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| Sinaloa is bordered to the north by Sonora and Chihuahua; to the south, by Nayarit; to the east by Durango, and to the west, by the Gulf of California. The eighteen municipios of Sinaloa are home to approximately 2,425,675 inhabitants. The coastal plain is a narrow strip of land that stretches along the length of the state and lies between the ocean and the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental Range, which dominates the eastern part of the state. Sinaloa is traversed by many rivers, which carve broad valleys into the foothills. The largest of these rivers are the Culiacán, Fuerte, and Sinaloa. Culturally, it is known for a style of music known as banda, and corrido is also popular. It is the only place in the continent where the ancient ball game of Mesoamerica is still played, in a handful of small, rural communities not far from Mazatlán. The ritual ball game was central in the society, religion and cosmology of all the great Mesoamerican cultures including the Mixtecs, Aztecs, and Maya. The Sinaloa version of the ball game (the consensus is that it is very faithful indeed to the original game) is called ulama. There are efforts to avoid the extinction of this (at least) 3,500-year old unique tradition by supporting the communities and children that still play it. (Information provided by Wikipedia. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa for additional information.) |
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Ahome
Ahome is a municipality on the coast of
the Sea of Cortez in northwestern part of the Mexican state
of Sinaloa. It reported 388,344 inhabitants in the 2005
census. Ahome (population 10,840) is also the name of the
second-largest community in the municipality. The municipal
seat is the port city of Los Mochis, its largest community.
Click on
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for additional information.
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Altata
Altata is a small town connected to
the
Pacific Ocean, located about 30 minutes
west of
Culiacán. It has a very nice beach and
much wildlife:
octopus,
toninas,
starfish,
jellyfish,
shark,
birds, and many
fish species.
El Tambor and
Nuevo Altata are nearby beaches. The
area would like to grow as a tourist
destination in coming years, modeling after
Mazatlan, Sinaloa. Altata currently has
many residents who
fish for a living. People from culiacan
usually go there in motorcycles, to enjoy
riding in
"Dunas" which are sand piles.
Altata is a beautiful little town that used
to have a nice beach until influence-buying
merchants and vendors established permanent
stands to sell tacos, seafood, fruits and
plenty of alcohol. These stands form two
parallel rows facing each other, one
occupying the old beach and the other,
occupies portions of the water, the narrow
space between them is used as a road. Behind the beach side stands, there are
Restaurants specializing on seafood
cocktails and fried fish which are very
popular with families from the vicinity. The new private development 'New Altata'
is taking shape just north from here. Nice
beaches but not free or open to anybody.
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Badiraguato
Badiraguato is a city and its
surrounding municipality in the
Mexican state of
Sinaloa.
The municipality reported 37,757 inhabitants
in the year 2000 census. Badiraguato is
also known for its huge poppy plantations
and narco culture. It is the birthplace of
Rafael Caro Quintero. The famous Mexican
drug lord
Joaquin "el Chapo" Guzman was born near
Badiraguato, in the small settlement of La
Tuna. Click on
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for additional information.
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Copala
Copala,
formerly known as San José de Copala, is a
four-century-old silver-mining town in the
Mexican state of
Sinaloa. The town is in the municipality of
Concordia.
The area was occupied and ruled by the
indigenous peoples until 1564, when
Francisco de Ibarra crossed the
Sierra Madre Occidental from
Durango and conquered the area for
Spain. In 1565 prospectors discovered
silver veins and the town of Copala was
founded to serve the mines.
The town was named after a mythical city of
gold for which de Ibarra had unsuccessfully
searched in northern Mexico. The town of
Copala was destroyed in 1616 by an uprising
of
Tepehuan Indians, but was rebuilt after
the rebellion was quelled the following
year. Click on
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for additional information.
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Cosalá
Cosalá is a city and its surrounding municipality in the
Mexican
state of
Sinaloa.
The municipality reported 17 269 inhabitants in the 2000
census. Cosala is located 155 km. from state capital
Culiacán. The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins,
shortened its name to the Royal Mines of Cosala is the municipal
seat and without doubt one of the most beautiful villages of the
state, keeping a quiet atmosphere that seem like you are in a
story book. As if history had stopped in the times of the
Spaniards. Every little street is a delight. One would want to
stay at least a couple of days in Cosala. Something in the air
inspires romance, an ideal place for lovers. Francisco Iriarte y Conde, first governor of the state
declared Cosala the capital of the western state in 1826. He
introduced printing in the Sonora and Sinaloa and it was in
Cosala that the first newspaper of Sinaloa, "The Impartial
Spectator" was published. In its surroundings there are attractive places as the Vado
Hondo waterfall and town reservoirs "Comedero" and "El Salto" a
few miles from town. Both these lakes are stocked with large
mouth bass. The museum of Mineralogy is highly interesting, it
mainly displays photographs and documents on the history of
mining in Sinaloa. Cosala was the dominant region in the social and political
life of the State of Sinaloa until it became its capital in the
early independent Mexico.
Click on
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for additional information.
Things To See and Do
►Cosala is a picturesque colonial town surrounded
by myriad of natural attractions. Among
the major places to enjoy in the surrounding area are:
►The Vado Hondo Resort, located fifteen
kilometers from Cosala
►The Caudal del Arroyo del Sabinal which
has a large natural pool with three waterfalls that make it
a perfect place for picnics
►The Gruta Mexico, a giant cave with
beautiful stalactites and stalagmites
►The Santa Ursula Temple, built in the
XVIII century which represents the most significative church
of Cosala
►The Museum of Mining and History, unique
in the country because it traces the mining history of the
State with collections of: documents - old photographs - pre-Hispanic and colonial metallic
objects - mineral samples - books - weapons - carriages and horseshoes from the
XVIII and XIX centuries
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Costa Rica
In its beginnings Costa Rica was a small
peasant town created due to the existence of
the sugar cane processing plant that was
there. In the 1960s, there were just about
15,000 people in the town but it was
thriving with commerce and traditional
values. Its people were known to be very
polite. There were 2 movie theaters and
plenty of restaurants. The more popular
places were the Farmacia Del Capi, El
Restaurante Lety, La Neveria De Juvencio, El
Mercado Nuevo and La Ferreteria Gutierrez,
among others. The
sugar cane industry was very prosperous.
Then came the closing of the plant due to
government mismanagement and the town went
through change when businesses closed and
thousands became unemployed. Many went into
drug trafficking and other unlawful ways
of living. Now most employment is offered by
retail stores and services, but people
continue to struggle to make ends meet. Like
other cities in Mexico, the city of Costa
Rica, Sinaloa's condition is a result of bad
politics and little help from the state
capital, Culiacan, with distributing enough
funds to help the economy and school system
in efforts to improve quality of life
standards and the average income.
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Culiacan| Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 605,304 inhabitants in the city (census of 2005), and 793,703 in the municipality, it is one of the largest cities in the country. The municipality includes such outlying communities as Costa Rica and El Dorado and has a total area of 4,758 km² (1,837 sq mi). The city is located in a valley at the confluence of the Tamazula River and Humaya River, where the two meet to form the Culiacán River, and is located 55 m above sea level. It is located in the center of the state with almost equal distance to the other urban centers of the state: Los Mochis to the north, and Mazatlán to the south. Most people agree that the name Culiacán apparently comes from the word colhuacan, which can mean "place where roads turn" or "place of snakes", but traditionally the most accepted translation would be "place of those who adore the god Coltzin." Before the Spaniards arrived from Europe, this site had been a small Indian settlement since 628 when Amerindians had first founded it. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culiac%C3%A1n for additional information. |
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Getting To and Around
Though there are several high speed roads, most of the city’s streets are rather narrow and traffic jams are common at rush hours. The city has a total of nine bridges: six across the Tamazula river, two spanning the Humaya River and the longest one crossing the Culiacán river. Efforts to solve traffic problems have been made but most of the city streets and bridges are now crowded and insufficient to handle regular and rush hours traffic; a forty km/h speed limit in most parts of the city worsens the situation. It was recently published that there are 300,000 cars in Culiacán making the per capita number of cars one of the highest in the country considering the 745,000 inhabitants.
Culiacán is a rail junction and is located on the Panamerican Highway that runs north to the United States and South to Guadalajara and Mexico City and the Benito Juárez Highway or Maxipista, which is a toll road that runs parallel to the toll-free Federal highway. Culiacán is linked to the satellite city of Navolato by an excellent Freeway that that now reaches Altata, in the Pacific Ocean coast. Culiacán is served by Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán and Central Internacional de Autobuses Millennium. Culiacan is linked to Tamazula de Victoria in Durango state.
Things To See and Do
►Imala's hot springs,
which are about a 30
minute ride from the
city and close to
several dams and
reservoirs where you can
fish large mouth bass
all year round.
►Altata beach located
30 minutes from Culiacán
where there has been
extensive development
over the last couple of
years. It has a "sister"
Beach called
Nuevo Altata where
this project of travel
destination, has Begun
with some Restaurants,
and Private Areas.
►The
Cathedral, a 19th
century church which
began construction in
the 1830s.
►Plazuela
Alvaro Obregón,
which was the place for
social gatherings in the
1800s.
►La Lomita or Templo
de Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe is the tallest
church in Culiacán,
placed over a hill, and
it has a view of the
entire city.
►The Centro Cultural
Genaro Estrada known by
the locals as "Difocur"
encompasses a theater,
movie theater, a cafe
and a group of museums
specialized in local
culture. DIFOCUR is also
the home of the Orquesta
Sinfonica Sinaloa de las
Artes. An award winning
orchestra,
the OSSLA performs a 42
week season (September
to June) of symphony,
pops, opera, ballet, and
chamber music, and
features musicians from
more than fifteen
different countries,
including Mexico, the
United States, England,
Scotland, Canada,
Romania, Argentina, and
others. Working under
the auspicies of the
government of Sinaloa,
the OSSLA also performs
many outreach and
educational programs
around the state of
Sinaloa, as well as
throughout Mexico.
►Regional History
Museum in the "Parque
Constitución", a large
art museum downtown and
a number of small art
galleries owned by
several of the local
universities.
►Botanical Garden and
Centro de Ciencias de
Sinaloa, a science
museum that holds the
fifth largest
meteorite on earth.
►A baseball stadium,
the "Estadio Angel
Flores" home of Los
Tomateros de
Culiacán, a bigger
football arena called "Estadio
Banorte"(Former
Estadio Carlos González
) home of Los
Dorados de Sinaloa,
Mexican Football Team ,
and several university
stadiums.
►In Downtown the best
preserved old street is
the "calle Rosales",
between Rosales square
and the
Cathedral.
►Karla'zz Jazz Dance
Studio, a famous dance
studio in Culiacan,
Sinaloa.
►The Cathedral.
►Malls: Forum Culiacán
Mall, Plaza Galerias Mall,
Plaza Fiesta, and Plaza La
Campiña.
►Movie theaters: Cinépolis,
MM Cinemas, & Citi Cinemas.
►Parks: The huge Parque
Ernesto Millán Escalante
(previously knows as
Culiacán '87) with pools,
attractions, an artificial
lake, gardens, sports
courts, the longest water
slide in northern Mexico, an
open air Hellenic theatre,
etc. Other parks include
Parque Revolución, Parque
Constitución Civic Center.
►Casino's Franchises:
Caliente(3), Royal Yak,
Ermitage, Las Palmas (Nuevo
Leon franchise), and Play
City (2008).
►Ice ring coming soon (autum
2008)
►The city is home of two
professional league sport
teams: baseball with
Tomateros de Culiacán
from the
Liga Mexicana del Pacífico,two
championship in Caribbean
series in 1996 and 2002; and
soccer with Los
Dorados de Sinaloa from
the
Federación Mexicana de
Fútbol Asociación who
play at the Estadio Banorte
(Estadio
Carlos González).
Duck,
dove and
goose hunting season
goes from early November
through March. Culiacán also
holds a yearly international
marathon.
Restaurants and Dining
Along with a good selection of local
restaurants searving regional foods, there
several international
restaurants including: Burger King,
McDonalds, Applebee's,
Domino's Pizza, Subway,
Baskin Robbins, Häagen-Dazs,
Italianni's, Shooter's
(Bar), Dairy Queen, TGI
Fridays,El Pollo
Loco,Starbucks Coffee,Peter
Piper Pizza.
El Conchal and other small villages with a population of 500 hundred or less are located 8 kilometers from El Dorado. There people live on fishing and tourism. People charge 350 pesos to give people a tour. A 2 hour drive south will make your trip worthwhile toward Mazatlan. The beaches are beautiful. At night, the several clubs on the strip (Malecon) will more than satisfy your clubbing needs.
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El Fuerte
El Fuerte is a city
and its surrounding
municipality in the
state of
Sinaloa.
The municipality reported
100,000 inhabitants in the
2000 census, with 30,000
in the city.
The city was
founded in
1563 by the
Spanish
conquistador
Francisco de
Ibarra, the
first
explorer of
the lofty
Sierra Madre
Occidental
mountains.
In 1610 a
fort was
built to
ward off the
fierce
Zuaque and
Tehueco
Native
Americans,
who
constantly
harassed the
Spaniards.
For years,
El Fuerte
served as
the gateway
to the vast
frontiers of
the northern
native-held
territories
of
Sonora,
Arizona
and
California.
For three
centuries it
was the most
important
commercial
and
agricultural
center of
the vast
northwestern
region of
Mexico. El
Fuerte was a
chief
trading post
for silver
miners and
gold seekers
from the
Urique and
Batopilas
mines in the
nearby
mountains. In 1824,
El Fuerte
became the
capital of
Sonora y
Sinaloa
(reaching up
into
Arizona). It
remained so
for several
years until
the
dissolution
of this
state.
Click on
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for additional information.
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Escuinapa
Escuinapa is a city and its surrounding
municipality of the same name, located at the extreme
southern end of the state of Sinaloa. At the census of 2005
the city had a population of 28,789 inhabitants (the
sixth-largest community in the state), while the
municipality reported 49,655 inhabitants. The municipality
has an area of 633.22 km² (244.49 sq mi) and includes the
towns of Isla del Bosque and Teacapan, in addition to many
smaller localities. Click on
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for additional information.
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Guamúchil
Guamúchil is a city in northern Mexico
100 km north of Culiacán. The city serves as municipal seat
of the municipality of Salvador Alvarado. At the census of
2005 the city had an official population of 61,862
inhabitants. It is the fifth-largest community in the state
in population (after Culiacán, Mazatlán, Los Mochis, and
Guasave). Guamúchil was the hometown of singer and actor
Pedro Infante and birthplace of Mexican singer Ana Gabriel
and Mexican film director Jacobo León.
Click on
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for additional information.
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Guasave
Guasave is a city and
its surrounding municipality
in the
state of
Sinaloa. It is located
in the northwestern part of
the state, southeast of the
city of
Los Mochis.
In the 2005 census the city
reported a population of
66,793 inhabitants, or only
about one-fourth of the
municipality's total
population of
270,260.Residence of popular
mexican banda singer
Valentín Elizalde and also
his burial place (February
1, 1979–November 25, 2006).
The city is the
fourth-largest community in
the state, after
Culiacán,
Mazatlán, and
Los Mochis. The
municipality has a land area
of 3,464.41 km² (1,337.62 sq
mi) and includes many other
outlying communities, the
largest of which are
Gabriel Leyva Solano (Benito
Juárez),
Juan José Ríos, and
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.
Click on
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for additional information.
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Higuera de Zaragoza
Higuera de Zaragoza
is a city in the
municipality of
Ahome in the
northwestern part of the
state of
Sinaloa,
Mexico. It lies at
an
elevation of 9 meters above
sea level. It is located on
the
Gulf of California
between
Agiabampo and
Topolobampo, near
Las Grullas. The
community had a 2005 census
population of 8,976
inhabitants and is the
third-largest town in the
municipality, after
Los Mochis and
Ahome. The city is the
birthplace of Major League
baseball pitcher
Dennys Reyes.
Click on
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for additional information.
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Los
Mochis is the
western terminus of
the
Chihuahua-Pacific
Railroad, or ChePe,
which passes through
the scenic Copper
Canyon. This railway
was originally
conceived by Albert
K. Owen and approved
by President
Porfirio Díaz as a
trade route linking
the cattle markets
in Kansas City with
the nearest port on
the Pacific Ocean,
Topolobampo. Today
the Pacífico Norte
irrigation region
(Sinaloa-Sonora) in
which the "Valle del
Fuerte" is the
largest district and
is the principal
agricultural area of
Mexico, containing
over 70% of all
irrigated land and
producing sugar
cane, cotton, rice,
flowers, and many
types of vegetables.
The valley is one of
the largest
producers of mangoes
in Mexico. Air
transport is
provided from
Federal del Valle
del Fuerte
International
Airport. Nearby
Topolobampo is the
second largest
natural deepwater
port in the world,
known for its
commercial fishing
and increasingly
important role in
shipping. A colony of international renown was begun in the region in the late 19th century by a visionary named Albert K. Owen, a civil engineer from the United States. Built upon the principles of Utopian socialism, it floundered after surviving some 30 years. The city proper was first settled in 1893 by a businessman named Benjamin Johnston, who came to find his fortune in sugar cane. He built a sugar refinery around which the modern city has developed. In 2001, construction began on a four-lane highway which will eventually connect the port with the US state of Texas. Los Mochis is also known for its sports teams and parks to motivate the practice of sports, it has 2 big parks named "Ciudad Deportiva" that have running tracks, pools, tennis courts, baseball fields and a soccer stadium with a capacity of 11,000. The baseball team of Los Mochis is named Cañeros de Los Mochis, the football team are called Dorados de Los Mochis, and its basketball team is called Pioneros. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Mochis,_Sinaloa for additional information. |
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| Mazatlán serves as the municipal seat is also called Mazatlán. It is located on the Pacific coast, just across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula. Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning "place of the deer." The city was founded in 1531. By the mid-1800s a large group of immigrants had arrived from Germany. These new citizens developed Mazatlán into a thriving commercial seaport, importing equipment for the nearby gold and silver mines. It served as the capital of Sinaloa from 1859 to 1873. They also influenced the music, banda, which is an alteration of Bavarian folk music, and also started the Pacifico Brewery on March 14, 1900. Mazatlán, with a population of 352,471 (city) and 403,888 (municipality) as of the 2005 census, is the second-largest city in the state (after Culiacán) and Mexico's largest commercial port. It is also a popular tourist destination,with its beaches lined with resort hotels. A car ferry plies its trade across the Gulf of California from Mazatlán to La Paz, Baja California Sur. The municipality has a land area of 3,068.48 km² (1,184.75 sq mi) and includes smaller outlying communities such as Villa Unión, La Noria, El Quelite, El Habal and many other small villages. Mazatlán is served by Gral. Rafael Buelna International Airport. |
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Navolato
Navolato is located
on the central coast part of
the state, the municipality
bordering on the
Gulf of California.
The municipality reported
135,681 inhabitants in the
2005 census, while the city
reported 28,676 inhabitants.
The city is located about 40
kilometers west of Culiacán
and can be reached by
road. The municipality
has an areal extent of 2,285
km² (882.24 sq mi) and
includes many smaller
communities in addition to
the city of Navolato; the
largest of these are the
towns of
Campo Gobierno, and
General Ángel Flores (La
Palma). The name Navolato
comes from the native
Nahuatl
language. The people in
Navolato produce sugarcane,
corn, and other
agricultural products.
Nearby tourist destinations
are
Altata, Nuevo Altata,
and El Tambor.
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for additional information.
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Rosario
Rosario is a city and
its surrounding municipality
in the
Mexican
state of
Sinaloa.
The municipality reported
47,934 inhabitants in the
2000 census. El Rosario, a small town
about 50 miles south of
Mazatlán, is famous for
the altar in the town
church. The altar alone
makes a visit to El Rosario
somewhat worth the drive. El
Rosario was once the richest
town in Southwest Mexico
because of the local mining
operations. This small town
was the home of the famous
Mexican singer,
Lola Beltrán. They have
built a small museum in her
honor although the museum is
open only sporadically. You
might want to do a little
shopping for pottery,
furniture or leather
products, all of which are
produced locally.
Click on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario,_Sinaloa
for additional information.
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Sinaloa de Leyva
Sinaloa de Leyva is a
city in the
Mexican
state of
Sinaloa.
Sinaloa de Leyva serves as
the municipal seat for the
surrounding municipality
(municipio)
of
Sinaloa, Sinaloa. The
municipality reported 85,100
inhabitants in the
2000
census. It is the former
capital of the Pacific
Mexican state of Sinaloa.
Click on
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for additional information.
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Topolobampo
Topolobampo is a
port on the
Gulf of California in
northwestern
Sinaloa. It is the
fourth-largest town in the
municipality of
Ahome (after
Los Mochis,
Ahome, and
Higuera de Zaragoza),
reporting a 2005 census
population of 6,032
inhabitants. The port
connects the northern
Mexican states through the
Chihuahua-Pacific Railroad,
which has a terminus in
nearby
Los Mochis. It is the
eastern port for the daily
car ferry connecting to
La Paz in
Baja California Sur. Topolobampo was the site
of a
Radical "utopian" colony
from roughly 1884 to 1894,
that had an influence on the
urban planning ideas of
Ebenezer Howard. Topolobampo is also the
beginning of the
international trade
corridor, "La
Entrada al Pacifico",
that ends near the
Midland-Odessa,
Texas area.
Click on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topolobampo,_Sinaloa
for additional information.
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