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Pudasjärvi

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{{Infobox settlement
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| leader_title1 = Kaarina Daavittila
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| established_title2 = [[City rights]]
| established_date2 = 2004
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|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
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'''Pudasjärvi''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈpudɑsˌjærʋi}}) is a [[List of cities and towns in Finland|town]] and a [[Municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Oulu (province)|Oulu]] and is part of the [[Northern Ostrobothnia]] [[regions of Finland|region]], {{convert|87|km}} northeast of the city of [[Oulu]] and {{convert|130|km}} southwest of the town of [[Kuusamo]]. The town has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Pudasjärvi}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count"/> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Pudasjärvi}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Pudasjärvi}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Pudasjärvi|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.<ref name="total_area"/> In terms of area in square kilometres, Pudasjärvi is the second largest township in Finland (as of 2006, [[Rovaniemi]] is the largest) and one of the largest in the world. It's also one of the most sparsely inhabited.

Pudasjärvi is famed for its nature, and is the home of the southernmost [[fell]] area in Finland, [[Syöte National Park|Syöte]]. The [[oldest rock|oldest dated rock]] formations within the [[European Union]] can be found in Siuruankylä, Pudasjärvi. The [[trondhjemite]] [[gneiss]] is aged 3,500 million years.<ref name="gtk2003">[http://en.gtk.fi/export/sites/default/Media/AnnualReports/GTK_eng_2003.pdf Geological Survey of Finland annual report 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060723083424/http://en.gtk.fi/export/sites/default/Media/AnnualReports/GTK_eng_2003.pdf |date=2006-07-23 }}</ref>

Two Finnish [[melodic death metal]] bands, [[Kalmah]] and [[Eternal Tears of Sorrow]] formed in Pudasjärvi.

The [[Big Dipper]] and the [[bear]] of the Pudasjärvi's coat of arms are based on the old seal of the parish keeper. The coat of arms was designed by [[Gustaf von Numers]], and the Pudasjärvi town council approved it at its meeting on August 2, 1950. The [[Ministry of the Interior (Finland)|Ministry of the Interior]] approved the coat of arms for use on September 26 of the same year.<ref>{{cite book| title= Suomen kunnallisvaakunat | publisher= Suomen Kunnallisliitto | year= 1982 | page = 156 | isbn= 951-773-085-3 |language = fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:12 Pudasjärvi | url= http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=10281531 | publisher= Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto | access-date= 1 November 2022 | language = fi}}</ref>

Pudasjärvi has been compared to the city of [[Roswell, New Mexico]] due to its [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] sightings; {{ill|UFOs of Pudasjärvi|fi|Pudasjärven ufot|lt=many sightings were made}} in the municipality and its surrounding areas in the late 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>{{cite book | first = Soini | last= Lax | year = 1972 | title = Pudasjärven ufot. Uraania vai utopiaa? | page = 16 | publisher = Kirjayhtymä Oy | language = fi | isbn = 951-26-0151-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | first = Björn | last= Borg | title = Tosiasioita ufoilmiöstä | year = 2001 | pages = 181–183 | publisher = UFO-Finland ry | language = fi | isbn = 951-98374-1-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/10/maria-lax-ufo-instagram/|title=UFO Sightings Inspired These Eerie Photos|first=Taylor Emrey|last=Glascock|work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=29 October 2015|access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>

==History==
Pudasjärvi town was named after the Pudasjärvi village, which was named after the Pudasjärvi lake, meaning "[[Anabranch]] Lake". However, the original Pudasjärvi village is no longer the center of the town. The current center is known as Kurenalus. As people have started calling the center Kurenalus with the name "Pudasjärvi", the original Pudasjärvi village has gained the additional name Riekinranta.<ref>{{cite book |author= |date=2007 |title=Suomalainen paikannimikirja |url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf |location=Helsinki |publisher=Karttakeskus & Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus |page= 349|isbn= 978-952-5446-96-8}}</ref>

== Climate ==
Pudasjärvi has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: Dfc) with long, cold winters and short, mild summers.{{Weather box
| single line = Y
| location = Pudasjärvi airport (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1959-1999 in Kurenalus, 1999-present in the airport)
| source =
| collapsed = Y
| Jan mean C = -10.1
| Feb mean C = -10.1
| Mar mean C = -5.7
| Apr mean C = 0.5
| May mean C = 7.4
| Jun mean C = 13.2
| Jul mean C = 16.2
| Aug mean C = 13.7
| Sep mean C = 8.3
| Oct mean C = 1.8
| Nov mean C = -3.3
| Dec mean C = -7.2
| metric first = yes
| source 1 = FMI normals 1991-2020<ref name = "FMI">{{cite web
|url = https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/d7ce3a4f-bf47-4453-be76-2a0de738c59a
|title = FMI normals 1991-2020
|publisher = FMI
|access-date = 27 July 2025}}</ref>
| source 2 = Record highs and lows 1959- present<ref name="FMI open data">{{cite web
| url = https://kilotavu.com/fmi-tilastot.php?taulukkomoodi=true
| title = FMI open data
| publisher = FMI
| access-date = 27 July 2025}}</ref>
| Jan low C = -14.3
| Feb low C = -14.5
| Mar low C = -10.7
| Apr low C = -4.0
| May low C = 2.4
| Jun low C = 8.0
| Jul low C = 11.3
| Aug low C = 9.1
| Sep low C = 4.7
| Oct low C = -0.7
| Nov low C = -6.0
| Dec low C = -10.8
| Jan high C = -6.6
| Feb high C = -6.2
| Mar high C = -1.0
| Apr high C = 5.1
| May high C = 12.5
| Jun high C = 18.2
| Jul high C = 21.2
| Aug high C = 18.4
| Sep high C = 12.3
| Oct high C = 4.5
| Nov high C = -0.9
| Dec high C = -4.1
| precipitation color = green
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation mm = 36
| humidity color = green
| Feb precipitation mm = 32
| Mar precipitation mm = 30
| Apr precipitation mm = 27
| May precipitation mm = 50
| Jun precipitation mm = 58
| Jul precipitation mm = 78
| Aug precipitation mm = 68
| Sep precipitation mm = 57
| Oct precipitation mm = 56
| Nov precipitation mm = 51
| Dec precipitation mm = 43
| Jan precipitation days = 9
| Feb precipitation days = 9
| Mar precipitation days = 8
| Apr precipitation days = 7
| May precipitation days = 10
| Jun precipitation days = 10
| Jul precipitation days = 11
| Aug precipitation days = 10
| Sep precipitation days = 10
| Oct precipitation days = 10
| Nov precipitation days = 11
| Dec precipitation days = 11
| Jan record low C = -41.3
| Feb record low C = -43.0
| Mar record low C = -37.7
| Apr record low C = -26.7
| May record low C = -11.4
| Jun record low C = -2.2
| Jul record low C = -2.0
| Aug record low C = -3.6
| Sep record low C = -9.8
| Oct record low C = -25.7
| Nov record low C = -33.8
| Dec record low C = -40.2
| Jan humidity = 88
| Feb humidity = 87
| Mar humidity = 80
| Apr humidity = 73
| May humidity = 67
| Jun humidity = 66
| Jul humidity = 71
| Aug humidity = 78
| Sep humidity = 84
| Oct humidity = 90
| Nov humidity = 92
| Dec humidity = 90
| Jan record high C = 8.5
| Feb record high C = 7.0
| Mar record high C = 10.0
| Apr record high C = 19.5
| May record high C = 28.9
| Jun record high C = 31.8
| Jul record high C = 32.4
| Aug record high C = 30.5
| Sep record high C = 23.9
| Oct record high C = 18.9
| Nov record high C = 9.8
| Dec record high C = 6.2
| Jul avg record low C = 4.8
| Aug avg record low C = 1.3
| Jun avg record low C = 1.3
| Sep avg record low C = -3.3
| May avg record low C = -4.5
| Oct avg record low C = -11.5
| Apr avg record low C = -15.4
| Nov avg record low C = -19.1
| Mar avg record low C = -26.0
| Dec avg record low C = -26.8
| Feb avg record low C = -30.4
| Jan avg record low C = -30.5
| year avg record low C = -33.6
| Jan avg record high C = 2.0
| Feb avg record high C = 2.4
| Mar avg record high C = 5.7
| Apr avg record high C = 13.6
| May avg record high C = 22.6
| Jun avg record high C = 25.8
| Jul avg record high C = 27.5
| Aug avg record high C = 25.3
| Sep avg record high C = 19.4
| Oct avg record high C = 11.3
| Nov avg record high C = 5.7
| Dec avg record high C = 2.9
| year avg record high C = 28.3
}}

==Politics==
Results of the [[2023 Finnish parliamentary election]] in Pudasjärvi:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://vaalit.yle.fi/ev2023/tulospalvelu/fi/municipalities/615/ |title=Pudasjärvi Tulospalvelu Eduskuntavaalit 2023 |author= |date=2023 |website=yle.fi |publisher=Yle |access-date=2024-12-20 |quote=}}</ref>

*[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]] 50.5%
*[[Finns Party]] 25.2%
*[[Social Democratic Party (Finland)|Social Democratic Party]] 7.4%
*[[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]] 5.3%
*[[National Coalition Party]] 4.6%
*[[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]] 2.0%
*[[Freedom Alliance (Finland)|Freedom Alliance]] 1.6%
*[[Green League]] 1.4%
*[[Movement Now]] 1.4%

==See also==
* [[Kouva]]
* [[Pudasjärvi Airfield]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikivoyage}}
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[https://www.pudasjarvi.fi/ Town of Pudasjärvi] – Official site

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Pudasjärvi
| N = [[Ranua]] ([[Lapland (Finland)|Lapland]])
| NE = [[Posio]] ([[Lapland (Finland)|Lapland]])
| E = [[Taivalkoski]]
| SE = [[Suomussalmi]] ([[Kainuu]])
| S = [[Utajärvi]], [[Puolanka]] ([[Kainuu]])
| W = [[Ii, Finland|Ii]] [[Oulu]]
}}
{{NorthernOstrobothnia}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pudasjarvi}}
[[Category:Pudasjärvi| ]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Finland]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1865]]
[[Category:1865 establishments in Finland]]

Eura

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{{for2|the river|Eura (river)|the Australian plant|Eura bush}}
{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023|topic=geo}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Eura
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Euran kunta}} {{lang|sv|Eura kommun}}
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Biolanin konttoritalo.jpg
| image_caption = [[Biolan]] headquarters in Eura
| image_shield = Eura.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Eura sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Eura in Finland
| coordinates = {{coord|61|08|N|022|08|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Satakunta]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Rauma sub-region|Rauma]]
| leader_title = Municipality manager
| leader_name = Kari Kankaanranta
| established_title = First records
| established_date = 1445
| area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Eura}}
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| demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Eura}}
| demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Eura}}
| demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Eura}}
| demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Eura}}
| demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Eura}}
| demographics_type2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type2|Eura}}
| demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Eura}}
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| demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Eura}}
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| demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Eura}}
| demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Eura}}
| demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Eura}}
| blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Eura}}
| blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Eura}}
| blank3_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank3_info = [[Subarctic climate|Dfc]]
| timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset = +02:00
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| website = {{Url|https://www.eura.fi/}}
| established_title1 = [[Charter]]
| established_date1 = 1866
}}
'''Eura''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈeu̯rɑ}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Satakunta (region)|Satakunta]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Eura}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Eura}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Eura}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Eura|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. The municipality of [[Kiukainen]] was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009.

The municipality is one of the most distinguished places in Finland in terms of pre-historical findings. The archaeological findings are mainly from the [[Iron Age]] and include e.g. ancient dress "''Euran Emännän Puku''".

Local tradition had it still in the 18th century that a decisive battle against invading Sweden was held in Eura's Big Meadow (''Iso Niitty'') in the [[Middle Ages]]. According to the story, there was blood up to man's ankles on the meadow.<ref>Purhonen, Paula: ''Kristinuskon saapumisesta Suomeen''. 1998. {{ISBN|951-9057-31-5}}. See page 156.</ref>

== Politics ==
Results of the [[2011 Finnish parliamentary election]] in Eura:

*[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] 32.9%
*[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]] 22.8%
*[[True Finns]] 16.1%
*[[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]] 12.2%
*[[National Coalition Party]] 10.9%
*[[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]] 2.5%
*[[Green League]] 2.0%

== Twin towns - Sister cities ==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}
Eura is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:

* {{flagicon|EST}} [[Harku Parish]], Estonia
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Askersund Municipality]], Sweden

==Notable people==
* [[Carl Oscar Malm]], founder of [[Finnish Sign Language]]
* [[Darude]] (real name Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen), DJ and record producer
* [[Elias Valtonen]], basketball player

== See also ==
* [[Bad Boys (2003 film)|''Bad Boys'']] – 2003 Finnish film about "the Daltons of Eura"
* [[Eurajoki]]
* [[Panelia]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category-inline|Eura}}
{{wikivoyage-inline|Eura}}
*[https://www.eura.fi/ Municipality of Eura] – Official website

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Eura
| N = [[Nakkila]], [[Harjavalta]]
| NE = [[Kokemäki]]
| E = [[Säkylä]]
| SE = [[Pöytyä]] ([[Southwest Finland]])
| S = [[Mynämäki]] ([[Southwest Finland]])
| SW = [[Laitila]] ([[Southwest Finland]])
| W = [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| NW = [[Eurajoki]]
}}
{{Satakunta}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Eura| ]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1866]]
[[Category:1866 establishments in the Russian Empire]]

Viiala

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{{Short description|Former municipality of Finland}}
{{Unreferenced|date=October 2021}}

[[File:Viiala.vaakuna.svg|thumb|The former coat of arms of Viiala]]
'''Viiala''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈʋiː.ɑlɑ}}) is a [[List of former municipalities of Finland|former municipality]] of Finland. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with [[Toijala]] to form the town of [[Akaa]].

Viiala is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Pirkanmaa]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality had a population of 5,329 (2003) and covered an area of 56.78 km2 of which 5.88 km2 is water. The [[population density]] was 104.7 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality was unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

==Notable people==
*[[Tenho Saurén]] – Finnish comic actor
*[[Aimo Lahti]] – Finnish weapons designer
*[[Hessu Maxx]] – Finnish drummer
*[[Toni Lähteenmäki]] – Finnish race car driver

==See also==
* [[Kylmäkoski]]

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Viiala}}
* [http://www.akaa.fi/akaa_info/in_english/ Town of Akaa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930082457/http://www.akaa.fi/akaa_info/in_english/ |date=2011-09-30 }} – Official website

{{Pirkanmaa}}

{{coord|61|12|40|N|23|46|00|E|region:FI_type:city(5439)_scale:50000|display=title}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]]
[[Category:Akaa]]

{{WesternFinland-geo-stub}}

Toijala

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{{Short description|Former town and municipality in Finland, now part of Akaa}}
[[File:Toijala.vaakuna.svg|thumb|upright|The former coat of arms of Toijala]]
[[File:Toijala aerial 1.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Toijala.]]
'''Toijala''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈtoi̯jɑlɑ}}) is a former [[List of cities and towns in Finland|town]] and [[List of former municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of Finland, located some {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=off}} south of [[Tampere]]. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with [[Viiala]] to form the town of [[Akaa]].

Toijala is known as an important [[railway]] crossroads. The [[Helsinki]]–Tampere and [[Turku]]–Tampere tracks meet at [[Toijala railway station]].

Toijala is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Pirkanmaa]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality had a population of 8,305 (end of April 2004) and covered an area of {{convert|58.60|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=off}} of which {{convert|7.72|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=off}} is water. The [[population density]] ({{as of|lc=on|2003|12|31}}) was {{convert|163.2|PD/km2}}. The municipality was unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

Until 2015, Toijala hosted a [[Nokia]] office which since 1997 collaborated with [[Päivölän Kansanopisto]] by having some of its students work as paid interns for 12 hours/week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://akaanseutu.fi/2015/09/30/akaan-jattanyt-nokia-muisti-paivolan-matematiikkalinjaa-viela-190-000-eurolla/|title=Akaan jättänyt Nokia muisti Päivölän matematiikkalinjaa vielä 190 000 eurolla|lang=fi|url-access=subscription|website=Akaansetu.fi|date=30 September 2015 |accessdate=24 December 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Tr1 Toijala.jpg|thumb|right|[[VR Class Tr1]] steam locomotive no. 1088 in Toijala]]

==Notable people==
*[[Jarkko Ahola]], musician (b. 1977)
*[[Harri Holkeri]], 36th Prime Minister of Finland (1937–2011)
*[[Sasu Hovi]], ice hockey player (b. 1982)
* [[Aki Kaurismäki]], screenwriter and film director (b. 1957)
* [[Mika Kaurismäki]], film director (b. 1955)
*[[Eveliina Similä]], Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1978)
* [[Aki Sirkesalo]], singer (1962–2004)
*[[Arvo Ylppö]], pediatrician, professor, and archiater; credited as the father of Finland's public child welfare clinic system (1887–1992)

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Toijala is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Nanchang]], China (1997)<ref name="Nanchang twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://english.nc.gov.cn/aboutnanchang/sistercity/|title=Nanchang City and Sister Cities Intercommunion|accessdate=5 November 2013|work=Nanchang Municipal Party Committee of the CPC and Nanchang Municipal Government|publisher=Nanchang Economic Information Center|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522211744/http://english.nc.gov.cn/aboutnanchang/sistercity/|archivedate=22 May 2013}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hallsberg Municipality|Hallsberg]], [[Sweden]] (1946)

==See also==
* [[Kylmäkoski]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.akaa.fi/akaa_info/in_english/ Town of Akaa] – Official website

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