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A telephone number in the Netherlands is a sequence of usually 10 decimal digits (0-9) that is used for identifying a destination telephone line in the Dutch telephone network. A Dutch phone number has a particular structure, consisting of an area code (three or four digits) and a subscriber number (six or seven digits). The Netherlands also has non-geographical numbers, used for services and for mobile phones. The country calling code of the Netherlands is +31 (or 0031), and the leading 0 of the area code is dropped when calling from abroad. A telephone number is a sequence of decimal digits that uniquely indicates the network termination point. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... This is a list of country calling codes defined by ITU-T recommendation E.164. ...

1 Overview and history
2 Definitions
3 Notation
4 Dutch area codes
5 See also
6 External link

Overview and history

Country Code: 31
International Call Prefix: 00 Each country has both a country calling code used to dial into a country, and an international call prefix or international access code used to dial out of the country. ...

In the Netherlands, the area codes are — excluding the leading '0' — two or three digits long. Since renumbering in 1996, all regular telephone numbers have ten digits including area code and the leading 0. Larger towns and cities have two digit area codes permitting a larger number of local telephone numbers. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

 010: Rotterdam 013: Tilburg 015: Delft 020: Amsterdam 023: Haarlem 024: Nijmegen 026: Arnhem 030: Utrecht 033: Amersfoort 035: Hilversum 036: Almere 040: Eindhoven 043: Maastricht 050: Groningen 053: Enschede 055: Apeldoorn 058: Leeuwarden 06: mobile phone number 066: mobile pagers 06760: internet access number 070: The Hague 071: Leiden 072: Alkmaar 073: 's-Hertogenbosch 074: Hengelo 075: Zaandam 076: Breda 077: Venlo 078: Dordrecht 079: Zoetermeer 0800: toll free number 084: location independent (used mostly for fax-to-email and voicemail services) 087: location independent 088: location independent (for companies) 0878: location independent (voice over IP) 0900: premium rate, information 0906: premium rate, erotic 0909: premium rate, entertainment 112: emergency services number 18xx: number information

066, 084 and 087 are often used by scammers, because they are easy and cheap to register and make identification very hard. Nickname: Motto: Sterker door strijd (Stronger through Struggle) Location of Rotterdam Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province South Holland Government - Mayor Ivo Opstelten - Aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Hamit Karakus Orhan Kaya Lucas Bolsius Jantine Kriens Dominic Schrijer Roelf de Boer Leonard Geluk Area [1] - City 319 kmÂ² (123. ... Tilburg ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant. ... Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006) - Municipality 24. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006) - Municipality 32. ... Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Area (2006) - Municipality 57. ... This article is about the Dutch city and municipality. ... Utrecht ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. ... is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... For other uses, see Almere (disambiguation). ... Country Province Government - Mayor G.Braks (CDA) Area (2006) - Municipality 88. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006) - Municipality 60. ... For the German town, see GrÃ¶ningen. ... Raadhuisstraat in Enschede, with the Grote Kerk in the background Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Enschede Enschede or Eanske in the local dialect (Twents) is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region. ... Satellite picture Apeldoorn ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles east of Amsterdam, in central Netherlands. ... Leeuwarden ( (helpÂ· info), Frisian: Ljouwert) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Friesland. ... Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006) - Municipality 98. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006) - Municipality 23. ... Accijnstoren Cheese market Canal and bridge Weighing house Alkmaar (West Frisian: Alkmare) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. ... s-Hertogenbosch ( ) (literally The Dukes Forest), colloquially known as Den Bosch ( (helpÂ· info)) â€” translated in French as Bois-le-Duc, in German as Herzogenbusch and in Spanish as Bolduque â€” is a municipality in the Netherlands, and also the capital of the province of North Brabant. ... Hengelo is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. ... Zaandam () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Grote Kerk (main church) or Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerk (Church of Our Lady). ... Venlo ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands. ... Satellite image of part of the Rhine-Meuse delta, showing the Island of Dordrecht and the eponymous city (7) Dordrecht (population 119,649 (2004)), or in English: Dort, is a city in the Dutch province of South Holland, the third largest city of the province. ... Zoetermeer (population: 118,483 on March 1, 2007) is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ...

Previously, 06-0, 06-1000 and 06-4 were used for toll-free numbers, 06-8 for shared cost, 06-9 for premium rate, and other 06 for mobile numbers. 09 was used as the international access code before this changed to 00. The emergency number used to be 06-11.

Definitions

Geographical code - A number meant for geographically determined areas
Non-geographical code - A number meant for non-geographically determined destinations (services and mobile phones)
Area code - The first three or four digits of a geographical code
Service code - The first digits of a non-geographical code, used to determine the category of service
Subscriber number - The part of a geographical code behind the area code or the part of the non-geographical code behind the service code.

Notation

Dutch geographic codes consist of 9 digits. The area code consists of 2 or 3 digits (depending on the size of the area, larger areas have 2 digits, smaller areas have 3 digits), followed by 7 or 6 digits in the subscriber number. Dutch mobile phone numbers consist of 9 digits also, They start with 06, followed by 8 digits.

Dutch non-geographic codes are different from geographic codes. The non-geographic codes in the Netherlands are 06 (Mobile phones and pagers), 0800 (Free service numbers), 084 and 087 (Voicemail and Virtual Private Numbers),088 (Large companies with more than one address), 0900 (Paid information numbers), 0906 (Adult lines) and 0909 (Entertainment). A Virtual Private Number is a telephone number that forwards incoming calls to any of a number of pre-set telephone numbers. ...

0800 numbers can always be dialled for free, even from (public) payphones; other numbers starting with 08 are not free.

The non-geographic codes in the Netherlands (besides 06) don't have a fixed number of digits, but are usually kept as short as possible, for the sake of convenience.

Geographic numbers are allocated in blocks to different telecommunications providers. However, a telephone number from a block allocated to a certain provider may not be serviced by that provider anymore due to number portability; subscribers who switch providers can take their number with them. Number portability is the practice of allowing customers to transfer their telephone numbers from one telephone operator (PSTN, mobile, IP-based or other) to another. ...

The emergency number in the Netherlands is 112. GSM mobile phones may accept a different number to dial into the emergency services (such as 999, 000 or 911), depending on their firmware. Directory assistance is available at 1888 (speech recognition) or 1850 (human, more expensive). Many countries public telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number, sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or occasionally the emergency services number, that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. ... Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe SpÃ©cial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... A microcontroller, like this PIC18F8720 is controlled by firmware stored inside on FLASH memory In computing, firmware is a computer program that is embedded in a hardware device, for example a microcontroller. ...

Dutch area codes

010 Rotterdam
0111 Zierikzee
0113 Goes
0114 Hulst
0115 Terneuzen
0117 Sluis
0118 Middelburg
013 Tilburg
015 Delft
0161 Rijen
0162 Oosterhout
0164 Bergen op Zoom
0165 Roosendaal
0166 Tholen
0167 Steenbergen
0168 Zevenbergen
0172 Alphen aan den Rijn
0174 Naaldwijk
0180 Ridderkerk
0181 Spijkenisse
0182 Gouda
0183 Gorinchem
0184 Sliedrecht
0186 Oud-Beijerland
0187 Middelharnis
020 Amsterdam
0222 Texel
0223 Den Helder
0224 Schagen
0226 Harenkarspel
0227 Middenmeer and also Heerhugowaard
0228 Enkhuizen
0229 Hoorn
023 Haarlem
024 Nijmegen
Nickname: Motto: Sterker door strijd (Stronger through Struggle) Location of Rotterdam Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province South Holland Government - Mayor Ivo Opstelten - Aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Hamit Karakus Orhan Kaya Lucas Bolsius Jantine Kriens Dominic Schrijer Roelf de Boer Leonard Geluk Area [1] - City 319 kmÂ² (123. ... Schouwen-Duiveland is a municipality and an island in the southwestern Netherlands. ... Goes is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands, in Zuid-Beveland. ... Hulst ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ... Terneuzen is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ... Sluis is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands in the west of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006) - Municipality 53. ... Tilburg ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant. ... Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006) - Municipality 24. ... Gilze en Rijen is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. ... Oosterhout is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Bergen op Zoom is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Roosendaal ( (helpÂ· info)) is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands. ... Tholen ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the southwest of the Netherlands. ... Steenbergen is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Zevenbergen is a Dutch city which is a part of the municipality of Moerdijk. ... Alphen aan den Rijn (population: 70,477 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Westland (population: 97,270 in 2004) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Ridderkerk (population: 45,528 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Spijkenisse (population: 75,170 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Goudas 15th Century Town Hall Flag of Gouda Goudas Cheese Market Gouda (population 71,797 in 2004) is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Dalem Gate Gorinchem (population: 34,623 in 2004), also called Gorkum, is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Sliedrecht (population: 23,837 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Oud-Beijerland (population: 23,366 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Middelharnis (population: 17,450 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Dutch island Texel. ... Den Helder is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Schagen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Harenkarspel (population: 15,867 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Middenmeer () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Heerhugowaard (population: 47,239 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Enkuizen Enkhuizen ( West Frisian: InghÃºze) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... For other uses, see Hoorn (disambiguation). ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006) - Municipality 32. ... Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Area (2006) - Municipality 57. ...

0251 Beverwijk
0252 Hillegom
0255 IJmuiden
026 Arnhem
0294 Weesp
0297 Aalsmeer
0299 Purmerend
030 Utrecht
0313 Dieren
0314 Doetinchem
0315 Terborg
0316 Zevenaar
0317 Wageningen
0318 Ede
0320 Lelystad
0321 Dronten
033 Amersfoort
0341 Harderwijk
0342 Barneveld
0343 Doorn
0344 Tiel
0345 Culemborg
0346 Maarssen
0347 Vianen
0348 Woerden
035 Hilversum
036 Almere
038 Zwolle
040 Eindhoven
0411 Boxtel
0412 Oss
0413 Veghel
0416 Waalwijk
0418 Zaltbommel
043 Maastricht
045 Heerlen
Beverwijk (population: 36,995 in 2004) is a municipality and a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Hillegom (population: 20,588 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Velsen (population: 67,642 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on both sides of the North Sea Canal. ... This article is about the Dutch city and municipality. ... Weesp (population: 17,843 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Water tower in Aalsmeer Aalsmeer is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland; its name is derived from the Dutch for eel and lake[1]. Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake - the largest open water of the Randstad - and the Ring Canal... Location of Purmerend Country Netherlands Province North Holland Area (2006) - Municipality 24. ... Utrecht ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... Dieren is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. ... Doetinchem (Low German: Deutekem) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. ... New municipality; the articles have been provisionally merged. ... Zevenaar is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Wageningen is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. ... EDE or Equinox Desktop Environment is a small desktop environment that is meant to be simple and fast. ... Lelystad ( â–¶ (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. ... Dronten is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. ... Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. ... Harderwijk is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Barneveld is a town and municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. ... Gatehouse of castle Doorn The former Kaiser lived here for more than twenty years. ... Tiel is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. ... Culemborg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Maarssen is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. ... Vianen is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. ... Woerden is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. ... is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... For other uses, see Almere (disambiguation). ... For other places with the same name, see Zwolle (disambiguation). ... Country Province Government - Mayor G.Braks (CDA) Area (2006) - Municipality 88. ... Boxtel is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. ... Oss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. ... Veghel (pronounced ) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. ... Waalwijk is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Zaltbommel is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006) - Municipality 60. ... Heerlen ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands and the fourth largest municipality in the province of Limburg. ...

046 Sittard
0475 Roermond
0478 Venray
0481 Bemmel
0485 Cuijk
0486 Grave
0487 Druten
0488 Zetten
0492 Helmond
0493 Deurne
0495 Weert
0497 Eersel
0499 Best
050 Groningen
0511 Veenwouden
0512 Drachten
0513 Heerenveen
0514 Balk
0515 Sneek
0516 Oosterwolde
0517 Franeker
0518 St. Annaparochie
0519 Dokkum
0521 Steenwijk
0522 Meppel
0523 Hardenberg
0524 Coevorden
0525 Elburg
0527 Emmeloord
0528 Hoogeveen
0529 Ommen
053 Enschede
0541 Oldenzaal
0543 Winterswijk
0544 Groenlo
0545 Neede
Sittard-Geleen is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. ... Country Netherlands Province Limburg Area (2006) - Municipality 46. ... Venray is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands. ... Bemmel is a village in Gelderland in the municipality of Lingewaard. ... Country Province Area (2006) - Municipality 57. ... Grave is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Druten is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Zetten is a village in the Overbetuwe municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands. ... Helmond ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... See also: Deurne, Belgium. ... This is about the city in the Netherlands. ... Eersel is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands Population centres Duizel Eersel Knegsel Steensel Vessem Wintelre External link Official website Categories: North Brabant ... This article is about the municipality in the Netherlands. ... For the German town, see GrÃ¶ningen. ... Dantumadeel is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... Smallingerland is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... Heerenveen ( (helpÂ· info), Frisian: It Hearrenfean) is a municipality and a town in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. ... This article is about the illegal actions in baseball. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006) - Total 34. ... Oosterwolde may refer to: Oosterwolde (Friesland), in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, the Netherlands Oosterwolde (Gelderland), in the Netherlands Category: ... Franeker (Frisian: Frjentsjer) is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. ... Sint Annaparochie is the principal and largest town of the municipality of Het Bildt in Friesland, the Netherlands. ... Dongeradeel is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... Steenwijkerland (before 2003 called Steenwijk) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Meppel ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the northeast of the Netherlands, in the south-west of the province Drenthe. ... Hardenberg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. ... Coevorden ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Elburg is a municipality and a city in eastern Netherlands. ... Emmeloord is the administrative center of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands. ... Hoogeveen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Country Netherlands Province Overijssel Area (2006) - Municipality 181. ... Raadhuisstraat in Enschede, with the Grote Kerk in the background Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Enschede Enschede or Eanske in the local dialect (Twents) is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region. ... Oldenzaal is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, near the border with Germany. ... Winterswijk is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Groenlo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... From January 1, 2005, Berkelland is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. ...

0546 Almelo
0547 Goor
0548 Rijssen
055 Apeldoorn
0561 Wolvega
0562 Terschelling/Vlieland
0566 Irnsum
0570 Deventer
0571 Voorst
0572 Raalte
0573 Lochem
0575 Zutphen
0577 Uddel
0578 Epe
058 Leeuwarden
0591 Emmen
0592 Assen
0593 Beilen
0594 Zuidhorn
0595 Warffum
0596 Appingedam
0597 Winschoten
0598 Hoogezand
0599 Stadskanaal
070 The Hague
071 Leiden
072 Alkmaar
073 's-Hertogenbosch
074 Hengelo
075 Zaandam
076 Breda
077 Venlo
078 Dordrecht
079 Zoetermeer
Almelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Hof van Twente is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Rijssen-Holten is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, the result of a merger in 2001, but until 2003 just called Rijssen. ... Satellite picture Apeldoorn ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles east of Amsterdam, in central Netherlands. ... Weststellingwerf is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... Terschelling (Frisian: Skylge) is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands. ... Satellite image Vlieland (Frisian: FlylÃ¢n) is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... Boarnsterhim ( (helpÂ·info)) is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. ... Voorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Raalte is a municipality and town in the heart of the region of Salland in the Dutch province of Overijssel. ... Lochem is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Zutphen (old alternate spelling: Zutfen) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands on the right bank of the IJssel at the influx of the Berkel, and a junction station 29 km by rail N.N.E. of Arnhem. ... Uddel is a village on the Veluwe, in the municipality of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands. ... Epe is a municipality and a small village in the eastern Netherlands. ... Leeuwarden ( (helpÂ· info), Frisian: Ljouwert) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Friesland. ... Emmen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Assen railway station Assen ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. ... Midden-Drenthe is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Zuidhorn ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Eemsmond is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Appingedam ( (helpÂ· info), Gronings: n Daam) is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Winschoten (Gronings: Winschoot) is a municipality and city in the northeast of the Netherlands. ... Hoogezand-Sappemeer is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Stadskanaal is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006) - Municipality 98. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006) - Municipality 23. ... Accijnstoren Cheese market Canal and bridge Weighing house Alkmaar (West Frisian: Alkmare) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. ... s-Hertogenbosch ( ) (literally The Dukes Forest), colloquially known as Den Bosch ( (helpÂ· info)) â€” translated in French as Bois-le-Duc, in German as Herzogenbusch and in Spanish as Bolduque â€” is a municipality in the Netherlands, and also the capital of the province of North Brabant. ... Hengelo is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. ... Zaandam () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. ... Venlo ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands. ... Satellite image of part of the Rhine-Meuse delta, showing the Island of Dordrecht and the eponymous city (7) Dordrecht (population 119,649 (2004)), or in English: Dort, is a city in the Dutch province of South Holland, the third largest city of the province. ... Zoetermeer (population: 118,483 on March 1, 2007) is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ...

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OPTA the Independent Postal and Telecommunications Authority is responsible for the Dutch Numbering plan, as well as being the regulatory body governing telecommunications providers in The Netherlands.

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