Logistics infrastructure in South Africa
South Africa — Locations
South Africa has 270 UN/LOCODE transport hubs — each a place coded for trade, tagged by function (port, rail, road, airport, border crossing) and located by its UN/LOCODE.
Population and region come from GeoNames, hubs that are also profiled seaports cross-link to their port record, and multimodal hubs (more than one function) are flagged. Search, sort or open any hub.
270
Total
219
Multimodal
61
Road
39
Rail
36
Port
9
Airport
Multimodal hubs
77
Profiled seaports
5
Largest hubs
- 1Johannesburg9,418,183
- 2Cape Town4,772,846
- 3Durban3,338,026
- 4Pretoria2,112,693
- 5Soweto1,695,047
Best equipped
- 1Durban56
- 2Cape Town28
- 3Johannesburg28
- 4Port Elizabeth17
- 5Pretoria5
Hubs by region
- 1Gauteng66
- 2Western Cape58
- 3KwaZulu-Natal30
- 4Eastern Cape25
- 5WC13
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
South Africa beyond logistics?
| Hub | Region | Population | Function | Also a port |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape TownZACPT | Western Cape | 4,772,846 | PortRailRoadAirportPostal | ↪ Cape Town |
| DurbanZADUR | KwaZulu-Natal | 3,338,026 | PortRailRoadAirportPostal | ↪ Durban |
| East LondonZAELS | Eastern Cape | 478,676 | PortRailRoadAirport | ↪ East London |
| Port ElizabethZAPLZ | — | — | PortAirportPostal | ↪ Port Elizabeth |
| Simon's TownZASMN | Western Cape | 6,569 | PortRoad | ↪ Simonstown |
| PretoriaZAPRY | Gauteng | 2,112,693 | RailRoadAirportPostalMultimodal | — |
| BloemfonteinZABFN | Free State | 556,637 | RailRoadAirportPostal | — |
| JohannesburgZAJNB | Gauteng | 9,418,183 | RailRoadAirportPostal | — |
| Port EdwardZAPED | KwaZulu-Natal | 6,872 | PortRoadPostalMultimodal | — |
| Capital ParkZAZAT | Gauteng | — | RailRoadMultimodal | — |
| ErmeloZAERM | Mpumalanga | 100,324 | RailRoadPostal | — |
| HexrivierZAHXR | Western Cape | — | RailRoadMultimodal | — |
| MessinaZAMEZ | — | — | RailRoadAirport | — |
| New GermanyZANGG | KwaZulu-Natal | — | PortRoadMultimodal | — |
| Piet RetiefZAPRF | Mpumalanga | 84,349 | RailRoadPostal | — |
| Port Saint John'sZAJOH | Eastern Cape | 5,939 | PortRoadAirport | — |
| StrandZASTD | Western Cape | — | PortRailRoad | — |
| AthloneZAATN | Western Cape | 237,414 | RoadMultimodal | — |
| Ballito BayZABAL | KZN | — | RailRoad | — |
| BayheadZABHD | KwaZulu-Natal | — | RailRoad | — |