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... South China , Canton lies near the head of the Pearl River Estuary ( Chu Chiang K'ou ) , more than 90 miles ( 145 kilometres ) inland from the South China Sea and the British crown colony of Hong Kong . Although the city is commonly ...
... South China , Canton lies near the head of the Pearl River Estuary ( Chu Chiang K'ou ) , more than 90 miles ( 145 kilometres ) inland from the South China Sea and the British crown colony of Hong Kong . Although the city is commonly ...
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... South Africa , is pulmonary tuberculosis , a disease that is spread eas- ily where nutrition and hygiene are poor and housing is overcrowded . Public hospitals are the responsibility of the broader provincial administration . Groote ...
... South Africa , is pulmonary tuberculosis , a disease that is spread eas- ily where nutrition and hygiene are poor and housing is overcrowded . Public hospitals are the responsibility of the broader provincial administration . Groote ...
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... south by Kyrgyzstan , Uzbek- istan , Turkmenistan , and the Aral Sea ; the Caspian Sea bounds Kazakhstan to the southwest . Kazakhstan's 1,049 , - 200 square miles ( 2,717,300 square kilometres ) make it by far the largest state in ...
... south by Kyrgyzstan , Uzbek- istan , Turkmenistan , and the Aral Sea ; the Caspian Sea bounds Kazakhstan to the southwest . Kazakhstan's 1,049 , - 200 square miles ( 2,717,300 square kilometres ) make it by far the largest state in ...
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