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"Murder capital" redirects here. For the Irish post-punk band, see The Murder Capital.
The following article is a list of cities sorted by homicide rates in the world, excluding active war zones. The homicide rate of a city is an imprecise tool for comparison, as the population within city borders may not best represent an urban or metropolitan area with varying rates in different areas.
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The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people.[1][2][3][4][5] For cities without data prior to 2023 or 2024, figures are based upon 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City.[6]
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Rank | City | Country | Homicides | Population | Per 100,000 |
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1 | Colima | ![]() |
601 | 330,329 | 181.94 |
2 | Durán | ![]() |
453 | 306,045 | 148 |
3 | Ciudad Obregón | ![]() |
454 | 328,430 | 138.23 |
4 | Zacatecas | ![]() |
490 | 363,996 | 134.62 |
5 | Nelson Mandela Bay | ![]() |
1,247 | 1,212,836 | 102.82 |
6 | Cajeme | ![]() |
432 | 485,453 | 88.99 |
7 | Tijuana | ![]() |
1,638 | 1,863,973 | 87.88 |
8 | Guayaquil | ![]() |
2,319 | 2,765,695 | 83.80 |
9 | Uruapan | ![]() |
282 | 360,338 | 78.26 |
10 | Machala | ![]() |
239 | 308,461 | 77.50 |
11 | Durban | ![]() |
3,138 | 4,080,930 | 76.89 |
12 | Portoviejo | ![]() |
247 | 325,193 | 76.00 |
13 | Feira de Santana | ![]() |
459 | 614,872 | 74.65 |
14 | Kingston | ![]() |
475 | 671,596 | 70.73 |
15 | Celaya | ![]() |
370 | 543,570 | 68.07 |
16 | Macapá | ![]() |
341 | 503,327 | 67.75 |
17 | Port-au-Prince | ![]() |
827 | 1,231,788 | 67.20 |
18 | Cape Town | ![]() |
3,231 | 4,837,094 | 66.80 |
19 | uMgungundlovu | ![]() |
758 | 1,144,103 | 66.25 |
20 | Ciudad Juárez | ![]() |
986 | 1,489,507 | 66.20 |
21 | Acapulco | ![]() |
513 | 782,661 | 65.55 |
22 | Buffalo City | ![]() |
521 | 794,389 | 65.59 |
23 | Caucaia | ![]() |
237 | 361,400 | 65.58 |
24 | Mossoró | ![]() |
167 | 264,181 | 63.21 |
25 | Irapuato | ![]() |
539 | 874,997 | 61.60 |
26 | Cuernavaca | ![]() |
410 | 681,086 | 60.20 |
27 | Salvador | ![]() |
2,085 | 3,678,414 | 56.68 |
28 | New Orleans | ![]() |
150 | 275,506 | 54.4 |
29 | Manaus | ![]() |
1,041 | 2,054,731 | 50.66 |
30 | Memphis | ![]() |
297 | 618,639 | 48.0 |
31 | Vitória da Conquista | ![]() |
184 | 387,524 | 47.48 |
32 | Natal | ![]() |
569 | 1,262,741 | 45.06 |
33 | Cancun | ![]() |
406 | 920,865 | 44.09 |
34 | Chihuahua | ![]() |
414 | 944,413 | 43.84 |
35 | Fortaleza | ![]() |
1,678 | 3,936,509 | 42.63 |
36 | Cali | ![]() |
1,007 | 2,392,381 | 42.09 |
37 | Morelia | ![]() |
359 | 853,831 | 42.05 |
38 | Johannesburg | ![]() |
2,547 | 6,148,353 | 41.43 |
39 | Recife | ![]() |
1,494 | 3,745,082 | 39.89 |
40 | Maceió | ![]() |
379 | 960,667 | 39.45 |
41 | Santa Marta | ![]() |
280 | 712,896 | 39.28 |
42 | León | ![]() |
782 | 2,077,830 | 37.64 |
43 | Teresina | ![]() |
324 | 868,523 | 37.30 |
44 | San Juan | ![]() |
125 | 337,300 | 37.06 |
45 | San Pedro Sula | ![]() |
278 | 771,627 | 36.03 |
46 | Baltimore | ![]() |
201 | 568,271 | 35.3 |
47 | Buenaventura | ![]() |
157 | 315,743 | 35.16 |
48 | Ensenada | ![]() |
157 | 449,425 | 34.93 |
49 | Distrito Central | ![]() |
389 | 1,185,662 | 32.81 |
50 | Detroit | ![]() |
203 | 631,524 | 32.1 |
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15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
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14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
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4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
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2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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6 | 6 | 6 | No data | No data |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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City | Country | Homicides | Population | Per 100,000 |
Year |
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Zamora | ![]() |
258 | 204,860 | 125.94 | 2023[7] |
Tijuana | ![]() |
1,844 | 1,922,523 | 95.92 | 2023[8] |
Fresnillo | ![]() |
219 | 240,532 | 91.05 | 2023[9] |
St. Louis | ![]() |
264 | 300,576 | 87.83 | 2021[10] |
Celaya | ![]() |
432 | 521,169 | 82.89 | 2023[11] |
Cancún | ![]() |
765 | 934,189 | 81.89 | 2023[12] |
Jackson | ![]() |
118 | 149,765 | 78.79 | 2023[13] |
Petersburg | ![]() |
24 | 33,428 | 76.90 | 2020[14] |
Uruapan | ![]() |
258 | 356,786 | 72.31 | 2023[15] |
Flint | ![]() |
57 | 80,628 | 70.70 | 2021[16] |
Ciudad Bolívar | ![]() |
264 | 382,095 | 69.09 | 2018[17] |
Ciudad Juárez | ![]() |
1,033 | 1,512,450 | 68.30 | 2023[18] |
Belém | ![]() |
1,627 | 2,491,052 | 65.31 | 2018[17] |
Cape Town | ![]() |
2,947 | 4,604,986 | 64.00 | 2021[10] |
Irapuato | ![]() |
374 | 592,953 | 63.07 | 2023[19] |
Cumaná | ![]() |
225 | 360,436 | 62.42 | 2021[10] |
Mossoró | ![]() |
187 | 300,618 | 62.21 | 2021[10] |
Ciudad Guayana | ![]() |
471 | 758,490 | 62.10 | 2021[10] |
Zacatecas | ![]() |
214 | 361,347 | 59.22 | 2021[10] |
Baltimore | ![]() |
338 | 576,498 | 58.60 | 2021[20] |
Pine Bluff | ![]() |
23 | 40,951 | 56.50 | 2020[14] |
Caracas | ![]() |
1,417 | 2,682,801 | 52.82 | 2021[10] |
Vitória da Conquista | ![]() |
179 | 341,128 | 52.47 | 2021[10] |
New Orleans | ![]() |
202 | 390,144 | 51.78 | 2021[10] |
Nelson Mandela Bay | ![]() |
621 | 1,213,060 | 51.19 | 2021[10] |
Maturín | ![]() |
254 | 497,723 | 51.03 | 2021[10] |
San Salvador | ![]() |
906 | 1,800,336 | 50.32 | 2018[17] |
Saginaw | ![]() |
24 | 44,058 | 50.20 | 2020[14] |
Birmingham | ![]() |
98 | 197,575 | 49.60 | 2021[16] |
Aracaju | ![]() |
463 | 949,342 | 48.77 | 2018[17] |
Memphis | ![]() |
306 | 628,127 | 48.70 | 2021[21] |
Cuernavaca | ![]() |
436 | 896,688 | 48.62 | 2021[10] |
Coatzacoalcos | ![]() |
162 | 335,077 | 48.35 | 2018[17] |
Trenton | ![]() |
40 | 90,662 | 48.20 | 2020[14] |
Palmira | ![]() |
149 | 310,608 | 47.97 | 2018[17] |
Detroit | ![]() |
303 | 632,568 | 47.90 | 2021[21] |
Macapá | ![]() |
233 | 493,634 | 47.20 | 2018[17] |
Harrisburg | ![]() |
23 | 50,069 | 46.70 | 2020[14] |
Baton Rouge | ![]() |
102 | 224,480 | 46.50 | 2020[14] |
Campos dos Goytacazes | ![]() |
233 | 503,424 | 46.28 | 2018[17] |
Wilmington | ![]() |
32 | 70,750 | 45.23 | 2021[16] |
Tepic | ![]() |
230 | 512,387 | 44.89 | 2018[17] |
Riviera Beach | ![]() |
16 | 37,600 | 44.70 | 2020[14] |
Cleveland | ![]() |
162 | 367,991 | 44.02 | 2021[16] |
Guatemala City | ![]() |
1,411 | 3,226,974 | 43.73 | 2018[17] |
Durban | ![]() |
1,727 | 3,981,205 | 43.38 | 2021[10] |
Rio Branco | ![]() |
173 | 413,418 | 41.85 | 2021[10] |
Reynosa | ![]() |
295 | 711,130 | 41.48 | 2018[17] |
João Pessoa | ![]() |
460 | 1,112,304 | 41.36 | 2018[17] |
Alexandria | ![]() |
19 | 45,229 | 41.30 | 2020[14] |
San Pedro Sula | ![]() |
330 | 801,259 | 41.19 | 2021[10] |
Colima | ![]() |
135 | 328,471 | 41.10 | 2021[10] |
Monroe | ![]() |
19 | 47,663 | 40.30 | 2020[14] |
Ensenada | ![]() |
175 | 443,807 | 39.43 | 2023[22] |
Maceió | ![]() |
404 | 1,025,360 | 39.40 | 2021[10] |
Cúcuta | ![]() |
325 | 861,000 | 37.75 | 2021[10] |
Shreveport | ![]() |
69 | 184,021 | 37.50 | 2021[16] |
Barquisimeto | ![]() |
402 | 1,095,161 | 36.71 | 2021[10] |
Caruaru | ![]() |
133 | 365,278 | 36.41 | 2021[10] |
Portsmouth | ![]() |
34 | 98,015 | 36.10 | 2020[14] |
Philadelphia | ![]() |
563 | 1,576,000 | 35.70 | 2021[20] |
Richmond (VA) | ![]() |
81 | 226,604 | 35.75 | 2021[16] |
Rochester | ![]() |
76 | 210,606 | 35.14 | 2021[16] |
Teresina | ![]() |
302 | 868,075 | 34.79 | 2021[10] |
Minatitlán (Colima) | ![]() |
109 | 314,348 | 34.67 | 2021[10] |
Milwaukee | ![]() |
195 | 569,330 | 34.30 | 2021[21] |
Dayton | ![]() |
46 | 138,060 | 32.80 | 2020[14] |
North Charleston | ![]() |
38 | 115,771 | 32.30 | 2020[14] |
Atlanta | ![]() |
159 | 496,461 | 32.00 | 2021[21] |
Washington, D.C. | ![]() |
227 | 712,816 | 31.85 | 2021[23] |
San Bernardino | ![]() |
68 | 221,784 | 31.40 | 2020[14] |
Florence | ![]() |
12 | 39,919 | 31.10 | 2020[14] |
Oakland | ![]() |
134 | 433,823 | 30.90 | 2021[20] |
Kankakee | ![]() |
8 | 24,127 | 30.90 | 2020[14] |
Ciudad Victoria | ![]() |
108 | 349,688 | 30.88 | 2023[24] |
Kansas City | ![]() |
156 | 508,394 | 30.70 | 2021[21] |
Louisville | ![]() |
192 | 628,594 | 30.50 | 2021[21] |
North Little Rock | ![]() |
20 | 64,665 | 30.20 | 2020[14] |
Chicago | ![]() |
798 | 2,697,000 | 29.60 | 2021[20] |
Little Rock | ![]() |
59 | 201,998 | 29.21 | 2021[16] |
Cincinnati | ![]() |
87 | 308,935 | 28.16 | 2021[16] |
South Bend | ![]() |
28 | 103,527 | 27.40 | 2020[14] |
Indianapolis | ![]() |
239 | 882,039 | 27.10 | 2021[21] |
Danville | ![]() |
8 | 29,097 | 26.50 | 2020[14] |
Douglasville | ![]() |
9 | 34,807 | 26.20 | 2020[14] |
Warren | ![]() |
10 | 39,097 | 26.00 | 2020[14] |
Hartford | ![]() |
31 | 120,576 | 25.71 | 2021[16] |
Sumter | ![]() |
10 | 43,342 | 25.30 | 2020[14] |
Hallandale Beach | ![]() |
10 | 41,091 | 24.90 | 2020[14] |
Dania Beach | ![]() |
8 | 31,701 | 24.60 | 2020[14] |
Rocky Mount | ![]() |
13 | 54,248 | 24.30 | 2020[14] |
Atlantic City | ![]() |
9 | 38,430 | 24.00 | 2020[14] |
Hazelwood | ![]() |
6 | 25,455 | 24.00 | 2020[14] |
Miami Gardens | ![]() |
26 | 109,792 | 23.64 | 2019[25] |
Las Vegas | ![]() |
152 | 646,790 | 23.50 | 2021[21] |
Dover | ![]() |
9 | 39,554 | 23.40 | 2020[14] |
Peoria | ![]() |
25 | 110,507 | 22.53 | 2019[25] |
Columbus (OH) | ![]() |
203 | 906,528 | 22.40 | 2021[21] |
Toledo | ![]() |
60 | 268,508 | 22.35 | 2021[16] |
Minneapolis | ![]() |
94 | 425,336 | 22.10 | 2021[21] |
Columbia | ![]() |
29 | 132,165 | 21.68 | 2019[25] |
Akron | ![]() |
41 | 189,347 | 21.65 | 2021[16] |
Albuquerque | ![]() |
120 | 562,599 | 21.30 | 2021[21] |
Savannah | ![]() |
31 | 147,088 | 21.08 | 2021[16] |
Columbus (GA) | ![]() |
41 | 196,074 | 20.94 | 2019[25] |
Tuscaloosa | ![]() |
21 | 101,897 | 20.77 | 2019[25] |
Houston | ![]() |
464 | 2,288,000 | 20.30 | 2021[21] |
Montgomery | ![]() |
37 | 197,977 | 18.54 | 2019[25] |
Newark | ![]() |
56 | 307,220 | 18.23 | 2021[16] |
Chattanooga | ![]() |
33 | 182,828 | 18.15 | 2019[25] |
New Haven | ![]() |
24 | 135,081 | 17.77 | 2021[16] |
Buffalo | ![]() |
49 | 276,807 | 17.70 | 2021[16] |
Augusta | ![]() |
35 | 198,014 | 17.69 | 2019[25] |
Tucson | ![]() |
93 | 543,242 | 17.10 | 2021[20] |
High Point | ![]() |
19 | 113,063 | 16.77 | 2019[25] |
Dallas | ![]() |
212 | 1,288,000 | 16.50 | 2021[21] |
Shreveport | ![]() |
17 | 103,353 | 16.45 | 2021[16] |
Greensboro | ![]() |
49 | 298,263 | 16.43 | 2021[16] |
Beaumont | ![]() |
19 | 116,421 | 16.03 | 2019[25] |
Richmond (CA) | ![]() |
17 | 110,150 | 15.38 | 2019[25] |
West Palm Beach | ![]() |
17 | 112,028 | 15.07 | 2019[25] |
Norfolk | ![]() |
36 | 243,581 | 14.83 | 2019[25] |
Bakersfield | ![]() |
60 | 407,615 | 14.70 | 2021[20] |
Nashville | ![]() |
99 | 692,587 | 14.60 | 2021[21] |
Pittsburgh | ![]() |
43 | 300,431 | 14.31 | 2021[16] |
Tulsa | ![]() |
59 | 411,401 | 14.30 | 2021[21] |
Albany | ![]() |
14 | 98,617 | 14.20 | 2021[16] |
Denver | ![]() |
100 | 711,463 | 14.10 | 2021[21] |
Thunder Bay | ![]() |
15 | 108,843 | 13.78 | 2022[26] |
Durham | ![]() |
39 | 285,527 | 13.66 | 2021[16] |
Newport News | ![]() |
24 | 179,736 | 13.53 | 2019[25] |
Jacksonville | ![]() |
128 | 954,614 | 13.40 | 2021[20] |
Los Cabos | ![]() |
47 | 351,111 | 13.39 | 2023[27] |
Paterson | ![]() |
19 | 145,234 | 13.08 | 2019[25] |
Fresno | ![]() |
71 | 544,510 | 13.00 | 2021[20] |
Springfield | ![]() |
20 | 153,404 | 12.96 | 2019[25] |
Portland | ![]() |
83 | 641,162 | 12.90 | 2021[21] |
Fayetteville | ![]() |
27 | 212,093 | 12.76 | 2019[25] |
Fort Worth | ![]() |
118 | 935,508 | 12.60 | 2021[21] |
Syracuse | ![]() |
18 | 146,103 | 12.32 | 2021[16] |
Phoenix | ![]() |
198 | 1,625,000 | 12.20 | 2021[20] |
Oklahoma City | ![]() |
82 | 687,725 | 11.90 | 2021[21] |
Bridgeport | ![]() |
17 | 144,556 | 11.73 | 2019[25] |
Knoxville | ![]() |
22 | 187,532 | 11.66 | 2019[25] |
San Antonio | ![]() |
168 | 1,452,000 | 11.60 | 2021[21] |
Fort Lauderdale | ![]() |
21 | 182,937 | 11.37 | 2019[25] |
Hampton | ![]() |
15 | 135,048 | 11.26 | 2019[25] |
Charlotte | ![]() |
98 | 879,709 | 11.10 | 2021[21] |
Providence | ![]() |
21 | 189,692 | 11.07 | 2021[16] |
Sacramento | ![]() |
57 | 525,041 | 10.90 | 2021[20] |
Fort Wayne | ![]() |
29 | 265,974 | 10.90 | 2021[16] |
Miami | ![]() |
47 | 439,890 | 10.70 | 2021[20] |
Los Angeles | ![]() |
396 | 3,849,000 | 10.30 | 2021[20] |
Lexington | ![]() |
33 | 321,793 | 10.26 | 2021[16] |
Aurora | ![]() |
39 | 389,347 | 10.02 | 2021[16] |
Stockton | ![]() |
32 | 322,120 | 9.93 | 2021[16] |
Tampa | ![]() |
36 | 387,050 | 9.30 | 2021[16] |
Charleston | ![]() |
14 | 151,612 | 9.23 | 2021[16] |
Winston-Salem | ![]() |
23 | 250,320 | 9.19 | 2021[16] |
Austin | ![]() |
79 | 964,177 | 8.20 | 2021[21] |
Long Beach | ![]() |
37 | 456,062 | 8.10 | 2021[20] |
Salt Lake City | ![]() |
16 | 200,478 | 7.98 | 2021[16] |
Colorado Springs | ![]() |
38 | 483,956 | 7.90 | 2021[21] |
Regina | ![]() |
17 | 226,404 | 7.50 | 2021[28] |
Winnipeg | ![]() |
54 | 749,607 | 7.20 | 2022[29] |
Orlando | ![]() |
22 | 309,154 | 7.12 | 2021[16] |
San Francisco | ![]() |
56 | 815,201 | 6.90 | 2021[20] |
Omaha | ![]() |
32 | 487,300 | 6.60 | 2021[20] |
Honolulu | ![]() |
21 | 345,510 | 6.08 | 2021[16] |
New York City | ![]() |
491 | 8,468,000 | 5.80 | 2021[20] |
Wichita | ![]() |
23 | 395,699 | 5.80 | 2021[21] |
Seattle | ![]() |
41 | 733,919 | 5.60 | 2021[21] |
Boston | ![]() |
36 | 654,776 | 5.50 | 2021[21] |
Raleigh | ![]() |
26 | 469,124 | 5.50 | 2021[21] |
Kaunas | ![]() |
21 | 383,764 | 5.40 | 2017[30] |
Spokane | ![]() |
12 | 229,071 | 5.24 | 2021[16] |
Mesa | ![]() |
25 | 509,475 | 4.90 | 2021[21] |
Arlington | ![]() |
19 | 392,786 | 4.80 | 2021[21] |
San Diego | ![]() |
63 | 1,382,000 | 4.60 | 2021[21] |
El Paso | ![]() |
30 | 678,415 | 4.40 | 2021[21] |
Klaipėda | ![]() |
7 | 172,272 | 3.90 | 2017[30] |
Marseille | ![]() |
47 | 860,000 | 5.50 | 2023[31] |
San Jose | ![]() |
31 | 983,489 | 3.20 | 2021[20] |
Virginia Beach | ![]() |
14 | 457,672 | 3.10 | 2021[21] |
Toronto | ![]() |
85 | 2,794,356 | 3.04 | 2021[32] |
Debrecen | ![]() |
6 | 202,000 | 3.00 | 2017[30] |
Lincoln | ![]() |
8 | 292,657 | 2.73 | 2021[16] |
Celje | ![]() |
1 | 38,000 | 2.60 | 2017[30] |
Montreal | ![]() |
41 | 1,762,949 | 2.32 | 2022[33] |
Amsterdam | ![]() |
16 | 844,947 | 2.20 | 2017[30] |
Tampere | ![]() |
5 | 236,000 | 2.20 | 2017[30] |
Chandler | ![]() |
6 | 279,458 | 2.15 | 2021[16] |
Istanbul | ![]() |
282 | 15,460,000 | 1.81 | 2019[34] |
Plano | ![]() |
5 | 288,253 | 1.73 | 2021[16] |
McKinney | ![]() |
3 | 202,690 | 1.48 | 2021[16] |
Chula Vista | ![]() |
4 | 277,220 | 1.44 | 2021[16] |
Glendale | ![]() |
1 | 192,366 | 0.52 | 2021[16] |
Macao | ![]() |
2 | 686,600 | 0.32 | 2023[35] |
Hong Kong | ![]() |
22 | 7,481,000 | 0.29 | 2020[36] |
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See also
- Firearm death rates in the United States by state
- Homicide in world cities
- List of Brazilian states by murder rate
- List of countries by firearm-related death rate
- List of countries by intentional death rate – homicide plus suicide
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate
- List of countries by life expectancy
- List of countries by suicide rate
- List of federal subjects of Russia by murder rate
- List of Mexican states by homicides
- List of U.S. states by homicide rate
- List of United States cities by crime rate (2014)
- Number of guns per capita by country
- Right to keep and bear arms in the United States
- United States cities by crime rate (100,000–250,000)
- United States cities by crime rate (60,000-100,000)
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