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South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

It is bounded on the south by of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland, and surrounding the kingdom of Lesotho.

South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 56 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation.

It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere.

About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages, nine of which have official status.

The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (white), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (coloured) ancestry.

Lodging or a holiday accommodation is a type of residential accommodation.

People who travel and stay away from house for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, food, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions.

A guest house (also guesthouse) is a kind of lodging.

In some parts of the world a guest house is similar to a hostel, bed and breakfast, or inn where in other parts of the world (such as for example the Caribbean), guest houses are a type of inexpensive hotel-like lodging.

In still others, it is a private home which has been converted for the exclusive use of guest accommodation.

The owner usually lives in an entirely separate area within the property and the guest house may serve as a form of lodging business.

This type of accommodation presents some major benefits such as:

A holiday cottage, holiday home, or vacation property is accommodation used for holiday vacations.

Such properties are typically small homes, such as cottages, that vacationers can rent and run as if it were their own home for the duration of their stay.

The properties may be owned by those using them for a vacation, in which case the term second home applies; or may be rented out to holidaymakers through an agency.

A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house.

Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably.

After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity, sometimes transferred to the Church for reuse as a monastery.

Then they gradually re-evolved through the Middle Ages into elegant upper-class country homes.

In modern parlance, 'villa' can refer to various types and sizes of residences, ranging from the suburban "semi-detached" double villa to residences in the wildland–urban interface.