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South Africa

"South Africa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "South Africa" by people in this website by year, and whether "South Africa" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 51 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2017
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