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Aliwal North
Aliwal North () is a town in central South Africa on the Orange River, Eastern Cape Province. Aliwal North is the seat of the Maletswai Local Municipality which falls within the Ukhahlamba District Municipality.
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Beaufort West
Beaufort West (Afrikaans: Beaufort-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is the largest town in the arid Great Karoo region, and forms part of the Beaufort West Local Municipality, with 37 000 inhabitants in 2001.
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Bhisho
Bhisho, formerly known as Bisho, is the capital of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. The Provincial legislature and many other government departments are headquartered in the town. Bhisho lies just north of the former provincial capital King William's Town.
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Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein (, Dutch for "spring of Bloem (bloom)", "flower spring" or "fountain of flowers") is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa. It is also the judicial capital, making it one of the three national capitals of South Africa (together with the administrative capital Pretoria and the legislative capital Cape Town). Bloemfontein is popularly and poetically known as "the city of roses", owing to the abundance of these flowers and the annual rose festival held there. The city's Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning "place of cheetahs" and it has been included in the Mangaung Local Municipality since 2000.
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Brits, North West
Brits is a large town and district situated in a fertile, citrus-producing area that is irrigated by the waters of the Hartbeespoort Dam in North West Province of South Africa. It is close to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, which includes Pretoria and it has the same dialling code as Pretoria. In addition to being a centre for agriculture, the town is home to several heavy industries, is worth mentioning the presence of a factory of the italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo that has produced from 1974 to 1985 cars for the domestic market and export to Asia.
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Bronkhorstspruit
Bronkhorstspruit is a small farming town 50km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along the N4 highway towards Witbank. It lies on the border between the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces.
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Calvinia
Calvinia is a regional town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa named after the Swiss religious reformer John Calvin. The town belongs to the Hantam Local Municipality which forms part of the Namakwa District Municipality. The Calvinia district is part of the Great Karoo subrigion of South Africa. The town is just south of the Hantam mountains on the banks of the Oorlogskloof (meaning "War Revine") River.
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Cape Town
Cape Town (; ) is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the largest in land area, forming part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. It is the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape, as well as the legislative capital of South Africa, where the National Parliament and many government offices are located. The city is famous for its harbour as well as its natural setting in the Cape floral kingdom, including such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point.It is hailed as one of the most beautiful cities in the world as officially recognised by Forbes. National Geographic has also enlisted Cape Town as one of the most iconic cities on the planet and "Places of a Lifetime". Cape Town is also Africa's most popular tourist destination.
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Durban
Durban (, from itheku meaning 'bay') is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in the country, forming part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous as the busiest port in South Africa and is also a major centre of tourism because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches. The city has a population of almost 3.5 million, making Durban the biggest city on the east coast of the African continent. Its land area of is comparatively larger than other South African cities, resulting in a somewhat lower population density of .
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Ermelo, South Africa
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Free State Province
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Gauteng
Gauteng ( or ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994. It was initially named Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (or PWV) and was renamed 'Gauteng' in December 1994.
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Gauteng Province
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George, Western Cape
George is a city with 203,253 inhabitants in South Africa's Western Cape province. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre and the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Route.
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Gordon's Bay
'''Gordon's Bay''' is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, close to Strand. It is situated on the northeastern corner of False Bay about 50 km from Cape Town to the south of the N2 (South Africa) national road and is named after Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795), the Dutch explorer of Scottish descent.
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Graaff-Reinet
Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the fourth oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Swellendam.
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Hermanus
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Humansdorp
Humansdorp is a small town and surrounding district in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, with a population of around 35,000 (COEGA,2002-3). It is part of the Kouga Local Municipality of the Cacadu District. The town is the centre of the district's light industry and farming. Humansdorp was founded in 1849, and was named after Johannes Jurie Human and Matthys Gerhardus Human, who were joint founders of the Dutch Reformed Church congregation there. The town is noted for the fine trees lining many of the residential streets; these were planted before the First World War by the then mayor, Ambrose Saffery.
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg (, ) also known as Jozi, '''Jo'burg or eGoli''', is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa.. The city is one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world, and is also the world's largest city not situated on a river, lake, or coastline.
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Kenton-on-Sea
Kenton-on-Sea, more commonly known as Kenton, is a small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is situated between the Bushman's River and the Kariega River, and lies approximately half way between the industrial centres of East London (180 km) and Port Elizabeth (130 km). Kenton is part of the Ndlambe Local Municipality in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape.
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Knysna
Knysna (; probably from a Khoikhoi word meaning "ferns") is a town with 76,431 inhabitants in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is part of the Garden Route. It lies 34 degrees south of the equator, and is 72 kilometres east from the town of George on the N2 highway, and 25 kilometres west of Plettenberg Bay on the same road.
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Kroonstad
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Limpopo Province
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Modimolle
Modimolle (also known as Nylstroom) is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming (citrus, grapes and cattle) as well as wildlife and tourism. Nylstroom/Modimolle is also located approximately 135 kilometres north of Pretoria, South Africa's de facto capital city.
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Mossel Bay
Mossel Bay () is a town with 150,000 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies on the southern coast of South Africa, east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of Knysna on the Indian Ocean coast and is part of the Garden Route.
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Mpumalanga Province
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Mthatha
Mthatha (, formerly Umtata) is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town has an airport, previously known by the name K. D. Matanzima Airport after former leader Kaiser Matanzima.
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (, ), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990 following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoorn is a town in the Western Cape province in South Africa. With 80,336 inhabitants it is the largest town in the Little Karoo region. The town is home to the world's largest Ostrich population with a number of specialized ostrich breeding farms such as the Safari Show Farm and the Highgate Ostrich Show Farm.
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Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city of the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was founded in 1838. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district authority. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in English and Zulu alike, and often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products. It is home to many schools and tertiary education institutions, including a campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It had a population of 228,549 in 1991; the estimated current population in Msunduzi Local Municipality is between 500,000 and 600,000 (of which 25% to 30% are identified as Indians or Whites).
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Polokwane
Polokwane, meaning "Place of Safety",
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Port Alfred
Port Alfred is a small town with a population of under 21 000 in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the eastern seaboard of the country at the mouth of the Kowie River, almost exactly half-way between the larger cities of Port Elizabeth and East London and 30 km West of Cannon Rocks.
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Port Nolloth
Port Nolloth is a town and domestic seaport in the Namaqualand region on the northwestern coast of South Africa, 89 miles northwest of Springbok.
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Port Shepstone
Port Shepstone is situated on the mouth of the largest river on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the Mzimkulu River (the great home of all rivers). south of Durban, it is the administrative, educational and commercial centre for southern Natal.
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Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive (administrative) and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.
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Richards Bay
Richards Bay () is a town with a population of 335,939 ([http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&lng;=de&des;=gamelan&geo;=-245&srt;=pnan&col;=abcdefghimoq&msz;=1500&men;=gcis&lng;=en]) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is situated on a 30 square kilometre lagoon of the Mhlatuze River, which gives it one of the country's largest harbours.
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Sasolburg
Sasolburg is a large industrial town in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa. Sasolburg is further sub-divided into three areas: Sasolburg proper, Vaalpark ( a more affluent cluster of suburbs located about 5 km away from the Sasolburg CBD) and Zamdela ( a 'township' or area formerly reserved for Black people). Most White residents of Sasolburg speak Afrikaans as a first language, while most Black people speak Sesotho as a first language.
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Somerset West
Somerset West (Afrikaans Somerset-Wes) is a town with 30,232 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in the Helderberg area (formerly called Hottentots Holland), about 50 km (30 mi) east of Cape Town and 10 km from Strand.
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South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory.
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Stanger
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Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch () is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated about 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Cape Town, along the banks of the Eerste Rivier. It is the second oldest European settlement in the province, after Cape Town. The town became known as the City of Oaks or Eikestad in Afrikaans and Dutch due to the large number of oak trees that were planted by its founder, Simon van der Stel, to grace the streets and homesteads.
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Steynsburg
Steynsburg is a small town in the Ukhahlamba District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
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Swellendam
Swellendam is the third oldest town in the Republic of South Africa, a town with 13,629 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 National monuments most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture.
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Uitenhage
Uitenhage is a South African town with 275,185 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well-known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. The town's name is pronounced by English speakers and in Afrikaans. The city of Port Elizabeth and the small town of Despatch are located near Uitenhage.
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Vanderbijlpark
Vanderbijlpark (pronounced ) is an industrial city with 220,102 inhabitants on the Vaal River in the south of the Gauteng province of South Africa.
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Vereeniging
Vereeniging is a city in Gauteng province, South Africa, with a population of more than 400,000. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly situated in the Transvaal province. The name Vereeniging is derived from the Afrikaans/Dutch word meaning "association" or "union".
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Vryheid
Vryheid is a coal mining and cattle ranching town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Vryheid is Afrikaans for "freedom" or "liberty".
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Welkom
Welkom is a city in the Free State province of South Africa, with a population in 2001 of 34 141 in an area of . It is 160 kilometres northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital.
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Windhoek
Windhoek (, sometimes in ) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529. A population influx from all over Namibia has caused researchers to estimate the figure to be well over 300,000.
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Witbank
Witbank () is situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for White Ridge and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wagon transport drivers rested.
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Witwatersrand
The Witwatersrand is a low, sedimentary range of hills, at an elevation of 1700–1800 metres above sea-level, which runs in an east-west direction through Gauteng in South Africa. The word in Afrikaans means "the ridge of white waters". Geologically it is complex, but the principal formations are quartzites, conglomerates and shales of the Witwatersrand System. It forms a continental divide with run-off to the north draining into the Limpopo River and Indian Ocean and to the south draining into the Orange River and Atlantic. The Witwatersrand lies within the province of Gauteng, formerly called the PWV area, an acronym for Pretoria, Witwatersrand, and Vaal.
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First Boer War
The First Boer War (, Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally First Freedom War) also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881.
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Khoisan
Khoisan (also spelled Khoesaan, Khoesan or Khoe-San) is a unifying name for two major ethnic groups of Southern Africa, who share physical and putative linguistic characteristics distinct from the Bantu majority of the region. Culturally, the Khoisan are divided into the foraging San and the pastoral Khoi. The San include the original inhabitants of Southern Africa before the southward Bantu migrations from Central and East Africa reached their region, leading to Bantu farmers replacing the Khoi and San as the predominant population. Khoi pastoralists apparently arrived in Southern Africa shortly before the Bantu; over time, some abandoned pastoralism and adopted the hunter-gatherer economy of the San, likely due to a drying climate, and are now considered San. Similarly, the Bantu Damara later abandoned agriculture and adopted the Khoi economy. Large Khoisan populations remain in several arid areas in the region, notably in the Kalahari Desert.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (, Afrikaans:Tweede Vryheidsoorlog or Tweede Boereoorlog), was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902. The Second Boer War was fought between the British Empire and the Dutch-speaking Boer inhabitants of the two independent Boer republics: the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) and the Orange Free State. It ended with the annexation of the region under the British Empire, ultimately forming the Union of South Africa as part of the Commonwealth. The conflict is commonly referred to as The Boer War but is also known as the South African War outside South Africa, the Anglo-Boer War among most South Africans, and in Afrikaans as the Anglo-Boereoorlog or Tweede Vryheidsoorlog ("Second War of Liberation") or the Engelse oorlog (English War).
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White South African
White South African is a term which refers to people from South Africa who are of Caucasian descent. In linguistic, cultural and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of mainly Dutch, German and French settlers, known as Afrikaners, and the English-speaking Anglo-Africans who share an Anglophone background (mainly of British and Irish descent).
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WASHINGTON - David Petraeus's downfall took another victim Tuesday as the current U.S. commander in Afghanistan seemingly saw his hopes to become head of NATO go up in smoke amid allegations he...

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American citizens, hold a banner during a peace march organized by Pakistan's cricket star turned politician Imran Khan's party, not pictured, in Tank, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012.

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Trade fair focus on ‘skilling’ 14 Nov 2012

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Ex-Pa. judge: Trial judge in bribery case biased 14 Nov 2012

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Census: New gauge shows 49.7 million poor in US 14 Nov 2012

WPXI The ranks of America's poor edged up last year to a high of 49.7 million, based on a new census measure that takes into account medical costs and work-related expenses. The numbers released Wednesday by the Census Bureau are part of a newly developed supplemental poverty measure. Devised a year ago,...(size: 5.8Kb)

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Country Code: +27
International Call Prefix: 00
Trunk Prefix: 0

South Africa has switched to a closed numbering system. From 16 January 2007 it became mandatory to dial the full 10 digit telephone number including the three-digit area code even for local calls. The trunk prefix is still '0', with the system generally organised geographically. All telephone numbers are 10 digits long (including the 3 for area code), except for certain Telkom special services. When dialed from another country, the '0' is omitted and replaced with the appropriate international access code.

Numbers were initially allocated when South Africa had four provinces, meaning that ranges are now split across the current nine provinces.

00: International access code effective from 16 October 2006 and mandatory from 16 January 2007.

01: The old Transvaal province, currently comprising Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and part of the North West:

010: New overlay plan announced for Johannesburg (proposed November 2001)

011: Witwatersrand region around Johannesburg, currently code for entire Greater Johannesburg

012: Pretoria and surrounding towns (also includes Brits)

013: Eastern Gauteng (Bronkhorstspruit) and Western and northern Mpumalanga: Middelburg, Witbank and Nelspruit

014: Northern North West and Southwestern Limpopo: Rustenburg and Modimolle

015: Northern and Eastern Limpopo: Polokwane

016: Vaal Triangle: Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg, which constitutes an anomaly, since Sasolburg isn't the old Transvaal.

017: Southern Mpumalanga: Ermelo

018: Southern North West: Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp

02: Western and Northern Cape:

021: Cape Town metropole and surrounds, including Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Gordon's Bay

022: Boland and West Coast: Malmesbury

023: Worcester and greater Karoo, including Beaufort West

024: Somerset West (Became 021 in 1996)

027: Namaqualand (Northern Cape): Vredendal, Calvinia, Clanwilliam, Springbok, Alexander Bay, Port Nolloth

028: Southern region: Swellendam and Caledon / Hermanus region.

03: KwaZulu-Natal:

031: Durban

032: KZN North coast region: Stanger

033: Pietermaritzburg and KwaZulu-Natal Midlands

034: Vryheid, Newcastle and Northern KZN

035: Zululand region: St. Lucia, Richards Bay

036: Drakensberg region: Ladysmith

039: South coast: Port Shepstone and interior, and Eastern Pondoland (in Eastern Cape)

04: Eastern Cape and eastern parts of the Western Cape:

040: Bhisho

041: Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage

042: Southern region: Humansdorp

043: East London and surrounds

044: Garden Route, including Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay and George

045: Central region: Queenstown

046: Southern region: Grahamstown, Bathurst, Port Alfred, Kenton-on-Sea

047: Mthatha / most of previous Transkei

048: Northern region: Steynsburg

049: Western region: Graaff-Reinet

05: Free State and Northern Cape

051: Central and southern region: Bloemfontein, and Aliwal North in E Cape

053: Kimberley, eastern part of Northern Cape, far west of NW province

054: Upington, Gordonia region

056: Northern Free State: Kroonstad

057: Northern Free State: Welkom (Goldfields region)

058: Eastern Free State: Bethlehem

06: Currently unused. Was South-West Africa (now Namibia) until 1992, when direct dialling was discontinued. and replaced by international dialling with the +264 country code. For example, for a call from South Africa to Windhoek, before and after 1992:

Before 1992: 061 xxx xxxx

After 1992: 09 26461 xxx xxxx

After Jan 2007: 00 26461 xxx xxxx

07: Cellular

0710: MTN (spill-over from 083)

0711 - 0716: Vodacom (spill-over from 082)

0717 - 0719: MTN (spill-over from 083)

072: Vodacom (spill-over from 082)

073: MTN (spill-over from 083)

074: Cell C (Cell C has allocated 0741 to Virgin Mobile)

0741: Virgin Mobile as of June 2006 [1]

076: Vodacom (spill-over from 082)

078: MTN (spill-over from 083)

079: Vodacom (spill-over from 082)

08: Special services

080: FreeCall, Toll-free, called party pays

0811 - 0814: Telkom Mobile (8ta)

082: Cellular: Vodacom

083: Cellular: MTN

084: Cellular: Cell C

085: Cellular: USAL license holders - Vodacom and MTN have some prefixes out of this range for their USAL offerings

086: Sharecall, MaxiCall and premium-rate services, calls can be routed to regional offices automatically

0860: Sharecall Land line callers pay local call, called party pays long distance if applicable

0861: MaxiCall caller always pay long distance for call even if routed to local office

0862 - 9: Premium rate caller pays increasing rate linked to last digit^[1]

0862, 0865, 0866, 08673, 08774, 08676: Fax to Email caller always pay increasing rate linked to last digits

08622, 086294: Competition lines caller always pay premium rate

08671 - 08674: Information services caller always pay increasing rate linked to last digit

087: Value-added services (VoIP [2] among others)

088: Pagers and Telkom CallAnswer voicemail

089: Maxinet, for polls and radio call-in services

Note that since 10 November 2006, mobile number portability was introduced in the cellular market. The cellular prefixes as above are therefore not strictly applicable anymore although they remain mostly unchanged.

09: Old International access code no longer in use.

There are still some non-automated exchanges which use longer dialing codes, mostly for 'Farm Lines' and remote areas with operator assisted exchanges.

External links [link]

Press release regarding number changes from the Telkom website

References [link]

^ "TELKOM SA LTD TELKOM TARIFF LIST 1 August 2009". http://www.telkom.co.za/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/Contents/common/pricelist/downloads/tarifflist_e_Aug09.pdf. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

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Valentina Lisitsa

Background information
Birth name	Valentina Lisitsa
Born	1973
Origin	Kiev, Ukraine, USSR
Genres	Classical
Occupations	Classical Pianist
Instruments	Piano
Website	Official Website

Valentina Lisitsa (Ukrainian: Валентина Лисиця, translit. Valentina Lisitsya,) is a Ukrainian-born classical pianist. Lisitsa resides in North Carolina in the USA.^[1]^[2] She is among the most frequently viewed pianists on YouTube. ^[3]

Biography [link]

Lisitsa was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1973. She started playing the piano at the age of three, performing her first solo recital at the age of four.^[4] Despite her early disposition to music, her dream at that point was to become a professional chess player.^[5] Lisitsa attended the Lysenko music school for Gifted Children and, later, Kiev Conservatory,^[6] where she and her future husband, Alexei Kuznetsoff, studied under Dr. Ludmilla Tsvierko.^[7] It was when Lisitsa met Kuznetsoff that she began to take music more seriously.^[8] In 1991 they won the first prize in The Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition.^[6]^[9] In the same year, they moved to the United States to further their careers as concert pianists. Their New York debut was at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in 1995.^[7]

Lisitsa has performed in various venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Musikverein. Recently, she has been the pianist in recital engagements collaborating with violinist Hilary Hahn.^[6] Her recording of the 4 sonatas for violin and piano by composer Charles Ives, made with Hahn, was released in October, 2011. Many of Lisitsa's performances, including Frédéric Chopin's Op. 10 and Op. 25 Etudes and Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, can be viewed on YouTube.

Lisitsa has recorded 6 CDs for Audiofon Records, including two solo CDs, the other two being duets with husband Alexei Kuznetsoff, a Gold CD for CiscoMusic label with cellist DeRosa, a duet recital on VAI label with violinist Ida Haendel, DVDs of Frédéric Chopin's 24 Etudes, Schubert-Liszt Schwanengesang, and her most recent DVD titled Black and Pink.

Lisitsa was featured on the HORSE the band song "Rape Escape" from their 2009 album Desperate Living.

Lisitsa has recorded composer-specific album "projects" in the last three years, from Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, and Beethoven. Her Rachmaninoff and Liszt projects are still undergoing final mixing and distribution. ^[10]

References [link]

^ "Valentina Lisitsa and Alexei Kuznetsoff". Southern Arts Federation. http://www.southernartistry.org/Valentina_Lisitsa_and_Alexei_Kuznetsoff. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ "The North Carolina Symphony Ends the Summerfest Season with Spectacular Russian Masterpieces". North Carolina Symphony. http://www.ncsymphony.org/news/index.cfm?nid=307. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ "Valentina Lisitsa and Alexei Kuznetsoff". Southern Arts Federation. http://www.southernartistry.org/Valentina_Lisitsa_and_Alexei_Kuznetsoff. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ "Calendar of Events and Exhibitions". National Museum of Women in the Arts. http://www.nmwa.org/calendar/detail.asp?eventId=846. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ "Valentina Lisitsa". http://www.last.fm/music/Valentina+Lisitsa.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valentina Lisitsa, piano". Fresno Philharmonic. http://fresnophil.org/LisitsaBio.html. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ ^a ^b "N.C. Arts Council - Organizations Page". North Carolina Arts Council. http://www.ncarts.org/orgspage.cfm?ser=59948. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
^ "Valentina Lisitsa performs with the Oregon Symphony". Oregon Symphony. http://www.orsymphony.org/bios/guestartists/lisitsa.aspx. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ "The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation - 1991 Winner Biographies". The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation. http://dranoff2piano.org/bio_page_1991.htm#lk. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
^ http://www.valentinalisitsa.com/#!cds

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Shoko Nakagawa
Also known as	Shokotan, Shokotasu
Born	(1985-05-05) May 5, 1985 (age 27)
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	J-pop, j-rock
Occupations	Model / Comedienne / Singer / TV Personality / Presenter
Years active	2001-present
Labels	Sony Records
Website	http://www.nakagawashoko.com/

Shoko Nakagawa (中川翔子, Nakagawa Shōko^?, born May 5, 1985 in Tokyo) is a Japanese idol, tarento, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. She is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday. She is the daughter of Katsuhiko Nakagawa, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s.

She is represented by the Watanabe Entertainment talent agency. Her nickname is Shokotan (しょこたん^?) (In the blog by Mika Kaneda, who appeared with her on "Ōsama no Brunch", she is called Shokotasu).

1 Life
2 Appearances
- 2.1 TV
- 2.2 Live
3 Discography
4 Printed media
- 4.1 Photobooks
- 4.2 Blog
5 Filmography
6 References
7 External links

Life [link]

Born to entertainer Katsuhiko Nakagawa as Shiyōko Nakagawa (中川しようこ, Nakagawa Shiyōko^?, her name was not registered in a koseki as Shoko (しょうこ, Shōko^?) as she had been using for most of her life), she was raised by her mother in Nakano (Katsuhiko Nakagawa died in 1994). She made her entertainment debut in 2001, winning the Grand Prix award at the Popolo Girl Audition^[1] and representing the Jackie Chan talent agency. Later, on the "Yume-Ga-Oka Residence" programme on SKY PerfecTV!, she was given a Jackie Chan photobook by Midorikawa Shobō, who were guests on the show. She commented "I thought he was an enemy of Bruce Lee's", apparently referring to Enter the Dragon. In 2002, she was chosen as Miss Shōnen Magazine.^[1] She appeared in a brief section of "Kangaeru Hito" ("People who think") on the Fuji TV network in 2004 and showed her ability as an illustrator; this won her a regular place on the later version of the programme which started with minor changes in early 2005, "Kangaeru Hitokoma" ("Thinking about one frame [of a cartoon strip]"). For one year starting in May 2005, she appeared as a regular on the TBS programme "Ōsama no Brunch",^[1] which made her well-known among the general public. In July 2006, she released her debut single "Brilliant Dream". It entered the Oricon chart at number 29, with initial sales of 6313 copies. Nakagawa performed at Anime Expo 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.^[1]

Personality [link]

Nakagawa is a fan of the Super Sentai series, and in particular looks up to the character Yūri/Time Pink of Mirai Sentai Timeranger.^[2] At the time, she stood in line all night to watch the live Timeranger show at Kōrakuen Fairground (now Tokyo Dome City Attractions) in the front row. In 2004, she achieved a longstanding ambition by putting in a guest appearance in the 38th episode of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (she had previously appeared as a child in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman). She has always wanted to become the next Pink Ranger, and has gone out for auditions four times, but failed each time because "she does not have good athletic ability". She has said that she was drawn to the entertainment world out of admiration not for her father but for Mika Katsumura, who played the role of Yūri, and that during gravure work she uses Katsumura's photobooks and DVDs as a guide. She later appeared with Katsumura on Men B, and the two are now as friendly as if they were sisters. She is also a fan of the Metal Hero Series and Heisei Kamen Rider Series, particularly the series written by Yasuko Kobayashi, and sees Shigeki Hosokawa who played the titular character of Kamen Rider Hibiki as an ideal man. She is also fond of fellow entertainer and gravure idol Natsuki Katō for playing the first female Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Femme (both share a love of anime, tokusatsu, and video games).

Nakagawa is also a fan of Bruce Lee, and has a wide knowledge of kung fu films.^[1] She has studied Cantonese, and visited Hong Kong many times with her mother (However, she confessed on TV that in fact she soon gave up Cantonese, and hardly speaks it at all, although she keeps it on her profile.) She got to know Jackie Chan when she met him by chance at a restaurant he runs. Jackie Chan now keeps a picture she drew on display at his offices in Hong Kong. She has her own tracksuit and nunchaku she made herself, which are decorated with pink fur.

Nakagawa is skilled as a manga cartoonist and illustrator.^{[citation needed]} She worships CLAMP and Kazuo Umezu, and wants to become a manga artist. On the Fuji TV show Kangaeru Hitokoma, on which she is a semi-regular guest, she showed this side of herself by drawing in the style of Kazuo Umezu. Some of her work was shown on the May 11, 2006 edition of Downtown Deluxe on the Nippon TV network, and was much praised. As of 2006, her manga "SHOCOTAN * QUEST" is being serialised on her official website. The fact that even after becoming a celebrity she has not given up on drawing led to her being selected as a member of the judging panel in the "Jump Damashii" section of the Shūeisha publication Weekly Shōnen Jump, starting from Jump number 13 of 2006.

Nakagawa does not like cooking. In a special version of Koi no Apron (TV Asahi) in August 2005, she disappointed the judges with her cabbage roll. She appeared on Koi no Apron again in November, this time making cream puffs and coffee jelly, but gave another poor showing, with the lowest ranking of any of the Apron Girls for that day. In July 2006, Nakagawa confessed to having a weak digestion, but managed to keep the situation light-hearted with jokes, while wearing a serious expression on her face.

Nakagawa is also enthusiastic about the Wikipedia Project. In a blog entry dated November 25, 2006 she praised the free online encyclopedia for its articles, especially those related to the otaku culture. She is especially fond of the collaborative writing aspect the project incorporates and has even jokingly said she wanted to jumble her own article.^[3]

Cosplay [link]

Nakagawa is also known for loving cosplay, and buys up many clothes at auction, (particularly costumes for Neon Genesis Evangelion, the Final Fantasy series and Sailor Moon).

On the May 30, 2006 airing of Kasupe!, in the section entitled Fuji Ginkō Geinōjin Satei-Gakari (フジ銀行芸能人査定係^?), "Fuji Bank Celebrity Evaluator", it was discovered that she liked the manga Kachō Shima Kōsaku, eliciting a comment from the host, Sayaka Aoki, that she had pretty "grown-up tastes".

On Private Lesson - Tadashii Wada Akiko no Tsukurikata (個人授業(プライベートレッスン)～正しい和田アキ子の作り方～^?), "Private Lesson - The Right Way to Make an Akiko Wada", shown on October 4, 2006, when she appeared as a tutor, she entered dressed as Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, dancing to the end theme from that anime. Immersed in the role of Haruhi, she expounded passionately on "otaku studies" in a disrespectful tone, bewildering her student, Akiko Wada, from start to finish. She showed off her cosplay versions of Misato from Evangelion (which she filmed herself), Doremi from Ojamajo Doremi, and Vegeta from Dragon Ball, and to finish, got Wada to join in, with Wada playing Rei to her Asuka, and even gave acting directions.

Blog [link]

Her official blog, Shokotan * Blog opened in 2004, and by April 2006 it had received a total of 100 million hits. On February 2, 2008, the daily Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported that her blog had been accessed 1 billion times.^[1] There are very many otaku-style entries, and she updates it extremely regularly: in the month of April 2005, there were 600 updates, and on January 28, 2006, there were 70 updates, a record number for a single day. She has become known as the "New Queen of the Blogs",^[1] after the original "Queen of the Blog", Kaori Manabe.

The blog sometimes took liberties with copyright, but as of 2006, these entries have been deleted. (see JASRAC.)

From September 2004, posters on 2 Channel took note of her otaku-style interests. She started to use board slang in her blog, including ASCII art imitating Raizon Naitō.

After her appearance on a telethon, the number of accesses to her blog increased, leading to continual trackback spamming. The trackback function was suspended. At present, fans can only send her messages in real time via her mobile phone guestbook.

Pokémon Sunday (ポケモン☆サンデー, Pokemon☆Sandē^?)
Waraiga Ichiban (笑いがいちばん, Waraiga Ichiban^?)
Shūmatsu no Cinderella Sekai! Dangan Traveler (週末のシンデレラ世界!弾丸トラベラー, Shūmatsu-no-shinderera Sekai! DanganToraberā^?)
Pokémon Smash! (ポケモンスマッシュ！, Pokemon Sumasshu!^?)
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (特捜戦隊デカレンジャー, Tokusō Sentai Dekarenjā^?)

Live [link]

July-September 2012: Nakagawa Shoko Asia Tour (10th anniversary of her debut)^[4]

Discography [link]

Shoko Nakagawa is signed to Sony Japan.

Singles [link]

#	Title	Release Date	First week sales	Total sales	Information
1	"Brilliant Dream"	July 5, 2006	6,313	10,459	Opening theme for Yoshimune
2	"Strawberry Melody" (ストロベリmelody, Sutoroberi Merodi^?)	February 14, 2007	10,023	15,784	Theme for TBS's program Pokemon Sunday theme song and Wanagona theme song.
3	"Sorairo Days" (空色デイズ, Sorairo Deizu^?, "Sky Blue Days")	June 27, 2007	30,517	67,453	Opening theme for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
4	"Snow Tears"	January 30, 2008	26,068	43,450	Ending theme for Hakaba Kitaro
5	"Shiny Gate"	August 6, 2008	13,564	20,316	Theme song for Tokyo OnlyPic 2008
6	"Tsuzuku Sekai" (続く世界^?, "The World Continues")	September 10, 2008	32,906	49,368	Ending Song of the anime film Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren-hen
7	"Kirei à la Mode" (綺麗ア・ラ・モード, Kirei A Ra Mōdo^?, "Beautiful à la Mode")	October 22, 2008	13,758	20,236	CM song for "Fujiya Look Royal Mode
8	"Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" (涙の種、笑顔の花^?, "Seed of Tears, Flower of Smile")	April 29, 2009	23,383	38,932	Ending Song of Gekijoban Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann Hen
9	"Kokoro no Antenna" (心のアンテナ, Kokoro no Antena^?, "Antenna of the Heart")	July 15, 2009	13,533	21,954	Ending Song of Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life. A special edition of the single features "Moe yo, Gizamimi Pichu!" (もえよギザみみピチュー!, Moeyo Gizamimi Pichū!^?, "Get Fired Up, Spiky-Eared Pichu!"), an ending song for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
10	"Arigatō no Egao" (「ありがとうの笑顔」^?, "Thank you Smile")	October 14, 2009	12,407	-	Contains the Ending Song of the Japanese Version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ("Rainbow Forecast") and Shokotan's version of Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl second opening song ("Ame ni Kiss no Hanataba o").
11	"Ray of Light"	April 28, 2010	12,977	-	Fifth ending theme for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
12	"Flying Humanoid" (フライングヒューマノイド, Furaingu Hyūmanoido^?)	August 18, 2010	13,217	-	Opening theme for Occult Academy
13	"Sakurairo" (桜色^?, "Cherry Blossom Pink")	April 6, 2011		-	Original song
14	"Tsuyogari" (つよがり^?, "Show of Courage")	June 8, 2011		-	Second ending theme for Beelzebub
15	"Horoscope" (ホロスコープ^?, "Horosukōpu")	January 11, 2012		-	Theme Song for TV Show Uchikuru!?
15	"Pegasus Fantasy" (ホロスコープ^?, "Pegasus Fantaji")	April 1, 2012		-	Theme Song for TV Show Saint Seiya Omega

Cover albums [link]

#	Title	Release Date	First week sales	Total sales
1	Shokotan Cover: Anison ni Koi o Shite. (しょこたん☆かばー～アニソンに恋をして。～ , Shokotan Kabā ~Anison ni Koi o Shite.~^?, "In Love with Anime Songs.")	May 2, 2007	12,579	31,501
2	Shokotan Cover Cover: Anison ni Ai o Komete!! (しょこたん☆かばー×2 ～アニソンに愛を込めて!!～ , Shokotan Kabā Kabā ~Anison ni Ai o Komete~^?, "Full of Love for Anime Songs!!")	September 19, 2007	17,836	23,964
3	Shokotan Cover 3: Anison wa Jinrui o Tsunagu (しょこたん☆かばー 3 ～アニソンは人類をつなぐ～ , Shokotan Kabā 3 ~Anison wa Jinrui o Tsunagu~^?, "Anime Songs Connect Mankind")	March 10, 2010	15,343	-
4	Shokotan Cover 4-1: Shoko Idol Hen (しょこたん☆かばー4-1 ～しょこ☆ドル篇～ , Shokotan Kabā 4-1 ~Shoko Doru Hen~^?, "Shoko Idol Part")	October 12, 2011
5	Shokotan Cover 4-2: Shoko Rock Hen (しょこたん☆かばー4-2 ～しょこ☆ロック篇～ , Shokotan Kabā 4-2 ~Shoko Rokku Hen~^?, "Shoko Rock Part")	October 12, 2011

Albums [link]

#	Title	Release Date	First week sales	Total sales
1	Big☆Bang!!!	March 19, 2008	32,612	45,793
2	Magic Time	January 1, 2009	26,197	40,015
3	Cosmic Inflation	October 6, 2010	14,453	21,459

Printed media [link]

Photobooks [link]

#	Title	Release date	Publisher	ISBN	Price	Photobook information
1	JEWEL BOX	April 1, 2004	Ascom	ISBN 978-4-7762-0147-2	3,000 yen	First photobook
2	In a mysterious daze (不思議に夢中, Fushigi ni Muchū^?)	July 25, 2005	Wani Magazine	ISBN 978-4-89829-798-8	2,800 yen	Second Photobook
3	SHOKO et MIKANNE (中川翔子ｘ蜷川実花（しょこれみかんぬ）, Shokoremikanu^?)	April 15, 2007	Wani Books	ISBN 978-4-8470-3000-0	2,800 yen	Third photobook
4	Shoko a la mode (しょこア・ラ・モード―, Shokoa ra mōdō^?)	November 25, 2008	SHUFU-TO-SEIKATSU-SHA	ISBN 978-4-391-13707-1	1,800 yen	Guide on how to use cosmetics/dress up doll

Blog [link]

#	Title	Release date	Publisher	ISBN	MSRP	Photobook information
1	Shokotan Official Blog (しょこたんぶろぐ・中川翔子＊オフィシャル BLOG＊^?)	October 10, 2005	Goma Books	ISBN 4-7771-0210-6	1,300 yen	Entries from November 2004 to August 2005
2	Shokotan Official Blog 2 (しょこたんぶろぐ・中川翔子＊オフィシャル BLOG 2 ＊^?)	November 10, 2006	Goma Books	ISBN 4-7771-0487-7	1,300 yen	Entries from September 2005 to August 2006
3	Shokotan Blog Days of Desire (しょこたんぶろぐ貪欲デイズ中川翔子^?)	January 30, 2008	Kadokawa Group Publishing	ISBN 978-4-04-895012-1	1,300 yen

Filmography [link]

X-Cross (2007)
Tangled (2010) (voice-over for Mandy Moore)

References [link]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Galbraith, Patrick W. (2009). The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan. Kodansha International. p. 206. ISBN 978-4-7700-3101-3.
^ Galbraith, Patrick W. (2009). The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan. Kodansha International. pp. 214–216. ISBN 978-4-7700-3101-3.
^ Shokotan Blog November 25, 2006
^ http://sgcafe.com/2012/02/nakagawa-shoko-asia-tour-2012/

External links [link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Shoko Nakagawa

Web page by Watanabe Entertainment (Japanese)
Official web page Shokotime (Japanese)
Shokotan blog (Japanese)
Go Sukashi!, a web video series being produced by WestHavenBrook in association with Watanabe Entertainment, based on a character she created.
Shoko Nakagawa discography at MusicBrainz

v t e Shoko Nakagawa

Albums	Big☆Bang!!! Magic Time Cosmic Inflation

Singles	"Brilliant Dream" "Strawberry Melody" "Sorairo Days" "Snow Tears" "Shiny Gate" "Tsuzuku Sekai" "Kirei à la Mode" "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" "Kokoro no Antenna" "Arigatō no Egao" "Ray of Light" "Flying Humanoid" "Sakurairo"

Mini-albums	Shoko-tan Cover: Anison ni Koi o Shite. Shoko-tan Cover Cover: Anison ni Ai o Komete!! Shoko-tan Cover: Anison wa Jinrui o Tsunagu

Related articles	Katsuhiko Nakagawa Sony Music Entertainment Japan

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Name	Nakagawa, Shoko
Alternative names	中川翔子(Japanese)
Short description	Japanese idol
Date of birth	May 5, 1985
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of death	living
Place of death

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