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Page created: 14th August 2000 Last updated: 15th September 2020
The FAME is a site devoted to the systematic and scientific study of flags and coats of arms. Such symbols often bear strong political and other messages. Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author supports or approves of the ideas they may stand for.	This site is harvested for the NSK digital archives.

Map of the Zagreb County. Note: The seat of administration is in Zagreb, which itself is not a part of the County.

Zagreb County - Communities

Zagrebačka županija - općine

1. Bedenica
   • Bedenica, proposal 2006
2. Bistra
3. Brckovljani
   • Brckovljani, 2004 – 2010
4. Brdovec
5. Dubrava
6. Dubravica
   • Hruševec Kupljenski, 1992 – 1995
7. Farkaševac
8. Gradec
9. Jakovlje
10. Klinča Sela
11. Kloštar Ivanić
    • Kloštar Ivanić, 1997 – 2019
12. Krašić
13. Kravarsko
14. Križ
    • Križ, 1995 – 2015
15. Luka
    • Luka, variant
16. Marija Gorica
17. Orle
    • Orle, 2014 – 2018
    • Orle, 2001 – 2014
    • Orle, 1996 – 2001
18. Pisarovina
    • Pisarovina, variant
19. Pokupsko
20. Preseka
21. Pušća
22. Rakovec
23. Rugvica
24. Stupnik
    • Stupnik, 1995 – 1998
25. Žumberak
    • Žumberak, ca. 199x
    • Sošice, 1992 – 1995

Since 1993 the Croatian legislation allows the units of local self-government (counties, cities and communities) to have their coat of arms and flag, however these may be legally used only after they are approved by a central state authority. The a flag of a city or community should be of a one colour field with the coat of arms in the centre or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made. The coat of arms must follow also a set of rules to be approved. Some cities and communities use unapproved designs nevertheless. See more on the approval dates. Prior to 1993 the coats of arms and flag were not regulated by state legislation.
The official bazon (heraldic descripton) of the coats of arms and descriptions of the flags are according to the approval text of the central state authority, other description according to other community documents.
Until 1995 Jastrebarsko, Sveti Ivan Zelina and Vrbovec had community status, while Velika Gorica and Zaprešić were parts of the City of Zagreb. Dugo Selo had a community status until 1997. Ivanić Grad (so spelled) was part of Sisak and Moslavina County until 1997, earlier with a community status. Since 1997 the city of Zagreb has again a special status equal to a county. In 2006 Sveta Nedelja was granted city status, as well.

• Zagreb County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Bedenica

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The community of Bedenica adopted the coat of arms so: azure a daffodil proper issuant from the base with two leaves vert and in chief dexter a mullet or and in chief sinister a crescent argent. A daffodil or narcisus is chosen as namesake of the community, although it is otherwise known in Croatian as sunovrat or narcis, bedenica is local name for it (in northern Croatia and, by the way, also in Slovenia), this particular being bijeli narcis (Narcisus poeticus). It is a symbol of death and is planted on the graves, and again appropriate as Bedenica parish is dedicated to All Saints. But it is also a symbol of new life and fertility as well as of dreams. The star and crescent add to the symbolic of All Saints, depicting the firmaments where they reside, but also these are elements included in numerous Croatian state, civic, eclesiastic and family arms since the begining of the heraldic era.
The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre. The table flag is its vertical varinat with trangularly ending fly.

Bedenica seceeded from the City of Sveti Ivan Zelina in 1995.

Bedenica, proposal 2006

No flag.

The community announced the proposal of the coat of arms they were considering: azure on a mount vert a fortified church with a belfry argent roofed gules and in sinister a bridge argent under which is flowing in bendwise sinister wavy over the mount a creek azure. The church shown is the Church of All Saints originating from 13th century, heavily fortified in 18th century. The creek is named also Bedenica. This was not received well, and probably the state comission had rejected it also. A new proposal was published in 2007 soon afterwards to be formally adopted.

Bistra

Seat of administration: Poljanica Bistranska

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The coat of arms of Bistra is argent a book bound gules gilded and clasped or ensigned with three apples of the last and in base six goutes des larmes, three, two and one gleaming of the first. The book refers to the school tradition older then 150 years in Bistra. The apples are attributes of St. Nicolas, the patron of the community. The six blue drops are for the six settlements in the community, but also cant the name of the community that alludes to crystal-clear sources. The flag is dark blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe. Above the coat of arms is the name of the community and below are branches of oak and linden.

Bistra was part of the City of Zagreb until 1995, when it gained status of a community. Until 2008 the seat of administration was in Donja Bistra.

Brckovljani

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The coat of arms of Brckovljani is or a chalice also or on a pile inverted vert between a Maltese cross gules and a buch of graphes azure slipped with two leaves vert. The flag is red with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a red vertical banner bordered golden and with golden fringe along the bottom, with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it, topped with the white word OPĆINA in a line above and BRCKOVLJANI in an arch below.
After the adoption of the 2004 symbols and their rejection by the central authorities, they were redesigned using proper heraldic methods, retaining the symbolism.

Brckovljani, 2004 – 2010

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In May 2002 the community formed a commission to determine a proposal for the coat of arms and the flag of Brckovljani. In May 2004 the new coat of arms and the flag are adopted. The coat of arms adopted then was divided per bend or and vert, overall a Maltese cross argent and over it a cup or, in chief sinister a wheat stalk and in base dexter a bunch of grapes both also or. The bunch of grapes and the wheat both have 13 elements for the 13 villages composting the community. The Maltese cross reminds on the Order of St. John that had a monastery in Brckovljani, and the cup stand for the vine industry developed there. The flag adopted was red vertical flag with the coat of arms in the middle and the name of the community below.

Brdovec

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The coat of arms of Brdovec is azure St. Vitus standing in a cauldron or on a fire gules on a mount vert. The green mount cants the community name (Cro. brdo - hill). St. Vitus is the patron of the parish and the community, and according to the legend, after torture he was thrown into a cauldron full of boiling oil. The flag is blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in its centre. Vertical version is also recorded in use.
The first municipal statutes prescribed the use of the state flag as the municipal flag.

Dubrava

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The coat of arms of Dubrava is azure a deer salient proper over a base vert. The coat of arms appeared already on a seal in 1636, when the community was a marketplace under the jurisdiction of the Zagreb bishops. Coloured version appears in Laszowski's armorial book. The flag is green with the coat of arms in the centre of it.

The community of Dubrava near Vrbovec should not be confuzed with the former community of Dubrava, part of the city of Zagreb.

Dubravica

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The coat of arms is Argent a sundew plant vert with two thorny traps and with two flowers and two buds both of the first. Sundew (Croatian Rosika, Latin Drosera rotundifolia) is a protected endemic insectivorous plant growing abundantly in the community. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered golden. The ceremonial flag is a blue golfalon with three rectangular tails containing oak ornaments; the coat of arms is in the middle and the name of the community above in two arches. The oak ornaments refer to the community name meaning a small oak groove.

The area of Dubravica was prescribed in 1992 to be part of the community of Hruševec Kupljenski that was never constituted and in 1995 the community of Dubravica was established instead.

Farkaševac

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The coat of arms of Farkaševac is Or on a stump with a sapling proper a wolf maroon salient. The wolf is canting the name (Hungarian farkas - wolf). The flag is green with the coat of arms in the centre bordered white. While some documents describes it, other ommits the mention of the white outline around the coat of arms in the flag. The approved design includes, while a flag observed in use in 2012 does not include the white outline. Some depictions show the top area of the sump as white, although the same brown as the rest is shown in the original drawings and most usage.
The ceremonial flag is a green gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe, with the golden outlined coat of arms in the cnetre, the community name above in an arch and a rown, and below an oak branch and a garb of wheat in saltire. Table flags are simpler, vertical green flags with the coat of arms and the community name inscribed yellow in a line above and an arch below.

Gradec

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The coat of arms of Gradec is vert a bishop's mithre argent and in chief two irises or. The flag is green with the coat of arms outlined golden yellow in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a green gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe with the the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community in two lines above and branches of oak and vine tree below.

The community of Gradec near Vrbovec (also known as Gradec near Križevci) should not be confuzed with the former community of Gradec (also known as Grič), from which the modern city of Zagreb developed.

Jakovlje

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The coat of arms of Jakovlje is azure a tamburica argent in bend between three crowns or in cheif and an apple or in the base. Tamburica is a traditional folk instrument in the region. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon ending trangularly with golden fringe with the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow, above it inscribed name of the community and below two oak branches. Table flags are vertical rectangular flags with the coat of arms in the centre and the community name inscribed above in a row and below in an arch.

Klinča Sela

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The coat of arms of Klinča Sela is azure three piles argent. The piles or wedges (Croatian klin) are canting. The flag in use is light blue with the coat of arms bordered white in the centre of it. The coat of arms in it is of darker blue shade. The prescribed flag has a yellow outline around the coat of arms. Table flags are vertical with white border and the community name inscribed white in an arch and a line above the coat of arms.

In the law on the administrative subdivision of 1992 the name was spelt Klinča sela, while the 1995 law has it as Klinča Sela.

Kloštar Ivanić

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The emblem proclaimed to be the coat of arms of Kloštar Ivanić is a white shield with six-coloured depiction of a belfry, a part of an abbey, the central well, a wheat ear(s), a bunch of grapes, a book and an Aesculapian staff as a symbol of a farmacy. The Kloštar Ivanić belfry is used as the origin of the land survey for the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia since 1817, standing next to the abbey originating from the 13th century, that held a Franciscan farmacy since 1670. The village square contains a characteristic well from the period of Military Border when Kloštar formed important fortification link between Ivanić Grad and Križ. The book represents the mid-18th century Book of Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Ivanić, a manuscript recording the events and popular beliefs in the area. The flag is green with the coat of arms in the centre.
In 2019 the community assembly adopted concept design of the arms "with a larger green mount and a well atop of it" and the flag of light blue, to be sent to further procedures. It was not approved yet.

Until 1997 Kloštar Ivanić was part of Sisak and Moslavina County.

Kloštar Ivanić, 1997 – 2019

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The coat of arms of Kloštar Ivanić adopted in 1997 was a white shield with six-coloured depiction of a belfry, a part of an abbey, the central well, a wheat ear(s), a bunch of grapes, a book and an Aesculapian staff as a symbol of a farmacy. The Kloštar Ivanić belfry is used as the origin of the land survey for the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia since 1817, standing next to the abbey originating from the 13th century, that held a Franciscan farmacy since 1670. The village square contains a characteristic well from the period of Military Border when Kloštar formed important fortification link between Ivanić Grad and Križ. The book represents the mid-18th century Book of Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Ivanić, a manuscript recording the events and popular beliefs in the area. The flag was green with the coat of arms in the centre.

Krašić

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The coat of arms of Krašić is azure from a hill vert a tree issuant and on it sitting a dove argent. This coat of arms appears on the seals of the noble community of Krašići since 1676, the modern design is largely based on the redention from Laszowski's album. The flag is red with the golden edged coat of arms in the centre. It is prescribed that its ceremonial version is the same rectangular with golden fringe and ribbons along the edges. However, another ceremonial flag was made afterwards, a golden bordered dark red gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails with golden fringe along the bottom edges, the coat of arms in the centre with the year 1249 (the first record of the placename) inscribed in the base, the community name in two arches above and golden oak ornaments in the tails.
While the coat of arms without the year was adopted and approved, the community chooses to use mostly the one with the numerals in several variations (or and argent, with or without the final dot), similar as in the ceremonial flag.

The community of Krašić was established first in 1993 under the name Žumberak (with the seat of administration in Krašić), but it was soon renamed to Krašić.

Kravarsko

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The coat of arms of Kravarsko is azure a cross celeste between a mushrom, two acorns with an oak leaf, a bunch of grapes with a leaf and a oxen head afrontee all proper and in escutscheon argent a church roofed gules on a mount vert. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in its centre.

Kravarsko was part of the City of Zagreb until 1995, when it gained status of a community.

Križ

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The coat of arms of Križ is azure a Latin cross bottony or issuant from a mount vert. The cross is canting (Croatian križ - cross; prior to demilitarization of 1873 the fort was named Vojni Križ), and its form is similar to the bottony cross included in the arms of the previous Križ Subcounty (1873 - 1886; supposedly of 1875: divided by a bendlet azure gules a cross bottony or and vert a sword fesswise over an oak leaf proper) within the Bjelovar County (itself including a bottony saltire in its arms). The flag is blue with the coat of arms outlined yellow in the centre of it.

The community of Križ was until 1997 part of the Sisak and Moslavina County.

Križ, 1995 – 2015

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The previous coat of arms of Križ shows landscape of a fields with Moslavina mountain in horizon. In the middle is the bell tower of the church of St. Cross and oak leaf. Whole coat of arms is bordered with a wattle. The flag was light blue with the coat of arms in the canton. The table flag was vertical light blue ending triangularly, with the coat of arms in it topped with a red inscription of the community name above a black line and with a golden ornament in the chief.

Luka

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The coat of arms of Luka is azure a pilgrim's staff or with a water bowl of the same tied to it with a string argent and a bag of the last ensigned with an escallop of the second. These are the symbols of St. Roch (Sv. Rok), patron of the community. The shell of this form is found in archaeological localities there. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial flag is atypically of a different colour then the flag - it is a blue gonfalon with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community in two arches above and an oak and a linden branch below. The gonfalon ends triangularly with golden fringe.

The community of Luka was established from parts of the disassembled community of Hruševec Kupljenski and parts of the community of Veliko Trgovišće from the Krapina and Zagorje County in 1995.

Luka, variant

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Besides the above design, the coat of arms and the flag are used at the same time in slightly different artwork.

Marija Gorica

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The coat of arms is azure an elephant passant argent. The remains of the 10 millions year old elephant species Deinotherium gigentem was found in the community. The species has characteristic downward and backward pointed tusks on their lower jaw. The flag is blue with a yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre.

Marija Gorica Community is formed by the parts of the disbanded Community of Hruševec Kupljenski in 1995.

Orle

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The coat of arms of Orle is per chevron azure a mullet of six and a crescent both or and argent a horse head maroon harnessed or. The horse head refers to the so called horse feast, the feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle traditionally celebrated in the community. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in its centre outlined yellow. Previously flags with no outline around teh arms were also recorded in use.

Orle was part of city of Zagreb until 1995, when it gained status of a community.

Orle, 2014 – 2018

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The blazon adopted in 2014 included the same elements with different colours: per chevron azure and vert, changed in 2015 to per chevron vert (ambigously also stated as azure, in the same sentence) and argent. The blue and white color scheeme was apparently finally introuced in 2016, probably after consultation with the central heraldic authorities, and formalized in 2018.

Orle, 2001 – 2014

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The previous coat of arms of Orle was per fess azure a horse head issuant argent and in the chief a mullet and a crescent both or and vert on a pile inverted or a pile inverted azure and in the last a water-lily proper. The flag was vertical, dark blue with the coat of arms in its centre. The coat of arms was originally adopted in 1996 with minor differences, while the flag was is changed more significantly in attempt to conform with the state regulations.

Orle, 1996 – 2001

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The originally adopted coat of arms of Orle had the bottom part fields of azure and or interchanged, thus the watter-lilly was set in a golden pile. The flag was blue-yellow-blue with the ratio of the stripe widths 1:2:1 and with the coat of arms set in the upper part of the flag. The same flag design was prescribed for horizontal hoisting without coat of arms rotation.

Pisarovina

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The coat of arms of Pisarovina is vert a massoned wellhead sprouting water into a fountain argent and in base a catfish or. The flag is green with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle.

Pisarovina, variant

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A variant of the coat of arms depiction used by the Community on occasions differs in details of the element shapes, retaining the same contents.

Pokupsko

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The coat of arms of Pokupsko is azure a church argent roofed gules behind the walls with two corner towers also argent roofed gules each topped with a white flag, in cheif a mullet and a crescent or and in base a barrulet wavy argent. The church shown is dedicated to the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary, formerly being known as the Church of St. Ladislas in Pokupsko. It may be that this is based on some previous seal of the community. The wavy line represents the Kupa River. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the centre bordered yellow.

Pokupsko was part of the City of Zagreb until 1995, when it gained status of a community.

Preseka

By the end of 2016 the community decided to acquire a coat of arms. No data on the process published so far.

Pušća

Seat of administration: Donja Pušća

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The coat of arms of Pušća is azure St. Florian clad as Roman warrior proper pouring water from a vase in his dexter on a burning house and holding in his sinister a red flag. The flag is red with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The ceremonial flags is a red gonfalon ending triangularly with fringe, the coat of arms in the centre of it, the name of the community above and the vine branches below.

Rakovec

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The coat of arms of Rakovec is quartered gules and or, in the first St. Geogre killing the dragon argent and in the forth ruins of a tower also argent. St. George is the patron of the community, the the ruins represent the ruins of the old city of the same name above the modern settlement. The red colour in the shield represent to the martyrdom of St. George, while the golden represent the royal estate of Rakovec. The flag is dark red with the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow. It is said that this flag should have the staff at the right (sinister-hoisted).
The ceremonial flag is dark red gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe, with the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community in two lines above it and a wreath of oak and wheat ear in the base. The table flag is of the same design but without the rectangular indentations along the top edge.
The symbols are yet to be confirmed by the central authorities.

Rugvica

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The coat of arms of Rugvica is or a black stork armed gules holding in its right a blue anchor. The area is said to have been abundant with black storks and the anchor refers to Rugvica being known as a docking site since the Roman period. The flag is blue with the coat of arms outlined white in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe along the bottom, with the white bordered coat of arms in the centre, the community name in an arch and a line above, and branches of oak and linden crossed beneath it. The table flag is rectangular for of the ceremonial flag.
Although the flag is prescribed to have white outline around the coat of arms, the actually produced flags have none.

Stupnik

Seat of administration: Donji Stupnik

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The coat of arms of Stupnik is azure a column argent surrounded in chief with five mullets of six or in an arch. It is canting - stup meaning a column, while the five stars are attributes of St. John Nepomuk, the parish patron. The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms in the centre of it. The first decision prescribes a ceremonial version of the official flag, to be ornamented with golden fringe and golden yellow ribbons along the edges, but this is omitted from subsequent statutes. The ceremonial flag, made some time prior to 2009, is a blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails, with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community in two arches above and the oak ornaments in the tails.

Stupnik was part of city of Zagreb until 1995, when it gained status of a community.

Stupnik, 1995 – 1998

The Stupnik coat of arms initially adopted was on a shield chequy gules and argent a column (an oak) with four oak leaves and two acorns topped with a sword and a two-bladed axe. The shield was topped with a crown with an eight-pointed mullet and a cross, and there was a ribbon beneath the shield inscribed with the community name and the year 1334 (when Stupnik was mentioned as Sv. Juraj u Polju in the oldest preserved list of parishes in the Zagreb Diecese). The shied was flanked with ornaments. No flag was defined.

Žumberak

Seat of administration: Kostanjevac

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The coat of arms is Vert Semé of Mullets Argent. It is certainly a newly devised arms, and not a historical one, in spite of such claim in the 2006 Statutes. Since the community is composed of several more or less equally sized settlements without the obvious centre, the symbolic of the coat of arms could be read in that sense. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. It is used also as a vertical variant. The ceremonial flag was prescribed to be the same but golden fringed and ribboned along the edges, however, eventually another ceremonial flag was produced: a golden outlined blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails with golden fringe along the bottom, with the coat of arms in the centre, the community name above and a golden cross ornament in each tail.

The Community of Žumberak is established in 1995 and it includes the most of then disbanded Community of Sošice (with the seat of administration in Kostanjevec). Not to be confuzed with the 1993 established a community of Žumberak with the seat of administartion in Krašić, soon renamed to Community of Krašić, covering different territory. The short-lived Community of Sošice did not adopt any symbols.

Žumberak, ca. 199x

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms apparently used previously by Žumberak was quartered with a cross or, chequy gules and argent and vert semee of mullets argent. This was afterwards then modified to the current design. The 1996 decision describes what appears to be even an older variant: per pale azure a wattleled cross or between 32 mullets of six also or and chequy gules and argent. The flag was green with golden-yellow border and the coat of arms in the centre. This coat of arms and the flag were not recorded in use.

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