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| {{Infobox settlement | | {{Infobox political post |
| | official_name = San Pietro
| | |post = Prime Minister |
| | other_name = Pitastad
| | |body = Surrow |
| | motto = Sempre fedele alla patria ({{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}})<br>Ever loyal to the fatherland
| | |nativename = Tshishemishku utessit ({{wp|Innu-aimun|Chequan}})<br>Angajuqqaaq nunagijattinnut ({{wp|Inuktitut|Itchalnu}}) |
| | settlement_type = Town
| | |flag = Surrow_CoA.png |
| | image_skyline = Isla.Verde.PR.JPG
| | |flagsize = 150px |
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| | |flagcaption = [[Coat of arms of Surrow]] |
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| | subdivision_type = [[Wikipedia:Country|Country]]
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| | subdivision_type1 = [[Imagua and the Assimas#Administrative divisions|Parish]]
| | |incumbent = [[Dwight Timbrell]] |
| | subdivision_name = {{flag|Imagua and the Assimas}} | | |incumbentsince = 16 December, 2018 |
| | subdivision_name1 = [[Assimas Parish|Assimas]]
| | |style = {{wp|The Right Honourable}} |
| | established_title = Founded
| | |residence = [[Government House, Holcot Inlet]], [[Holcot Inlet]], [[Surrow]] |
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| | |member_of = [[Parliament of Surrow|Parliament]] |
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| | |appointer = [[Governor of Surrow|Governor]] |
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| | |termlength = Up to four years |
| | leader_title = Mayor
| | |termlength_qualified = No term limits |
| | leader_name = [[Narseo Quagliata]]
| | |constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Surrow]] |
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| | |inaugural = [[Clarence Bradley]] |
| | area_total_sq_mi = | | |formation = 1915 |
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| | |last = [[Ted Fisher]] |
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| | |abolished = 24 June, 1950 |
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| | |succession = [[President of Surrow]] |
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| | |deputy = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Surrow]] |
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| | population_total = 191,096
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| | population_rank = 2nd in Imagua and the Assimas
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| | timezone = [[Imaguan Standard Time]]
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| '''San Pietro''' ([[Western Imaguan Creole]]: ''Pitastad'') is the second largest city in [[Imagua and the Assimas]], and the capital of the [[Assimas Parish|Assimas]]. Located on the northern shore of [[Avitabile Island]], San Pietro is the largest city in the country to not be its own parish, instead being subordinate to the [[Assimas Parish]]. | | The '''Prime Minister of Surrow''' was the {{wp|head of government}} of [[Surrow]] from when it was granted full {{wp|self-government}} by [[Rythene]] in 1915 until Surrow was granted independence in 1950. By custom, the Prime Minister of Surrow was the leader of the largest party in the [[Parliament of Surrow|Surrowese Parliament]], or otherwise had the most support among the members of Parliament. |
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| While the [[Caldia|Caldians]] were the first to set up a settlement on what is now San Pietro, doing so in 1536, the settlement was abandoned for unclear reasons in 1548, although it is speculated by archaeologists that the small population made the settlement vulnerable to attacks by the {{wp|Island Caribs|native Imaguan}} population.
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| It was only in 1601 that it was established as a permanent settlement by [[Blostland|Blostlandic]] settlers as the city of '''Peterstad''', it was initially an insignificant settlement under [[Estmere]] captured [[Imagua (island)|Imagua]]. Following the fall of [[Cuanstad]], the Geats kept control over the [[Assimas Islands]], causing the town to grow, as many government officials previously based in Cuanstad moved to Peterstad.
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| In 1813, [[Eldmark]] sold the Assimas Islands to [[Etruria]], and the Etrurians immediately set San Pietro up as the capital of their colony. Over the next century and a half, San Pietro became the main centre of Etrurian rule, with the city itself being aggressively Etrurianized. In addition, San Pietro became a major industrial centre, rivaled only by that of [[Cuanstad]] in the immediate vicinity of the [[Arucian Sea]].
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| ==Etymology== | | ! Took office |
| The name '''San Pietro''' derives from the name {{wp|Saint Peter}} in the {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian language}}.
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| However, San Pietro is an {{wp|Italian language|Vespasain}} translation of the {{wp|Swedish language|Blostlandic}} name, '''Peterstad''', which means Peter's town, with Peter referring to Saint Peter, as it was established on 29 June, 1601 by [[Blostland|Blostlandic]] settlers. The Blostlandic name serves as the origin for the name of the town in [[Western Imaguan Creole]], '''Pitastad'''.
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| ==History== | | |- |
| ===Pre-colonial era=== | | |colspan=8 style="background-color:#C0C0C0;" align=center|'''1915-1950'''<br />[[File:Surrow_Flag.png|30px]] • Prime Minister of Surrow • [[File:Surrow_Flag.png|30px]] |
| Due to the location on the mouth of the [[Colosimo River]], and on a plain, the site of what would become San Pietro was home to a major settlement, albeit none to the extent of the settlements on the site of present-day [[Cuanstad]].
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| The first explorers to land on the site of present-day San Pietro in 1510 reported that the natives there were "curious" about the [[Euclea|Euclean]] explorers, and after some trading, they left. Over the next two decades, trade between the [[Caldia|Caldians]] in newly-established [[Cuanstad|Cuan]] and Avitabile Island grew.
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| | | |rowspan="2"|[[File:Sir_Edward_Morris_-_Bain_Collection_crop.jpg|80px]] |
| In 1536, the first settlement was established on the site of what would become San Pietro by the Caldians, with the Caldish settlers naming the area '''Baile Adamhnáin''' after [[Saint Adomnán]]. While initially, the relationship between the natives and the settlers were cordial, tensions started to rise between the Caldians and the native population on Avitabile Island. Combined with the small population, the settlement was abandoned in 1548 for unclear reasons, although many archaeologists believe that it was primarily due to the small population.
| | |rowspan="2"|[[Clarence Bradley]]<br/><small>(1856-1932) |
| | | |24 June, 1915 |
| The settlement's ruins were generally used by the surviving natives for building materials, or as firewood, with a report by a [[Geatland|Geat]] official passing by the area in 1583 remarking that:
| | |24 October, 1932 |
| | | |{{Age in years, months and days|1915|06|24|1932|10|24}} |
| <blockquote>"''The natives have told us stories about a Caldish town on the mouth of the [[Colosimo River|Storström]] that was abandoned fifty years prior. However, as I gaze on the area, I find it hard to believe, were it not for some unusual roadworks that cannot have been constructed by the savages''."</blockquote> | | | [[Elections in Surrow#1915|1915]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1919|1919]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1923|1923]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1927|1927]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1931|1931]] |
| | | | style="background:#00247D; color:white;"|[[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|{{color|white|FPU}}]] |
| ===Early colonial era===
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| In 1601, the [[Geatland|Geats]] established '''Peterstad''' on the site of Baile Adamhnáin. Initially, Peterstad was a fishing village, with an official remarking that "besides fishing and subsistence farming, there is not much of an economy as [[Cuanstad]] and [[Hammarvik]] remain the primary centre," but with the fall of Cuanstad in 1658, Peterstad began to develop as it became the main seat of Geatish rule over the islands.
| | | colspan="5"|<small>Longest serving Prime Minister of Surrow, with five majority [[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|FPU]] governments. Introduced basic welfare, regulations to ensure the merchants charged fair prices, instituted a minimum wage, and began building a road network to connect communities on [[Holcot Island]]. Died in office.</small> |
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| With this, Peterstad began to grow, as Geatland, and later, [[Eldmark]] focused their attention on developing the [[Assimas Islands]] to protect them from invasions by outside colonial powers. At the same time, Peterstad began to grow into a town, as many colonial officials on the Assimas moved there.
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| | |rowspan="2"|[[Eddie Hammond]]<br/><small>(1884-1945) |
| | | |24 October, 1932 |
| ===Etrurian rule=== | | |27 September, 1934 |
| | | |{{Age in years, months and days|1932|10|24|1934|09|27}} |
| ===Independence===
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| Following the end of the [[Solarian War]] in November 1946, San Pietro was annexed into [[Imagua and the Assimas|Imagua]] following the passage of the [[Constitution of Imagua and the Assimas#First Amendment (January 1947)|First Amendment]] to the [[Constitution of Imagua and the Assimas|Imaguan constitution]]. Thus, for the first time in nearly three hundred years, San Pietro was in the same country as [[Cuanstad]].
| | | style="background:#00247D; color:white;"|[[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|{{color|white|FPU}}]] |
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| With this annexation, San Pietro briefly was under [[Estmere|Estmerish]] colonial rule, as while [[Imagua and the Assimas]] had {{wp|Dominion|equal partnership status}} with [[Estmere]], it still was a colony of Estmere. However, with Estmere no longer able to support its colonies, Imagua and the Assimas were granted complete independence on 23 April, 1948.
| | | colspan="5"|<small>Attempted to reform the fisheries and eliminate the power of the merchants completely, leading to [[Ted Fisher]] and many on the party to create the [[United People's Party (Surrow)|United People's Party]] in June 1934. Was ousted by a caucus revolt in September 1934.</small> |
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| After their independence, San Pietro became a major economic centre, alongside Cuanstad, as both were manufacturing hubs. However, in the 1950s, tourism started to develop, with hotels being opened to cater to tourists from both the [[Asterias]] and [[Euclea]], with Etrurians being the main Euclean demographic travelling to San Pietro. At that time, {{wp|deindustrialization}} started to take place, as the economy began to transition more to a {{wp|service economy}}.
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| | | |rowspan="2"|[[File:Lord_Macdonald.jpg|80px]] |
| However, the main beneficiary was not San Pietro, but rather, Cuanstad, as the {{wp|financial sector}} blossomed there. This led to significant job losses in San Pietro, which helped heighten anxieties among many of the Etrurian population, as they believed that they were neglected by the central government. In addition, the influx of people from the island of [[Imagua (island)|Imagua]] attending the [[Università di San Pietro]] helped increase anxieties among the local population.
| | |rowspan="2"|[[Gilbert Bray]]<br/><small>(1888-1966) |
| | | |27 September, 1934 |
| In the 1960s, the [[Assimas Independence Movement]] started to become a major force in island politics, forcing the government under [[Prime Minister of Imagua and the Assimas|Prime Minister]] [[Efrem Lacovara]] to grant concessions to the Assimans, such as expanding educational rights, establishing the {{wp|English language|Estmerish language}} [[University of Cuanstad]], and by 1969, granting autonomy to the Assimas Islands. Thus, by the early 1970s, the Assimas Independence Movement faltered.
| | |24 June, 1935 |
| | | |{{Age in years, months and days|1934|09|27|1935|06|24}} |
| Despite this, San Pietro saw many jobs being lost, which helped fuel a {{wp|brain drain}}, with younger people generally moving to Imagua or to other countries to find work. However, the economic crisis in the late 1970s and early 1980s made things more difficult for San Pietro.
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| | | | style="background:#00247D; color:white;"|[[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|{{color|white|FPU}}]] |
| ===Contemporary era=== | | |- |
| In the early 1980s, San Pietro, while it was attracting migrants from the countryside of the [[Assimas Islands]], was continuing its decline. However, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it became a centre for the {{wp|information technology sector}}, which combined with the {{wp|hospitality industry}}, helped San Pietro begin to recover its status compared to [[Cuanstad]].
| | | colspan="5"|<small>Shortest serving Prime Minister of Surrow. Attempted to take a more moderate course and to try and reunite the [[United People's Party (Surrow)|United People's Party]] with the Fishermen's Protective Union. Was defeated in the 1935 elections.</small> |
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| However, not all was well: in the 1990s, the rise of the [[National Reform Party of Imagua|National Reform Party]] led by [[Austin Houghton]] led many Etrurians to fear for their future in [[Imagua and the Assimas]], as the National Reform Party sought to abolish the autonomy of the Assimas Islands. Those fears were only heightened in the mid-1990s when they took power: from 1995 to 1997, the National Reform government had the [[Assimas Police Force]] were merged into the [[Imaguan Constabulary]], and attempted to abolish the autonomy of the Assimas Islands.
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| Following the defeat of Austin Houghton in 1997, and the election of [[Viviana Andreoli]] as [[Prime Minister of Imagua and the Assimas|Prime Minister]], the [[Constitution of Imagua and the Assimas|constitution]] was amended to entrench the autonomy of the [[Assimas Parish]]. At the same time, with the growing adoption of the internet, San Pietro was starting to rise economically again, as many {{wp|dot-com companies}} based themselves out of San Pietro.
| | |rowspan="2"|[[Ted Fisher]]<br/><small>(1900-1991) |
| | | |24 June, 1935 |
| By the early 2000s, San Pietro began to attract immigrants for the first time since the 1960s, as job prospects there were improving rapidly, due to the information technology sector. However, anti-immigrant sentiment started to grow, which accelerated with the outbreak of the [[Mariranan Civil War]] in 2013. As many people from Marirana were seeking refuge, many settled in San Pietro, on account of it being an Vespasian-speaking city, as opposed to Cuanstad.
| | |24 June, 1950 |
| | | |{{Age in years, months and days|1935|06|24|1950|06|24}} |
| ==Geography==
| | | [[Elections in Surrow#1935|1935]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1954|1954]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1939|1939]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1943|1943]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1947|1947]] |
| San Pietro is located on the northern shore of [[Avitabile Island]], and is located in a relatively large plain shaped by the [[Colosimo River]] which originates on the slopes of [[Mount Pioniere]], the highest point on the [[Assimas Islands]]. Thus, most of the settlement is flat, with only the edges of the mountains taking form near the city limits, with the highest point being a slope of Mount Pionere which at the point where it crosses the city limits reaches an elevation of 456 meters above sea levels.
| | | style="background:#354C9C; color:white;"|[[United People's Party (Surrow)|{{color|white|United People's}}]] |
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| Climatically, like the rest of the [[Assimas Islands]], San Pietro experiences a {{wp|tropical monsoon climate}}, due to its location near the {{wp|equator}}, with the yearly average highs being 32 °C (89.6 °F), and the yearly average lows being 20.5 °C (68.9 °F). The wet season is generally from May to October, while the dry season typically lasts from November to April, although the months of April and November receive more rain than any other month in the dry season.
| | | colspan="5"|<small>Reversed Eddie Hammond's reforms to the fisheries, while strengthening regulations to ensure that fishermen were able to sell goods at a fair price. Invested significantly in {{wp|Newfoundland outports|outports}}, with schools and clinics being built en masse during his term, oversaw the construction of the [[Surrow International Airport]] during the [[Second Great War (Levilion)|Second Great War]], and negotiated independence from [[Rythene]] in the aftermath of the Second Great War. Became the first [[President of Surrow]] in 1950.</small> |
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| The highest recorded temperature was recorded on 1 August, 1939, when it was measured at 37.5 °C (99.5 °F), while the lowest recorded temperature in San Pietro was measured at 14 °C (57.2 °F) on 19 February, 1911.
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| [[File:Offices_of_the_Prefecture_of_the_Dodecanese_02.jpg|150px|thumb|right|''[[Palazzo Governale]]'', 2011]] | |
| San Pietro has an eighteen member '''town council''' ({{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}: ''Consiglio comunale'') and is headed by a '''mayor''' ({{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}: ''sindaco''). They are all elected by residents of San Pietro every four years. Like other town councils, San Pietro is a {{wp|non-partisan}} government, with all members and candidates being {{wp|independent politicians}}. The current mayor of San Pietro is [[Narseo Quagliata]], who was first elected in 2008, defeating [[Oscar Mugavero]], and was re-elected in 2012, 2016, and 2020.
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| While it is commonly referred to as a '''city''' ({{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}: ''città''), having been granted it by [[Etruria|Etrurian]] authorities in 1913 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its purchase from [[Eldmark]], since the end of the [[Solarian War]] in 1946, it has been legally classified as a '''town''' ({{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}: ''cittadina''), as it never had been given {{wp|borough}} status like [[Cuanstad]] had been. Despite proposals made in 1977, and in 2003, San Pietro has not been granted city status as doing so would require a constitutional amendment, as the ''[[Cities Act of 1961]]'' declared that only city-parishes (i.e. [[Cuanstad]]) can be cities.
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| On the parish level, San Pietro has thirty-seats of the sixty member parish council, which like other parishes, is non-partisan, with all members and candidates officially being independent politicians.
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| On the national level, San Pietro is represented with ten members in the [[Lesser House of Imagua and the Assimas|Lesser House]] of [[Parliament of Imagua and the Assimas|Parliament]], due to it's status as the second largest settlement in [[Imagua and the Assimas]].
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| ==Population== | |
| As of the 2011 census, San Pietro has a population of 191,096 people, while its metropolitan area comprises 230,758 people, comprising 76.5% of the population of the [[Assimas Parish]], and 17.6% of the national population.
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| Ethnically, 113,977 people, or 59.6% of the city's population are [[Eucleo-Imaguans]], with 99,370 people, or 52% of the population being [[Etrurian-Imaguans]], with the remaining Euclean population comprised of [[Estmerish-Imaguans]] and more recent immigrants from [[Euclea]]. After this, 71,363 people, or 37.3% of the population, are [[Bahio-Imaguans]].
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| Only three percent of the population, or 5,733 people are immigrants, mostly from the [[Asterias]] and [[Coius]], with only twenty-three [[Native Imaguan people|Native Imaguans]] residing in the city.
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| Religiously, San Pietro is heavily dominated by the [[Solarian Catholic Church]], with 78% of the population, or 149,140 people adhering to the Solarian faith. After the Solarian Catholic church, the next largest sects are {{wp|Lutheranism|Bahrism}}, with 22,164 people, or 11.5% following it, and then 7,388 people, or 3% of the city's population, who follow other {{wp|Christianity|Sotirian}} sects. Only 4% of the population, or 8,710 people are {{wp|irreligious}}, while 3,694 people, or 1.9% follow other religions.
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| Linguistically, San Pietro speaks {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}, with 158,616 people, or 83% of the population reporting that they use Vespasian on a regular basis, with 31,524 people, or 16.5% of the population reporting that they use {{wp|English language|Estmerish}} on a regular basis. Only 956 people, or 0.5% of the population, reporting that they do not use either official language on a regular basis.
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| The largest non-official language spoken is [[Western Imaguan Creole]], with around 48% of the city's population, or 91,726 people, reporting it as their native language. The next largest native non-official languages are {{wp|Swedish language|Geatish}}.
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| ==Transportation==
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| San Pietro is, as the largest city in the [[Assimas Parish]] and on [[Avitabile Island]], a key transport node in the regional transportation network. The city is accessible to the rest of the country by ferries, with daily ferries connecting San Pietro to [[Guardia Island]] and [[Ineweyu Island]], as well as ferries connecting it to [[Nua Taois]], and an hourly ferry to [[Cuanstad]]. As well, all roads on Avitabile Island ultimately converge at San Pietro. It is home to [[San Pietro International Airport]], the second and least busiest international airport in the country.
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| The city's {{wp|public transit}} system is [[Avitabus]], serving not just San Pietro, but the entirety of the island, although most of its routes operate within the city limits of San Pietro.
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| ==Culture==
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| As the second largest city of [[Imagua and the Assimas]] and the largest city that has more people speaking {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}} over {{wp|English language|Estmerish}}, San Pietro is a major cultural center, especially on the [[Assimas Islands]].
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