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Background notes.

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Format:
Government document
Journal/Periodical
Contributor:
United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication.
United States. Department of State. Electronic Information and Publications Office.
Standardized Title:
Background notes (Washington, D.C. : 1990 : Online)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Geography.
Area studies.
Diplomatic relations.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States.
Genre:
Periodicals.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (volumes)
Irregular
Began in 1990; ceased in 2012.
Continues:
Background Notes on Countries of the World
Continued By:
Country fact sheets (United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs)
Place of Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communications]
Summary:
"These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database of the Department of State website ..."
Notes:
Description based on: Togo (Feb. 15, 1990); title from caption (publisher Web site, viewed June 13, 2007).
Latest issue consulted: Albania (April 5, 2012) (viewed August 11, 2015).
ISSN:
1942-3187
OCLC:
47991420

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