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Geography ( Greek Geo ( γη) or Gaea ( γαία), meaning " Earth", and graphein ( γράφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write") is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (275-195 B.C.). Four historical traditions in geographical research are the spatial analysis of natural and human phenomena (geography as a study of distribution), area studies (places and regions), study of man-land relationship, and research in earth sciences. Nonetheless, modern geography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the world and all of its human and natural complexities — not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be. As "the bridge between the human and physical sciences," geography is divided into two main branches — human geography and physical geography.
Geography
- Continents and major geopolitical regions (non-continents are italicized)
- Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania (includes Australia) • South America
- Political divisions of the World, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region
- Africa
- West Africa

- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger •
- Nigeria
- Rivers State • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
- North Africa

- Algeria • Egypt (Cairo) • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • South Sudan •Tunisia • Western Sahara
- Central Africa

- Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe
- East Africa

- Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa

- Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa • Swaziland
- Dependencies
- Mayotte (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Antarctica
- None
- Asia
- Central Asia
- Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan
- East Asia
- China
- Tibet
- Hong Kong • Macau
- Japan (Kyoto) • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan
- North Asia
- Russia
- Southeast Asia
- Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • Cambodia • East Timor (Timor-Leste) • Indonesia (Jakarta) • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines (Metro Manila) • Singapore • Thailand (Bangkok) • Vietnam
- South Asia
- Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
- India
- States of India: Andhra Pradesh • Arunachal Pradesh • Assam • Bihar • Chhattisgarh • Goa • Gujarat • Haryana • Himachal Pradesh • Jammu and Kashmir • Jharkhand • Karnataka • Kerala • Madhya Pradesh • Maharashtra • Manipur • Meghalaya • Mizoram • Nagaland • Odisha • Punjab • Rajasthan • Sikkim • Tamil Nadu • Telangana • Tripura • Uttar Pradesh • Uttarakhand • West Bengal
- West Asia
- Armenia • Azerbaijan • Bahrain • Cyprus (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • State of Palestine • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey • United Arab Emirates (Dubai) • Yemen
- Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
- North Caucasus
- Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
- South Caucasus
- Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Republic of Artsakh)
- Europe
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria (Vienna) • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic (Prague) • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany (Dresden, Munich) • Gibraltar • Greece (Athens) • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy (Florence, Milan, Palermo, Rome, Turin) • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia (Saint Petersburg) • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia •
- Norway
- Svalbard
- Spain
- Autonomous communities of Spain: Catalonia (Barcelona)
- Sweden (Stockholm) • Switzerland (Geneva) • Turkey • Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- England (Cornwall, London) • Northern Ireland • Scotland (Edinburgh) • Wales
- Vatican City
- European Union
- North America
- Canada
- Provinces of Canada: • Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario (Toronto) • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • Saskatchewan
- Territories of Canada: Northwest Territories • Nunavut • Yukon
- Greenland • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States

- Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts (Boston) • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
- District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
- Mexico

- Central America
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Caribbean
- Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands
- Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
- Australasia
- Australia (Sydney)
- Dependencies/Territories of Australia
- Christmas Island • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island
- New Zealand
- Melanesia
- Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only) • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu •
- Micronesia
- Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (US) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (US) • Palau • Wake Island (US) •
- Polynesia
- American Samoa (US) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (US) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)
- South America
- Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela
- South Atlantic
- Ascension Island • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha
Places near you
Geography (Atlas)
Branches of Geography: Human geography • Physical geography
Landforms (types)
- Islands • Mountains • Rivers
Bodies of water
- Aegean Sea • Black Sea • Columbia River • Dnieper River • Panama Canal • Suez Canal
Africa
- Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Chad • Republic of the Congo • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Djibouti • Egypt (Desouk) • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • The Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Ivory Coast • Kenya (Geography, Mombasa, Nairobi) • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria (Abuja, Port Harcourt, Lagos, Rivers State) • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Somalia • Somaliland • South Africa • South Sudan • Sudan • Tanzania • Togo • Tunisia • Uganda • Western Sahara • Zambia • Zimbabwe
Antarctica • Arctic
Asia
- Abkhazia • Bhutan • Bangladesh (Bengal, Chittagong, Dhaka) • Brunei • Cambodia • Central Asia • China (Beijing, Great Wall of China, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tibet) • East Timor • Taiwan • Himalaya region • Indonesia (Aceh, Jakarta) • Japan (Osaka, Tokyo) • Kazakhstan • Korea (North Korea, South Korea, Seoul) • Kyrgyzstan • Malaysia (Malacca, Sabah) • Maldives • Mongolia (Ulan Bator) • Myanmar • Nepal • Philippines (Bohol, Davao City, Negros Oriental) • Punjab • SAARC • Singapore • Sri Lanka • Tajikistan • Thailand • Turkey • Vietnam
- India
- States of India: Andhra Pradesh • Arunachal Pradesh • Assam • Bihar • Chhattisgarh • Goa • Gujarat • Haryana • Himachal Pradesh • Jharkhand • Karnataka • Kashmir • Kerala • Madhya Pradesh • Maharashtra • Manipur • Meghalaya • Mizoram • Nagaland • Odisha • Punjab • Rajasthan • Sikkim • Tamil Nadu • Telangana • Tripura • Uttar Pradesh • Uttarakhand • West Bengal
- Cities in India: Ahmedabad • Bangalore • Chandigarh • Chennai • Delhi • Hisar • Hyderabad • Kochi • Kolkata • Kollam • Madurai • Mumbai • Patna • Thiruvananthapuram • Tiruchirappalli • Udaipur • Jodhpur
- Pakistan
- Balochistan • Gilgit-Baltistan • Islamabad • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Chitral) • Punjab (Lahore, Jhelum, Sialkot) • Sindh (Karachi)
Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
Europe
- European Union
- Alps • Austria (Vienna, Tyrol) • Basque • Belgium (Brussels) • Bulgaria • Portal:Carpathian Mountains • Carpathian Ruthenia • Catalan-speaking countries • Channel Islands • Corsica • Croatia • Czech Republic (Prague) • Denmark (Aarhus, Copenhagen, Skagen) • Estonia • Finland • France (Brittany, Paris, Lyon, Normandy, Rhône-Alpes) • Gibraltar • Greece (Macedonia) • Hungary (Budapest, Miskolc) • Ireland (Kilkenny) • Italy (Rome, Milan, Venice, Turin, Florence) • Latvia • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal (Azores, Lisbon) • Romania (Bucharest, Transylvania) • Silesia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain (Portal:Canary Islands, Galicia) • Sweden
- Germany
- Baden-Württemberg • Bavaria • Berlin • Brandenburg • Bremen • Dresden • East Frisia • Eifel • Elbe-Elster • Elbe Sandstone Mountains • Elbe-Weser Triangle • Franconia • Hamburg • Harz Mountains • Hesse • Lower Saxony • Lüneburg Heath • Lusatia • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern • North Palatine Uplands • North Rhine-Westphalia • Ore Mountains • Palatine Forest • Pomerania • Rhineland-Palatinate • Rhön • Saarland • Saxony • Saxony-Anhalt • Schleswig-Holstein • Silesia • Thuringia • Westerwald
- United Kingdom
- Commonwealth realms
- England
- Hertfordshire • London • Luton • Peak District •
- East Midlands
- Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Stamford
- North East England
- Northumberland
- North West England
- Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside
- South East England
- Berkshire, Brighton, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Isle of Wight
- South West England
- Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire
- West Midlands
- Birmingham
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Yorkshire
- Northern Ireland
- Belfast
- Scotland
- Dundee • Edinburgh • Glasgow • Scottish islands
- Wales
- Cardiff • Monmouth • Vale of Glamorgan
- Albania (Tirana) • Andorra • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Crimea • Faroe Islands • Georgia • Iceland • Isle of Man • Kosovo • Republic of Macedonia • Moldova • Montenegro • Norway • Russia (Bashkortostan, Chechnya, Moscow) • Serbia • Switzerland (Geneva) • Turkey • Ukraine • Vatican City
Latin America and Caribbean
- (North America)
- Mexico
- Central America
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Caribbean
- Aruba • Bahamas • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Guadeloupe • Haiti • Jamaica • Puerto Rico • Trinidad and Tobago (City of Port of Spain • City of San Fernando • Tobago)
- South America
- Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario) • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile (Easter Island • Pichilemu) • Colombia • Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) • French Guiana • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela
Middle East
- Afghanistan • Arab world • Cyprus • Egypt • Iran (Tabaristan, Iranian Azerbaijan, Nishapur) • Iraq • Israel (Jerusalem) • Jordan • Kazakhstan • Kurdistan • Lebanon • Libya • Morocco • Oman • Palestine • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Tajikistan • Turkey • United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Sharjah) • Uzbekistan
North America
- Acadia
- Canada (Geography of Canada)
- Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton) • British Columbia (Vancouver) • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's) • Northwest Territories • Nova Scotia • Nunavut • Ontario (Eastern Ontario • Ottawa •Toronto • Hamilton) • Prince Edward Island • Quebec (Gaspésie, Mauricie, Montérégie, Montreal, Quebec City, Estrie, Laurentides, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean) • Saskatchewan • Yukon
- Caribbean
- Aruba • Bahamas • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Puerto Rico • Trinidad and Tobago (City of Port of Spain • City of San Fernando)
- Central America
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Mexico
- San Diego–Tijuana
- United States
- Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California (Inland Empire, Greater Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego County, San Diego–Tijuana, San Francisco Bay Area) • Cape Cod and the Islands • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • District of Columbia • Florida (Jacksonville, Miami, Pensacola) • Georgia (Atlanta) • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois (Chicago) • Indiana (Indianapolis) • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky (Louisville) • Louisiana (New Orleans) • Maine • Maryland (Baltimore) • Massachusetts (Boston) • Michigan (Metro Detroit) • Minnesota (Minneapolis, Rochester) • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada (Las Vegas) • New England • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico
- New York
- Briarcliff Manor • Capital District • Finger Lakes • Hudson Valley • New Rochelle
- New York City
- Boroughs of NYC: Brooklyn (Coney Island) • The Bronx • Manhattan • Queens • Staten Island
- Syracuse
- North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio (Cleveland) • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania (Erie, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh) • Puerto Rico • Rhode Island (Newport) • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston) • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington (Seattle) • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming • Yellowstone National Park
Oceania
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory • New South Wales (City of Bankstown) • Northern Territory • Queensland (Brisbane) • South Australia • Tasmania • Victoria (Melbourne) • Western Australia (Perth)
- Kiribati • Micronesia • New Zealand • Papua New Guinea • Tuvalu
- Main index: Geography
- See also: Geography of present-day nations and states
Continents and major geopolitical regions (non-continents are italicized):
- Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania (includes Australia) • South America
Political divisions of World, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region:
- Africa:
- West Africa:

- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
- North Africa:

- Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara
- Central Africa:

- Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe
- East Africa:

- Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia (Somaliland) • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa:

- Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa • Swaziland
- Antarctica:
- Antarctica
- Asia:
- Central Asia:
- Kazakhstan[1] • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan
- East Asia:
- China[2] Index of China-related articles (0–L) Index of China-related articles (M–Z)
- Tibet
- Hong Kong[3] • Macau[4]
- Japan
- 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Korea:
- 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Mongolia • Taiwan[5]
- Southeast Asia:[6]
- Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • Cambodia[7] • East Timor (Timor-Leste)[8] • Indonesia[9] • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam
- South Asia:
- Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan • India[10] (Andhra Pradesh) • Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
- West Asia:
- Armenia[11] • Azerbaijan[12] • Bahrain • Cyprus[13] (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia[14] • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine [15]Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey[16] • United Arab Emirates • Yemen
- Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them):
- North Caucasus:
- Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
- South Caucasus:
- Georgia (including disputed Abhkazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
- Europe:
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Svalbard • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine • United Kingdom • Vatican City
- European Union
- North America:
- Canada
- Canadian provinces
- Alberta • British Columbia • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Quebec • Saskatchewan
- Aboriginal Canadian
- Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States
- U.S. administrative divisions
- Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
- District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. counties
- African American
- Asian American
- Central America:
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Caribbean:
- Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands
- Oceania: (includes the continent of Australia):
- Australasia:[17]
- Australia
- Dependencies/Territories of Australia:
- Christmas Island[18] • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island
- New Zealand[19]
- Melanesia:[20]
- Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only)[21] • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea[22] • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu
- Micronesia:
- Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (USA) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA)
- Polynesia
- American Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)
- South America:
- Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela
- South Atlantic:
- Ascension Island • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha
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