WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Electronic Affairs Publication Office issued the following Background Note:

PROFILE

OFFICIAL NAME:

Republic of South Africa

Geography

Area: 1.2 million sq. km. (470,462 sq. mi.). Cities: Capitals-administrative, Pretoria; legislative, Cape Town; judicial, Bloemfontein. Other cities-Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth. Terrain: P . . .

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