Okayama

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Before the Muromachi period, Okayama was one corner of a farm region and included a small castle built by the Kanemitsu. In the Sengoku period, Ukita Naoie attacked Okayama and attacked the castle for the transportation resources and extensive farmland in the region. Naoie remodeled the castle, built the old Sanyo road to the central part of the castle town, and called in craftsmen both from inside and outside of Bizen Province. Okayama became the political and economical capital of Bizen Province.

In 1600, Ukita Hideie, who was the son of Naoie and the lord of Okayama, lost at the Battle of Sekigahara. The next year, Kobayakawa Hideaki came to Okayama and became the feudal lord of Okayama Domain. Hideaki died in 1602, however, ending the Kobayakawa line. Ikeda Tadatugu, who was the feudal lord of Himeji Domain, became the next lord of Okayama. After this time, Okayama was ruled by the Ikedas until the latter part of the 19th century. Continuing its economic development, Okayama became one of the ten best large castle towns in Japan in the 18th century. The Korakuen Garden was developed by the fourth feudal lord, Ikeda Tsunamasa.

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On August 29, 1871, the new Meiji government of the Empire of Japan replaced the traditional feudal domain system with centralized government authority. Okayama became the capital of Okayama Prefecture. In 1889, Okayama City was founded with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. In the Meiji period, a San'yo Main Line railroad and other local lines greatly enhanced the development of the city. The {{nihongo|Sixth Higher Middle School|第六高等学校|Dairoku Kōtōgakkō}} and {{nihongo|Okayama Medical College|岡山医科大学|Okayama Ika-daigaku}} were established in Okayama City. Okayama became a center in western Japan for transportation and education. When World War II began, Okayama city was a garrison city for the Imperial Japanese Army. On June 29, 1945, the city was attacked by the US Army Air Forces with incendiary bombs. Almost all the city was burned, and more than 1700 people were killed. Okayama suffered terrible damage in the war, losing more than 12,000 households.

During Japan's economic boom of the 1960s, Okayama developed rapidly as one of the most important cities in the Chūgoku and Shikoku regions. In 1972, the San'yō Shinkansen began service between {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}} and {{STN|Okayama|x}} stations. Two years later, Shinkansen service was extended to {{STN|Hakata|x}}. In 1988, the Seto-Ōhashi Bridge was opened, and connected Okayama with Shikoku directly by rail and road.

The city became a core city in 1996 and a designated city on April 1, 2009 with increased local autonomy.[http://www.kokudo.or.jp/marge/c_okayama.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807051713/http://www.kokudo.or.jp/marge/c_okayama.html|date=August 7, 2009}}

On March 22, 2005 the town of Mitsu (from Mitsu District), and the town of Nadasaki (from Kojima District) were merged into Okayama. This was followed on January 22, 2007 when the town of Takebe (from Mitsu District), and the town of Seto (from Akaiwa District) were merged into Okayama. Kojima, Mitsu, and Akaiwa Districts have all since been dissolved as a result of these mergers.

The city of Okayama is located in the southern part of Okayama Prefecture, which is located in western part of the island of Honshū. The northern part of the city forms a corner of Kibi Plateau, which is a series of gentle hills, and includes the Asahikawa Dam, Okayama Airport, and a suburban residential area. The central urban area is located on the Okayama Plain in the south, which was formed by the transportation and sedimentation of two first-class rivers, the Asahi River and Yoshii River, which flow into the Seto Inland Sea. To the south of the main urban area is Kojima Bay, which forms the scenic Kojima Peninsula overlooking the Seto Inland Sea.

Okayama Prefecture

• Akaiwa
• Bizen
• Hayashima
• Kibichūō
• Kumenan
• Kurashiki
• Misaki
• Setouchi
• Sōja
• Tamano

Okayama has a mild climate in comparison to most of Japan. It has the most rain-free days (less than 1mm of precipitation) of any city in Japan. It is ranked as the second driest and the fourth sunniest city in the Chūgoku region.{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.okayama.jp/kikaku/kokusai/momo/e/gaiyou/gaiyou.html |title=Outline of Okayama |publisher=Pref.okayama.jp |access-date=2013-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102235712/http://www.pref.okayama.jp/kikaku/kokusai/momo/e/gaiyou/gaiyou.html |archive-date=2013-01-02 }} The climate is classified under the Köppen climate classification as humid subtropical (Cfa).{{cite web|url=http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/ |title=World Maps of Köppen-Geiger climate classification |publisher=Koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at |access-date=2013-10-04}}

The local climate is warm enough throughout the year to support olive trees. Okayama is often called "Land of Sunshine" because of its low number of rainy days per year.{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.okayama.jp/soshiki/detail.html?lif_id=2143 |script-title=ja:大好き「晴れの国おかやま」 １ 岡山県のアウトライン（県の概況、シンボルなど） - 岡山県ホームページ|publisher=Pref.okayama.jp|access-date=2013-10-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720014319/http://www.pref.okayama.jp/soshiki/detail.html?lif_id=2143|archive-date=2011-07-20}}

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|location = Okayama (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1891−present)

|Jan record high C = 18.8

|Feb record high C = 22.3

|Mar record high C = 26.2

|Apr record high C = 29.6

|May record high C = 33.6

|Jun record high C = 37.0

|Jul record high C = 38.1

|Aug record high C = 39.3

|Sep record high C = 37.1

|Oct record high C = 33.4

|Nov record high C = 26.9

|Dec record high C = 21.5

|Jan record low C = -8.9

|Feb record low C = -9.1

|Mar record low C = -7.0

|Apr record low C = -3.6

|May record low C = 1.0

|Jun record low C = 7.4

|Jul record low C = 12.6

|Aug record low C = 14.8

|Sep record low C = 7.2

|Oct record low C = 1.7

|Nov record low C = -3.5

|Dec record low C = -6.5

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|Jan precipitation mm = 36.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 45.4

|Mar precipitation mm = 82.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 90.0

|May precipitation mm = 112.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 169.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 177.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 97.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 142.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 95.4

|Nov precipitation mm = 53.3

|Dec precipitation mm = 41.5

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|Jan mean C = 4.6

|Feb mean C = 5.2

|Mar mean C = 8.7

|Apr mean C = 14.1

|May mean C = 19.1

|Jun mean C = 22.7

|Jul mean C = 27.0

|Aug mean C = 28.1

|Sep mean C = 23.9

|Oct mean C = 18.0

|Nov mean C = 11.6

|Dec mean C = 6.6

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|Jan high C = 9.6

|Feb high C = 10.5

|Mar high C = 14.6

|Apr high C = 19.8

|May high C = 24.8

|Jun high C = 27.6

|Jul high C = 31.8

|Aug high C = 33.3

|Sep high C = 29.1

|Oct high C = 23.4

|Nov high C = 17.1

|Dec high C = 11.7

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|Feb low C = 0.5

|Mar low C = 3.5

|Apr low C = 8.5

|May low C = 14.8

|Jun low C = 18.7

|Jul low C = 23.4

|Aug low C = 24.6

|Sep low C = 20.0

|Oct low C = 13.4

|Nov low C = 6.8

|Dec low C = 2.1

|year low C = 11.4

|Jan humidity = 69

|Feb humidity = 66

|Mar humidity = 65

|Apr humidity = 60

|May humidity = 64

|Jun humidity = 71

|Jul humidity = 74

|Aug humidity = 69

|Sep humidity = 71

|Oct humidity = 71

|Nov humidity = 72

|Dec humidity = 71

|year humidity = 69

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|Feb sun = 145.4

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|Apr sun = 192.6

|May sun = 205.9

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|Jul sun = 169.8

|Aug sun = 203.2

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|Oct sun = 171.5

|Nov sun = 153.7

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|Apr precipitation days = 9.6

|May precipitation days = 9.4

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|Jul precipitation days = 10.9

|Aug precipitation days = 7.7

|Sep precipitation days = 9.7

|Oct precipitation days = 7.7

|Nov precipitation days = 6.4

|Dec precipitation days = 6.3

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| access-date = May 19, 2021}}

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Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-okayama.php Okayama population statistics] the population of Okayama is as follows:

{{Historical populations

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| 1960 | 432177

| 1970 | 500599

| 1980 | 590424

| 1990 | 640406

| 2000 | 674375

| 2010 | 709622

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Okayama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 46 members. The city contributes 19 members to the Okayama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between of the Okayama 1st District, Okayama 2nd District and Okayama 3rd District of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Since Okayama became a designated city in 2009, the city has been divided into four wards (ku).

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The city is located in the Okayama Plain, where rice, eggplant, and white Chinese chives are notable products.[http://www.city.okayama.jp/kankou/aji/index.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828233828/http://www.city.okayama.jp/kankou/aji/index.html|date=August 28, 2010}} White peaches and grapes are cultivated in the mountainous, northern part of the city.

In 2005, the city's gross domestic product was 800 billion yen,{{cite web|url=http://www.city.okayama.jp/soumu/toukei/kougyou/17kougyou/gaiyou.pdf|title=??|publisher=City.okayama.jp|access-date=21 February 2015 |language=ja}} nearly 10% of the GDP of Okayama Prefecture.

Greater Okayama, Okayama Metropolitan Employment Area, has a GDP of US$63.1 billion as of 2010.{{Cite web|url = http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/UEA/uea_data_e.htm|title = Metropolitan Employment Area (MEA) Data|author = Yoshitsugu Kanemoto|publisher = Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo}}[https://data.oecd.org/conversion/exchange-rates.htm Conversion rates - Exchange rates] - OECD Data The main industries are machine tools, chemicals, foodstuffs and printing. Kōnan, a district in the southern part of the city, is the most developed industrial zone.

Okayama is the core of the Okayama metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Kurashiki and Sōja. The main commercial district is Omotechō, near Okayama Castle and Kōraku-en, and the area surrounding Okayama Station. Omotechō has many covered shopping arcades.

The headquarters of Aeon Corporation, a private English language school with more than 3,000 employees, is located in Okayama.[http://www.aeonet.com/aeon/corporate.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220000355/http://www.aeonet.com/aeon/corporate.html|date=February 20, 2009}}

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Okayama University, founded as a medical school in 1870 and established in 1949 as a national university,{{cite web |title=History - Okayama University |url=https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/about_okayama_university/History.html}} is in the city. Today, Okayama University is Okayama's largest university, with 8 faculties and seven graduate schools.{{cite web |title=Organization Chart - Okayama University |url=https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/about_okayama_university/Organization_Chart.html}}

There are seven private universities, three junior colleges, 24 high schools (16 public, eight private), seven combined junior high/high schools (two public, five private), 38 junior high schools (37 municipal, one national) and 93 elementary schools (91 municipal, two private) in the city.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

• Chugoku Gakuen University (private)
• International Pacific University (private)
• Notre Dame Seishin University (private)
• Okayama Healthcare Professional University (private)
• Okayama Shoka University (private)
• Okayama University (national)
• Okayama University of Science (private)
• Sanyo Gakuen University (private)
• Shujitsu University (private)

• Okayama Asahi Senior High School
• Okayama Gakugeikan High School
• Okayama Hosen Senior High School
• Okayama Ichinomiya Senior High School
• Okayama Joto Senior High School
• Okayama Sozan Senior High School

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• Okayama Airport, located in the northern part of the city, provides both domestic and limited international services
• Kōnan Airport, located to the south, has been a general aviation airport since the opening of Okayama Airport in 1988.

JR West's Okayama Station is a major interchange, with trains from Shikoku, Sanin and San'yo connecting to the San'yō Shinkansen. Local rail lines serving Okayama Station include:

20px JR West – San'yō Shinkansen

• {{STN|Okayama|x}}

20px JR West – San'yō Main Line

• {{STN|Mantomi|x}} – {{STN|Seto|x}} – {{STN|Joto|x|Okayama}} – {{STN|Higashi-Okayama|x}} – {{STN|Takashima|x}} – {{STN|Nishigawara|x}} – Okayama – {{STN|Kitanagase|x}} – {{STN|Niwase|x}}

20px JR West – Akō Line

• {{STN|Saidaiji|x}} – {{STN|Odara|x}} – Higashi-Okayama

20px JR West – Uno Line

• Okayama – {{STN|Omoto|x|Okayama}} – {{STN|Bizen-Nishiichi|x}} – {{STN|Senoo|x}} – {{STN|Bitchū-Mishima|x}} – (Hayashima Town - Kurashiki City) – {{STN|Hikosaki|x}} – {{STN|Bizen-Kataoka|x}} – {{STN|Hazakawa|x}}

20px JR West – Seto-Ōhashi Line

• {{STN|Uematsu|x}}

20px JR West – Tsuyama Line

• Okayama – {{STN|Hōkaiin|x}} – {{STN|Bizen-Hara|x}} – {{STN|Tamagashi|x}} – {{STN|Makiyama|x}} – {{STN|Nonokuchi|x}} – {{STN|Kanagawa|x|Okayama}} – {{STN|Takebe|x}} – {{STN|Fukuwatari|x}}

20px JR West – Kibi Line

• Okayama – {{STN|Bizen-Mikado|x}} – {{STN|Daianji|x}} – {{STN|Bizen-Ichinomiya|x}} – {{STN|Kibitsu|x}} – {{STN|Bitchū-Takamatsu|x}} – {{STN|Ashimori|x}}

Okayama has kept an operational tram system since the Meiji period. It is managed by Okayama Electric Tramway and offers two lines: the Higashiyama Main Line and the Seikibashi Line.

Seven bus companies provide service within the city limits:

{{nihongo|Bihoku Bus|備北バス}},

{{nihongo|Chūtetsu Bus|中鉄バス}},

{{nihongo|Okaden Bus|岡電バス}},

{{nihongo|Ryōbi Bus|両備バス}},

{{nihongo|Shimoden Bus|下電バス}},

{{nihongo|Tōbi Bus|東備バス}}, and

{{nihongo|Uno Bus|宇野バス}}.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan}}

Okayama is twinned with:{{cite web |title=The History of Okayama|url=http://www.city.okayama.jp/okayama/okayama_00045.html|website=city.okayama.jp|publisher=Okayama|access-date=2020-04-07}}

• {{flagicon|USA}} San Jose, California, United States (established on May 26, 1957){{cite web |url=https://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/e_m07_06_01.html |title=Northern and Central California Sister Cities in Japan |access-date=June 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026210709/https://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/e_m07_06_01.html |archive-date=October 26, 2019 |url-status=live }}
• {{flagicon|CRC}} San José, Costa Rica (established on January 27, 1969){{Cite web | url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/j/00.cgi | title=姉妹（友好）提携情報 | publisher=自治体国際化協会 | access-date=June 1, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027200400/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/j/00.cgi | archive-date=October 27, 2012 }}
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Plovdiv, Bulgaria (established on April 28, 1972)
• {{flagicon|USA}} San Antonio, Texas, United States (established on April 12, 1976)
• {{flagicon|PRC}} Luoyang, China (established on April 6, 1981)
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (friendship city since 2002)
• {{flagicon|ROC}} Hsinchu, Taiwan (friendship city since 2003)

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The Sanyo Shimbun is the local newspaper serving the greater Okayama area. There are six television stations serving the Okayama area and part of Kagawa Prefecture. Three FM and three AM radio stations also serve the region.

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Okayama has many sports teams. In recent years, volleyball team Okayama Seagulls and football club Fagiano Okayama have been established. In 2009, Fagiano Okayama gained promotion to the J.League, the highest football league in Japan.

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• Handayama Botanical Garden
• Hayashibara Museum of Art
• Kibitsuhiko Shrine
• Kibitsu Shrine
• Kōraku-en, known as one of the three best traditional gardens in Japan, lies south of the castle grounds. Kōrakuen was constructed by Ikeda Tsunamasa over 14 years, and completed in 1700.
• Okayama Castle, constructed in 1597. It was destroyed by bombing in 1945 during World War II but reconstructed in 1966.
• Okayama Prefectural Museum
• Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
• Okayama Orient Museum
• Okayama Symphony Hall
• Yumeji Art Museum

• Bitchū-Takamatsu Castle
• Hata temple ruins Pagoda Site
• Hikozaki Shell Mound
• Jingūjiyama Kofun
• Magane Ichirizuka
• Mantomi Tōdai-ji Tile Kiln Site
• Musa Ōtsuka Kofun
• Ōdara Yosemiya ruins
• Okayama Castle
• Okayama Domain Ikeda clan cemetery
• Former Okayama Domain Han School
• Ōmeguri-Komeguri Mountain Castle ruins
• Onoe Kurumayama Kofun
• Shōda temple ruins
• Sōzume Tō
• Tsukuriyama Kofun
• Tsushima Site
• Urama Chausuyama Kofun

Every August since 1994 Okayama has seen the Momotarō Matsuri (Festival), which is an amalgam of three different festivals, including the {{transliteration|ja|Uraja}} 'ogre' festival, which is a kind of Yosakoi dance.

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• Okayama Symphony Orchestra, performs at the Okayama Symphony Hall.
• Inryō-ji, a Buddhist temple near the city centre, regularly hosts concerts.

Okayama has several traditional dishes.Barazushi, a dish made with sushi rice, contains fresh fish from the Seto Inland Sea. Kibi dango (Okayama) ({{lang|ja|吉備団子}}) gel-like balls made from a powder of millet and rice, are well known sweets from the area.

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• Eisai (Buddhist priest, 1141–1215)
• Kōan Ogata (Rangaku practitioner, 1810–1863)
• Hideie Ukita (Military commander, 1573–1655)

• Takashi Fukutani (manga artist, 1952–2000)
• Masashi Kishimoto (manga artist, 1974– )
• Seishi Kishimoto (manga artist, 1974– )
• Shigeru Nanba (painter, 1944– )

• Ichirō Aisawa (Member of the House of Representatives, 1954– )
• Kenji Eda (Member of the House of Representatives, Secretary General of Your Party, 1956– )
• Satsuki Eda (Member of the House of Councillors, 27th President of the House of Councillors, 1941– )
• Seiji Hagiwara (31st, 32nd Mayor of Okayama, member of the House of Representatives, fourth Mayor of Mimasaka, Okayama, 1956– )
• Tsuyoshi Inukai (Member of the House of Representatives, 29th Prime Minister of Japan, 1855–1932)
• Masahiro Ishii (5th Governor of Okayama Prefecture, Member of the House of Councillors, 1945– )
• Yoshihiro Katayama (Governor of Tottori Prefecture, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, 1951– )
• Akihiko Kumashiro (Member of the House of Representatives, 1940– )
• Shigeo Takaya (33rd, 34th Mayor of Okayama, 1937– )
• Keisuke Tsumura (Member of the House of Representatives, 1971– )
• Michiyoshi Yunoki (Member of the House of Representatives, 1972– )

• Suiin Emi (novelist, 1869–1934)
• Yōko Ogawa (novelist, 1962– )
• Hyakken Uchida (novelist, 1889–1971)
• Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (novelist, 1924–1994)

• Angela Aki (singer-songwriter, 1977– ) (attended middle school in Okayama)
• Dorlis (musician, 1982– )
• Fujii Kaze (singer-songwriter, born June 14, 1997)
• Hiroto Kōmoto (musician, 1963– )
• MISA (bassist for Band-Maid - October 15)
• Shinji Morisue (former artistic gymnast and TV personality, 1957– )
• Riki Nishimura (member of the K-pop boy group Enhypen, born 2005 )
• Miku Nishizaki (member of Ocha Norma, born 2006)
• Matsunosuke Onoe (actor and film director, 1875–1926)
• Etsuko Shihomi (actress, 1955– )
• Yukiko Takaguchi (voice actor, 1974– )
• Tomu Uchida (film director, 1898–1970)

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• Noboru Akiyama (baseball player and coach, 1934–2000)
• Yuko Arimori (athlete, 1966– )
• Naoko Hashimoto (volleyball player, 1984– )
• Shigeaki Hattori (racing driver and team owner, 1963–2025)
• Kinue Hitomi (athlete, 1907–1931)
• Tsunenohana Kan'ichi (sumo Yokozuna, b. 1896)
• Masahiro Kawai (baseball player, 1964– )
• Issei Morita (baseball player, 1989– )
• Maurice Ndour (born 1992) (Senegalese basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League)
• Hikaru Sato (wrestler and mixed martial artist, 1980– )
• Hinako Shibuno (golfer, 1998– )
• Kiyoshi Tamura (wrestler, 1969– )
• Hisashi Tsuchida (soccer player, 1967– )

• Seiichi Miyake (inventor of tactile paving, 1926–1982)

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190505182040/http://www.iloveokayama.com/ I Love Okayama - Okayama global brand]
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