Mérida and around

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Places to visit in Mérida and around 91

91 places with their own page, grouped by kind.

Villages · 59 Landmarks and museums · 27 Cities · 3 Nature reserves · 1 Towns · 1

Villages

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  Bolón · Village · Yucatán
  One of the largest villages of Umán municipality, west of the city, with an old church with a stepped bell gable and Maya remains.
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  Caucel · Village · Yucatán
  An old village on Mérida's western edge, with a tall old church, an arcaded comisaría and Maya mounds amid the new Ciudad Caucel suburbs.
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  Chablekal · Village · Yucatán
  The village beside Dzibilchaltún, whose small church of Santa Úrsula is built with stones from Maya ruins, some still carved with glyphs.
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  Cheumán · Village · Yucatán
  A small former henequen hacienda village north of Mérida, with the old hacienda buildings, a main park and the Chen Ha cenote nearby.
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  Chichí Suárez · Village · Yucatán
  A former village on Mérida's northeast edge built around one of Yucatán's oldest haciendas, founded by a conquistador and used as a 1951 film set.
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  Cholul · Village · Yucatán
  A former village on Mérida's northeast edge with a yellow church of San Pedro Apóstol, an old noria and a cenote in its leafy main park.
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  Cosgaya · Village · Yucatán
  A small village northwest of Mérida named after a 19th-century governor, with an old hacienda and the abandoned chapel of vanished Uluch nearby.
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  Dzibikak · Village · Yucatán
  A village north-west of Umán whose henequen hacienda, rebuilt from ruins after 2005, now hosts weddings and concerts.
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  Dzidzilché · Village · Yucatán
  A small former hacienda village in the far north of Mérida municipality, with a simple church, a park and the arched ruins of its estate.
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  Dzityá · Village · Yucatán
  Mérida's stone- and wood-carving village, with about 40 workshops, a small colonial chapel and the Chen Ha cenote on the road to Cheumán.
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  Dzoyaxché · Village · Yucatán
  A hacienda village in the Cuxtal reserve, with a red henequen estate built over a cenote, an old horse-drawn rail truck and a September fiesta.
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  Dzununcán · Village · Yucatán
  A growing comisaría 10 km south of Mérida inside the Cuxtal reserve, and the gateway to the old haciendas on the way to Petac.
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  Hotzuc · Village · Yucatán
  A small village south-east of Umán whose henequen hacienda was built with carved stones taken from an ancient Maya site.
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  Hunxectamán · Village · Yucatán
  A small comisaría just north of Umán whose old hacienda, still private, shows a red arched gateway and an arcaded main house.
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  Kantoyná · Village · Yucatán
  A small former henequen hacienda north of Conkal, with a red casco, a tall chimney and agave-lined lanes in a village of about 130 people.
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  Kikteil · Village · Yucatán
  A quiet former hacienda village north of Mérida, west of the Progreso highway, with its church, small parks and the walls of the old estate.
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  Komchén · Village · Yucatán
  A village north of Mérida beside one of the oldest Maya towns in Yucatán, a Preclassic site with about 1,000 structures and an early sacbé.
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  Molas · Village · Yucatán
  A village 16 km south of Mérida inside the Cuxtal ecological reserve, home to the reserve's environmental education centre, Casa Cuxtal.
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  Noc Ac · Village · Yucatán
  Former henequen hacienda village north of Mérida, birthplace of governor Francisco Luna Kan, with a cenote popular with cave explorers.
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  Oncán · Village · Yucatán
  Small village 13 km east of Mérida that grew around a henequen hacienda, whose arcaded main house and chimney still stand.
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  Opichén · Village · Yucatán
  Former henequen hacienda on Mérida's western edge, now a growing comisaría whose ruined estate walls stand beside the Paseo Verde park.
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  Oxcum · Village · Yucatán
  One of Umán's larger comisarías, a former henequen hacienda north-west of the city with a wide park and an old stone arch.
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  Oxholón · Village · Yucatán
  A village west of Umán where the crumbling walls, gate pillars and crenellated house of an old hacienda stand among trees.
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  Petac · Village · Yucatán
  A village 23 km south of Mérida built around one of the area's oldest haciendas, a 17th-century estate now rented out as a private retreat.
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  Petecbiltún · Village · Yucatán
  A hamlet of former hacienda land south-east of Umán, near Hotzuc, that emptied out in the 20th century and has since been resettled.
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  Poxilá · Village · Yucatán
  A hacienda village south-west of Umán whose long red estate buildings line the road, near the larger village of Bolón.
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  Sac Nicté · Village · Yucatán
  A former henequen hacienda village east of the Progreso highway, named for a Maya princess, with an abandoned church and hacienda ruins.
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  Sac Nicté · Village · Yucatán
  A hamlet west of Umán around the overgrown ruins of a henequen hacienda once owned by the Molina Solís brothers.
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  San Antonio Chun · Village · Yucatán
  A former hacienda village at the western edge of Umán, with a small church to St Anthony, an old well and the stone walls of the estate.
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  San Antonio Hool · Village · Yucatán
  A small hacienda village just north of Dzityá, where the walled henequen hacienda and its tall chimney still frame the village park.
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  San Antonio Tehuitz · Village · Yucatán
  A former henequen hacienda village southeast of Kanasín, with a yellow church, an arched gateway and the overgrown walls of the old estate.
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  San Antonio Tzacalá · Village · Yucatán
  A village at the southern end of Mérida municipality, set around the large ruined house, machine hall and tall chimney of its henequen hacienda.
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  San Ignacio Tesip · Village · Yucatán
  Village in the Cuxtal reserve south of Mérida beside a henequen hacienda that starred in the telenovela Abismo de pasión and now hosts weddings.
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  San José Tzal · Village · Yucatán
  Maya-speaking comisaría 19 km south of Mérida beside the Cuxtal reserve, with a lively fiesta for its patron Saint Joseph every 19 March.
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  San Pedro Chimay · Village · Yucatán
  Village south of Mérida around one of the area's oldest haciendas, where Empress Carlota spent a night in 1865 on the royal road to Campeche.
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  San Pedro Nohpat · Village · Yucatán
  An old henequen hacienda on the north side of Kanasín, now a hotel, with a yellow chapel, an arcaded house and a tall brick chimney.
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  Santa Cruz Palomeque · Village · Yucatán
  An old hacienda village just south of Mérida in the Cuxtal reserve, whose restored estate is now a boutique hotel with a spa and day passes.
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  Sierra Papacal · Village · Yucatán
  A village in Mérida's far north, home to the Yucatán Science and Technology Park, with a cenote and small Maya ruins on the road toward the coast.
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  Sitpach · Village · Yucatán
  A village northeast of Mérida with a tall church, abandoned haciendas nearby, and Maya sites that pushed the area's history back to 400 BC.
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  Suytunchén · Village · Yucatán
  A tiny village north of Mérida, near Komchén and Sierra Papacal, whose restored henequen hacienda is now a garden venue for weddings.
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  Tahdzibichén · Village · Yucatán
  Village just south of Mérida inside the Cuxtal reserve, around an 1873 henequen hacienda that Pedro Infante liked to visit, now an events venue.
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  Tamanché · Village · Yucatán
  A small hacienda village north of Mérida, off the Progreso highway, whose old estate gate and chimney recall the henequen era and its 1912 pay tokens.
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  Tanil · Village · Yucatán
  A small village between Umán and Mérida built around an old hacienda, whose tall brick chimney and red walls still stand by the main road.
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  Tebec · Village · Yucatán
  A former hacienda village south-east of Umán, laid out around a big lawn with a long main house, a chapel and a church with bell gables.
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  Temozón Norte · Village · Yucatán
  A former henequen hacienda on Mérida's northern edge, now a small suburb whose old hacienda house is a university campus.
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  Texán Cámara · Village · Yucatán
  A small former hacienda village south of Mérida, by the Cuxtal reserve, whose owner Camilo Cámara paid workers in tokens minted in 1888.
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  Ticimul · Village · Yucatán
  A village between Umán and Mérida with a pink church with a bell gable and the old buildings and chimney of a henequen hacienda.
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  Tixcacal · Village · Yucatán
  Village 10 km west of Mérida that grew around a henequen hacienda, whose red walls and gateway still line its main street.
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  Tixcuytún · Village · Yucatán
  A small hacienda village north of Mérida, near Cholul, with the overgrown stone ruins of its estate and church and a fiesta for San Luis Rey in August.
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  Ucú · Village · Yucatán
  Small municipal seat 20 km north-west of Mérida, with a church raised on a Maya platform and a village fiesta for the Virgin each 8 September.
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  Xcanatún · Village · Yucatán
  A village on the Progreso highway just north of Mérida, built around an 18th-century hacienda that is now one of Yucatán's best-known luxury hotels.
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  Xcucul Sur · Village · Yucatán
  A small former hacienda village east of Umán, with a simple church, a tidy main park and overgrown hacienda ruins.
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  Xcunyá · Village · Yucatán
  A village north of Mérida with a slender spired church, the arched machine house of its henequen hacienda dated 1906, and Maya mounds in the bush.
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  Xcuyún · Village · Yucatán
  A former henequen hacienda village near Conkal, where the roofless ruins of the old casco and its chimney stand among trees beside the village park.
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  Xmatkuil · Village · Yucatán
  Village and old henequen hacienda 10 km south of Mérida, best known as home of the Feria Yucatán, the peninsula's biggest fair each November.
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  Xtepén · Village · Yucatán
  A village 6 km south of Umán on the old Campeche road, with a privately restored 17th-century hacienda and a tradition of stone carving.
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  Yaxché Casares · Village · Yucatán
  A tiny hacienda village 17 km east of Mérida, where a small park and the comisaría face the old henequen estate.
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  Yaxché de Peón · Village · Yucatán
  Old henequen hacienda village just north of Ucú, once owned by the Peón family, with the arcaded ruins of its main house and a twin-towered church.
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  Yaxnic · Village · Yucatán
  A hacienda village south of Mérida whose henequen estate reopened in 2026 with house tours, gardens and an adults-only cenote club on a day pass.

Landmarks and museums

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  Arcos de Mérida · Landmark · Yucatán
  The three surviving colonial arches of Mérida's centre, Dragones, del Puente and San Juan, raised from 1690 at the edges of the old Spanish city.
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  Barrio de La Ermita · Landmark · Yucatán
  Quiet, colourful corner of Mérida's historic centre around the Ermita de Santa Isabel, named the city's first Barrio Mágico, with cobbled streets.
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  Barrio de Santa Ana · Landmark · Yucatán
  Historic barrio on Calle 60 near Paseo de Montejo, with an 18th-century church, a palm-lined park and a market known for regional food stalls.
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  Barrio de Santa Lucía · Landmark · Yucatán
  Historic barrio four blocks north of Mérida's main square, with a 16th-century church, an arcaded park and the free Yucatecan serenade every Thursday night.
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  Barrio de Santiago · Landmark · Yucatán
  One of Mérida's oldest barrios, west of the centre, with its parish church, a busy food market and free danzón dancing in the park on Tuesdays.
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  Casa de Montejo · Landmark · Yucatán
  The conquistador Montejo's 1549 house on the Plaza Grande, with a carved Plateresque doorway and a free museum of 19th-century rooms inside.
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  Catedral de San Ildefonso · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's cathedral, finished in 1598 with stone from the Maya city it replaced: the oldest cathedral in Mexico, on the east side of the Plaza Grande.
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  Cementerio General de Mérida · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's 200-year-old main cemetery: marble chapels, angels and the wall where Felipe Carrillo Puerto was shot, with free night tours.
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  Ermita de Santa Isabel · Landmark · Yucatán
  A small 18th-century chapel at the start of the old royal road to Campeche, with a quiet park and a hidden garden of native Yucatán plants.
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  Gran Museo del Mundo Maya · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's big museum of Maya culture, in a building shaped like a ceiba tree: about 800 ancient pieces and a walk from today's Maya back to their ancestors.
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  Hacienda Teya · Landmark · Yucatán
  A hacienda founded in 1683 on the Mérida–Cancún highway, restored as one of the best-known places to eat Yucatecan food near Mérida.
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  Hacienda Yaxcopoil · Landmark · Yucatán
  A henequen hacienda on the Mérida–Uxmal road kept as a museum, unrestored, with its Moorish double arch, machine house, 1913 diesel engine and Maya relics.
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  Mercado Lucas de Gálvez · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's big central market since 1887: produce, recados, guayaberas and leather sandals, and pre-dawn cochinita stalls that sell out by breakfast.
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  Misnébalam · Landmark · Yucatán
  Abandoned henequen hacienda off the Mérida–Progreso highway, Yucatán's best-known ghost town, visited on night bike tours around Day of the Dead.
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  Monumento a la Patria · Landmark · Yucatán
  A 14-meter hemicycle of hand-carved stone on Paseo de Montejo, with more than 300 figures telling Mexico's history, the life work of Rómulo Rozo.
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  Monumento ecuestre a Pedro Infante · Landmark · Yucatán
  A bronze statue of Pedro Infante on horseback in south Mérida, near where the star died in a 1957 plane crash, and the scene of a fiesta every 15 April.
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  Museo de la Canción Yucateca · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's museum of trova, the romantic Yucatecan song: rooms on Chan Cil, Guty Cárdenas and Manzanero, old guitars and live trio nights.
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  Museo de la Luz · Landmark · Yucatán
  UNAM's hands-on science museum of light and colour, moved from Mexico City to Mérida in 2023, beside the Gran Parque La Plancha.
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  Palacio Cantón · Landmark · Yucatán
  The grandest mansion on Paseo de Montejo, a Beaux-Arts palace of the henequen boom that now houses INAH's regional museum of anthropology.
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  Palacio Municipal de Mérida · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's arcaded city hall on the west side of the Plaza Grande, built in 1734–1736 on a Maya mound, with a clock tower and free jarana dancing on Mondays.
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  Palacio de Gobierno · Landmark · Yucatán
  Yucatán's 1892 seat of government on the Plaza Grande, free to enter, with Fernando Castro Pacheco's huge paintings of the state's Maya and colonial history.
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  Palacio de la Música · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's modern home of Mexican music: an interactive museum, a 458-seat concert hall and free trova nights, steps from Parque Hidalgo.
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  Parque Zoológico del Centenario · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's free city zoo and park, opened in 1910 for the independence centenary, with an aviary, big cats, a lake and children's rides.
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  Paseo de Montejo · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's tree-lined boulevard of henequen-boom mansions, house museums and stone monuments, closed to cars for cyclists on Sunday mornings.
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  Plaza Grande · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's main square since 1542, framed by the cathedral, two palaces and the Casa de Montejo; jarana on Monday nights, a street market on Sundays.
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  Quinta Montes Molina · Landmark · Yucatán
  A Paseo de Montejo mansion from the henequen boom, still owned by the same family and shown with its original furniture, chandeliers and marble floors.
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  Teatro José Peón Contreras · Landmark · Yucatán
  Mérida's grand 1908 opera house on Calle 60, home of the Yucatán Symphony Orchestra, closed for restoration after a 2022 fire until about late 2027.

Cities

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  Kanasín · City · Yucatán
  Mérida's big eastern neighbour, Yucatán's second-largest city, known as the capital of the panucho and for its Candelaria festival.
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  Mérida · City · Yucatán
  Yucatán's capital, founded in 1542 on the Maya city of T'Hó: a walkable colonial centro, henequen-era mansions, markets and free nightly music.
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  Umán · City · Yucatán
  A busy city just south-west of Mérida on the road to Campeche, built around a tall 18th-century Franciscan church with a big dome.

Nature reserves

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  Reserva Cuxtal · Nature reserve · Yucatán
  Mérida's own protected forest just south of the city, which supplies about half its water and holds 161 bird species, old haciendas and Maya sites.

Towns

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  Conkal · Town · Yucatán
  A town just northeast of Mérida with one of Yucatán's earliest Franciscan convents, now home to a gallery of sacred art from churches across the state.

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