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| {{Infobox settlement | | {{Delete|TheodoresTomfooleries|Unnecessary page}} |
| | name = Baku | |
| | native_name = {{lang|az|Бакы}} · {{lang|ru|Баку}}
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| | native_name_lang =
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| | settlement_type = {{wp|Capital city}} and {{wp|Federal cities of Russia|city of republican subordination}}
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| | image_skyline =
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| | image_flag =
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| | flag_alt =
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| | image_seal =
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| | seal_alt =
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| | image_shield = Coat_of_arms_of_Baku.svg
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| | shield_alt = Coat of arms of Baku
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| | image_map = Soviet-union-baku-locator.png
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| | map_alt = Baku in the Soviet Union
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| | map_caption = Baku's location in the Soviet Union
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| | coordinates = [https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Baku¶ms=40_23_43_N_49_52_56_E_type:city(2039700)_region:AZ-BA_source:dewiki 40°23′43″N 49°52′56″E]
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| | coor_pinpoint =
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| | coordinates_footnotes =
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| | subdivision_type = Country
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| | subdivision_name = [[Soviet Union (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Soviet Union]]
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| | subdivision_type1 = {{wp|Republics of the Soviet Union|Union republic}}
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| | subdivision_name1 = [[Azerbaijan SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Azerbaijan SSR]]
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| | established_title = Established
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| | established_date = < {{wp|5th century}}
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| | seat_type =
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| | seat =
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| | governing_body =
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| | unit_pref = Metric
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| | area_rank =
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| | area_total_km2 = 2140
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| | population_as_of = 2019
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| | population_total = 2879450 (capital city)
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| | population_density_km2 = auto
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| | population_demonym = Bakuvian ({{lang|az|Бакылы}})
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| | utc_offset1 = +4
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| | iso_code = SU-BAK
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| | website = {{URL|bakugov.su}}
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| '''Baku''' ({{wp|Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani}}: {{lang|az|Бакы|}}) is the largest city and {{wp|capital city|capital}} of the [[Azerbaijan SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic]], with a population of 2.8 million people as of the [[2019 Soviet Union census (TheodoresTomfooleries)|2019 census]]; 26% of the total population of Azerbaijan were recorded as living in the city. Azerbaijan is the {{wp|Primate city|only megapolis}} in Azerbaijan and is a centre of culture, science and industry for the republic.
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| Baku is the largest city sitting on the {{wp|Caspian Sea}} and in the {{wp|Caucasus}} region. It is also the world's largest lowest lying city, sitting 28 metres below sea level.
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| == History ==
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| == Population ==
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| === Culture ===
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| === Economy ===
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| === Demographics ===
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| Baku is a diverse city containing numerous different ethnic groups, and was for a time was a cosmopolitan city. In recent years however, the city has become majority Azeri, with a significant Russian and Armenian minority.
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| Russians once formed a large population in the city, making up as much as 42.5% of the city's population in 1939. In recent years the number of Russians has been steadily decreasing due to repatriation back to Russia. The city's Jewish population has also been steadily decreasing due to {{wp|Aliyah}} to {{wp|Israel}}.
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| ! {{center|Year}}
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| ! {{center|%}}
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| ! {{center|{{wp|Russians}}}}
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| ! {{center|%}}
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| ! {{center|{{wp|Armenians}}}}
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| ! {{center|%}}
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| ! {{center|{{wp|History of the Jews in Azerbaijan|Jews}}}}
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| ! {{center|%}}
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| ! {{center|{{wp|Lezgins}}}}
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| ! {{center|{{wp|Crimean Tatars|Tatars}}}}
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| ! {{center|Other}}
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| ! {{center|%}}
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| ! {{center|Population}}
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| | 1886
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| | 37,530
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| | 43.3
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| | 21,390
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| | 24.7
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| | 24,840
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| | 28.7
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| | 391
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| | 0.5
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| | n/a
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| | n/a
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| | n/a
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| | 2,460
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| | 2.8
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| | 86,611
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| | 1897
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| | 40,341
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| | 36.0
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| | 37,399
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| | 33.4
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| | 19,099
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| | 17.1
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| | 391
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| | 0.5
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| | 310
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| | 0.3
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| | n/a
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| | 12,850
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| | 11.5
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| | 111,904
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| | 1926
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| | 118,737
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| | 26.2
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| | 159,491
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| | 35.2
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| | 76,656
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| | 16.9
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| | 22,045
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| | 4.9
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| | 3,708
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| | 0.8
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| | 9,239
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| | 2.0
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| | 63,457
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| | 14.0
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| | 453,333
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| |- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
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| | 1939
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| | 235,762
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| | 29.2
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| | 343,558
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| | 42.5
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| | 118,703
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| | 14.7
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| | 31,056
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| | 3.8
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| | 12,351
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| | 1.5
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| | 24,306
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| | 3.0
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| | 42,954
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| | 5.3
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| | 808,690
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| | 1959
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| | 211,372
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| | 32.9
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| | 223 242
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| | 34.7
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| | 137,111
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| | 21.3
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| | 26,623
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| | 4.1
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| | 12 304
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| | 1.9
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| | 10,745
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| | 1.7
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| | 21,110
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| | 3.3
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| | 652,507
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| | 1970
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| | 586,052
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| | 46.3
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| | 351,090
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| | 27.7
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| | 207,464
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| | 16.4
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| | 25,937
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| | 2.0
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| | 23,650
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| | 1.9
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| | 26,379
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| | 2.1
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| | 44,943
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| | 3.6
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| | 1,265,515
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| | 1979
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| | 854,386
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| | 55.7
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| | 337,959
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| | 22.0
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| | 215,807
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| | 14.1
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| | 25,405
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| | 1.7
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| | 28,995
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| | 1.9
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| | 26,438
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| | 1.7
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| | 44,245
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| | 2.9
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| | 1,533,235
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| | 1989
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| | 1,184,160
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| | 66.0
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| | 295,500
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| | 16.5
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| | 179,950
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| | 10.0
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| | 22,826
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| | 1.3
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| | 38,100
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| | 2.1
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| | 24,331
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| | 1.4
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| | 50,007
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| | 2.8
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| | 1,794,874
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| | 1999
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| | 1,641,219
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| | 2009
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| | 2019
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| {{Navbox Sov}}
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| <!-- CATEGORIES ---------->
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| [[Category:Cities in the Soviet Union (TT)]]
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| [[Category:Alternative History]]
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| [[Category:Metropolises]]
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| [[Category:Municipalities]]
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