south principally desert; northeast monsoon (December to February), moderate temperatures in north and hot in south; southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot ... www.exxun.com/Somalia/b_mp.html
south ... and southern Somalia's Oromo region; Kenya works hard to prevent the clan and militia fighting in Somalia from spreading south across the border, which has long been open to nomadic pastoralists www.exxun.com/Somalia/i_ti.html
South ... the British and the Afrikaners, as the Boers became known, ruled together under the Union of South Africa. In 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of ... www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/a_fg.html
South South Africa completely surrounds Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Swaziland www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/b_mp.html
South -0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.) www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/c_pp.html
South Congress of South African Trade Unions or COSATU [Zwelinzima VAVI, general secretary]; South African Communist Party or SACP [Blade NZIMANDE, general secretary]; South African National Civics Organization or SANCO [Mlungisi HLONGWANE, national ... www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/d_gv.html
South ... especially poverty, lack of economic empowerment among the disadvantaged groups, and a shortage of public transportation. South African economic policy is fiscally conservative but pragmatic, focusing on controlling inflation, maintaining a budget ... www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/e_ec.html
South ... international: country code - 27; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber optic cable systems connect in South Africa providing connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean ... www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/f_cm.html
South ... establishment of majority rule, former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces were integrated into the South African National Defense Force (SANDF); as of 2003 the integration process was considered complete www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/h_ml.html
South ... trafficked from neighboring countries for forced agricultural labor; Asian and Eastern European women are trafficked to South Africa for debt-bonded sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - South Africa is ... www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/i_ti.html
South ... administration since 1908 - except for a brief period in 1982 when Argentina occupied them. Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th century whaling station. Famed explorer Ernest SHACKLETON stopped ... www.exxun.com/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIs/a_fg.html
South ... rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes www.exxun.com/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIs/b_mp.html
South no indigenous inhabitants note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001 replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological ... www.exxun.com/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIs/c_pp.html
South ... flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat ... www.exxun.com/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIs/d_gv.html
south ... and Pacific Ocean. The Southern Ocean extends from the coast of Antarctica north to 60 degrees south latitude, which coincides with the Antarctic Treaty Limit and which approximates the extent of the ... www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/a_fg.html
south ... region: International Whaling Commission (prohibits commercial whaling south of 40 degrees south [south of 60 degrees south between 50 degrees and 130 degrees west]); Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (limits ... www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
South ... to IHO Chart coverage of the area; members of HCA are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, NZ, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, UK, and US (2007 www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/g_tr.html
South ... sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km of the central South China Sea www.exxun.com/SpratlyIslands/b_mp.html
South ... the reef; claimants in November 2002 signed the "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea," which has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of ... www.exxun.com/SpratlyIslands/i_ti.html
south ... to circa A.D. 1000) and Polonnaruwa (from about 1070 to 1200). In the 14th century, a south Indian dynasty established a Tamil kingdom in northern Sri Lanka. The coastal areas of the ... www.exxun.com/SriLanka/a_fg.html
south mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior www.exxun.com/SriLanka/b_mp.html
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