Kriel	Kriel	15
Tshabalala	Tshabalala	15
Vredefort	Vredefort	15
Lulekani	Lulekani	14
Caledon	Caledon	13
eLukwatini	eLukwatini	13
Phalaborwa	Phalaborwa	13
Jeppe's Reef	Jeppe's Reef	13
Malamulele	Malamulele	13
Gansbaai	Gansbaai	12
Amersfoort	Amersfoort	12
Kathu	Kathu	12
Melkbosstrand	Melkbosstrand	12
Dutywa	Dutywa	11
Villiersdorp	Villiersdorp	10
Evander	Evander	10
eHlau-Hlau	eHlau-Hlau	10
Bhisho	Bhisho	9