South Africa - Politics and government - Administrative divisions

The provinces are in turn divided into 52 districts: 8 metropolitan and 44 district municipalities. The district municipalities are further subdivided into 226 local municipalities. The metropolitan municipalities, which govern the largest urban agglomerations, perform the functions of both district and local municipalities.

Reference 1: Provincial capital, Largest city, Area (km2)[120] and Population (2013)[4].

Reference 2: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape and Western Cape.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa