Saucedilla () is a municipality located in the

province of Cáceres The province of Cáceres ( ; es, provincia de Cáceres, ) is a province of western Spain, and makes up the northern half of the autonomous community of Extremadura. Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities in the province include Pla ...

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, Spain. It belongs to the Campo Arañuelo County (

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del Campo Arañuelo), the capital of which is

Navalmoral de la Mata Navalmoral de la Mata is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain located in the province of Cáceres, autonomous community of Extremadura. Attached to the traditional ''comarca'' of Campo Arañuelo, the municipality lies on central-wester ...

. According to the 2010

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(

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), it had a population of 859 inhabitants.

Geography and nature

The situation of Saucedilla is impressive. In the north, the vast bulk of the

Sierra de Gredos The Sierra de Gredos is a mountain range in central Spain that spans the provinces of Ávila, Salamanca, Cáceres, Madrid, and Toledo. It is part of the much larger Sistema Central of mountain ranges. Its highest point is Pico Almanzor, at 2,5 ...

and the

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; in the south and west, the Miravete Sierra (

Casas de Miravete Casas de Miravete () is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * ...

), the

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(''Tajo'' in Spanish) and the

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Sierra. The climate is Mediterranean. The village stands in an extensive plain of clayey grounds.

Dehesa

The municipality is surrounded by immense ''dehesas''. A

dehesa A ''dehesa'' () is a multifunctional, agrosylvopastoral system (a type of agroforestry) and cultural landscape of southern and central Spain and southern Portugal; in Portugal, it is known as a ''montado''. Its name comes from the Latin 'defens ...

is a light wood of holm oaks (''

Quercus ilex ''Quercus ilex'', the evergreen oak, holly oak or holm oak is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the ''Ilex'' section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. Description An evergreen tr ...

'') or cork oaks (''

Quercus suber ''Quercus suber'', commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores ...

''). There, the breeding (

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...

) of cattle, sheep (for meat and wool), goats (for meat and cheese), and pigs, ( Iberian pig) for meat like

jamón ibérico ''Jamón ibérico'' (; pt, presunto ibérico ), "Iberian ham" is a variety of ''jamón'' or ''presunto'', a type of cured leg of pork produced in Spain and, to a lesser extent, Portugal. Description According to Spain's '' denominación d ...

(Iberian ham) and

jamón serrano ''Jamón'' (, pl. ''jamones'') is a kind of dry-cured ham produced in Spain. It is one of the most globally recognized food items of Spanish cuisine. It is also regularly a component of tapas. Most ''jamón'' is commonly called ''jamón serrano ...

, are common. The breeding of fighting bulls (''toro bravo'' in Spanish) is also widespread. There are some ''ganaderías'' of these wild bulls in Saucedilla (''Cerro Alto'', ''La Anguila'') and others nearby villages like

Casatejada Casatejada is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto ...

or Toril.

Arrocampo Reservoir

Arrocampo Reservoir was created at 1976 to cool the turbines of the

Almaraz Almaraz is a town in Cáceres Province, Extremadura, Spain. As of 2005, its population is 1,295. It is on the European route E90. It is the home of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant. A large solar power plant is being built in the town. The bridge ...

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, which is near Saucedilla. With a system of

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, a ...

s and

dike Dyke (UK) or dike (US) may refer to: General uses * Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian" * Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment * Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice * Dikes, ...

s, the water, taken from

Tagus The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see #Name, below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections ...

river, covers a circuit of 11 km which allow the cooling of these turbines. :*

Biomass (ecology) The biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to ''species biomass'', which is the mass of one or more species, or to ''community biomass'', which is the mass of all spe ...

: there are a considerable masses of

phytoplankton Phytoplankton () are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems. The name comes from the Greek words (), meaning 'plant', and (), meaning 'wanderer' or 'drifter'. Ph ...

and

zooplankton Zooplankton are the animal component of the planktonic community ("zoo" comes from the Greek word for ''animal''). Plankton are aquatic organisms that are unable to swim effectively against currents, and consequently drift or are carried along by ...

thanks to the

eutrophication Eutrophication is the process by which an entire body of water, or parts of it, becomes progressively enriched with minerals and nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus. It has also been defined as "nutrient-induced increase in phytopla ...

and

oxygenation Oxygenation may refer to: * Oxygenation (environmental), a measurement of dissolved oxygen concentration in soil or water * Oxygen saturation (medicine), the process by which concentrations of oxygen increase within a tissue * Water oxygenation, t ...

of waters. The bulrush (

Typha latifolia ''Typha latifolia'' (broadleaf cattail, bulrush, common bulrush, common cattail, cat-o'-nine-tails, great reedmace, cooper's reed, cumbungi) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus '' Typha''. It is found as a native plant species in North a ...

) vegetation is dominant in Arrocampo. It allows the proliferation of birds and little mammals. :* Fishes: barbels (''

Barbus barbus The common barbel, ''Barbus barbus'', is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It shares the common name 'barbel' with its many relatives in the genus ''Barbus'', of which it is the type species. In Great Britain it is ...

''),

common carp The Eurasian carp or European carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Arkive The ...

s (''

Cyprinus carpio The Eurasian carp or European carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Arkive The ...

''), tenches (''

Tinca tinca The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also ...

''), big largemouth bass (''

Micropterus salmoides The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae (Centrarchidae, sunfish) family (biology), family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern ...

'') (almost 50 cm). :* Actually, it is an important

Special Protection Area A Special Protection Area (SPA) is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Under the Directive, Member States of the European Union (EU) have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and cert ...

(

SPA A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...

) for wild birds. (In Spanish: ''Zona Especial de Protección para las Aves'', ZEPA.) Many migrating as well as permanent birds can be watched in the reservoir waters and their vicinity:

white stork The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to en ...

(''Ciconia ciconia''),

lesser kestrel The lesser kestrel (''Falco naumanni'') is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across Afghanistan and Central Asia, to China and Mongolia. It is a summer bird migration, migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometim ...

(''Falco naumanni''), purple heron (''Ardea purpurea''),

squacco heron The squacco heron (''Ardeola ralloides'') is a small heron, long, of which the body is , with wingspan. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Europe and the Greater Middle East. Behaviour The squacco heron is a migrant, wintering ...

(''Ardeola ralloides''),

black-crowned night heron The black-crowned night heron (''Nycticorax nycticorax''), or black-capped night heron, commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and N ...

(''Nycticorax nycticorax''),

little bittern The little bittern or common little bittern (''Ixobrychus minutus'') is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. ''Ixobrychus'' is from Ancient Greek ''ixias'', a reed-like plant and ''brukhomai'', to bellow, and ''minutus'' is Latin for "sm ...

(''Ixobrychus minutus''),

osprey The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...

(''Pandion haliaetus''),

cattle egret The cattle egret (''Bubulcus ibis'') is a cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Bubulcus'', although some authorities regard it ...

(''Bubulcus ibis''),

great cormorant The great cormorant (''Phalacrocorax carbo''), known as the black shag in New Zealand and formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a w ...

(''Phalacrocorax carbo''),

purple swamphen The purple swamphen has been split into the following species: * Western swamphen, ''Porphyrio porphyrio'', southwest Europe and northwest Africa * African swamphen, ''Porphyrio madagascariensis'', sub-Saharan continental Africa and Madagascar * Gr ...

(''Porphyrio porphyrio''). This is, perhaps, the bird symbol of Arrocampo Reservoir SPA). The list is practically endless. :

''Cañada Real Leonesa Occidental'' (main droveway of Western León)

Saucedilla was always a land of sheep. (Its coat of arms has a head of

ram Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to: Animals * A male sheep * Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish People * Ram (given name) * Ram (surname) * Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director * RAM (musician) (born 1974), Dutch * Ra ...

(and Saucedilla), was a passing and

transhumance Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (''vertical transhumance''), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower vall ...

land from the Middle Age. In medieval Spain, there were droving flocks of sheep on the largest scale, which were carefully organized by the system of the

Mesta The ''Mesta'' () was a powerful association protecting livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile that was incorporated in the 13th century and was dissolved in 1836. Although best known for its organisation of the annual migrat ...

, crossing Extremadura and other Spanish regions. These long distance movements of sheep and cattle were made along

drovers road A drovers' road, drove ''roador droveway is a route for droving livestock on foot from one place to another, such as to market or between summer and winter pasture (see transhumance). Many drovers' roads were ancient routes of unknown age; oth ...

called ''cañadas reales'' in Castile, ''cabañeras'' in Aragon, ''carreradas'' in Catalonia. The ''Cañada Real Leonesa Occidental'' cross Saucedilla by the south, near the cemetery. There is a country house, close the graveyard, for shepherds and cowherds who cover the droveway still today.

Irrigated lands

:* Long ago, the economic activity of Saucedilla was based only on traditional agriculture. During centuries, there was a subsistence

farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

(dry farming), with also the breeding of sheep, goats, cattle and pigs. This agriculture has produced cereals for years and years in Saucedilla lands:

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

barley Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley pr ...

oat The oat (''Avena sativa''), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other cereals and pseudocereals). While oats are suitable for human con ...

rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...

chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high ...

broad bean ''Vicia faba'', commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. Varieti ...

s and

root vegetables Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans as food. Although botany distinguishes true roots (such as taproots and tuberous roots) from non-roots (such as bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers, although some contain both hypocotyl a ...

turnip The turnip or white turnip (''Brassica rapa'' subsp. ''rapa'') is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot. The word ''turnip'' is a compound of ''turn'' as in turned/rounded on a lathe and ' ...

s. Also olives and wine. Purple Swamphen - Pukeko02

:* The new irrigation farming: the Valdecañas Reservoir upon the Tagus (on southeast of the municipality), and the construction of many channels, were made possible to irrigate many farmlands of Saucedilla. Fodder for cows and sheep, fruits like

tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...

es,

pimiento A pimiento or pimento (or cherry pepper) is a variety of large, red, heart-shaped chili pepper (''Capsicum annuum'') that measures 3 to 4 in (7 to 10 cm) long and 2 to 3 in (5 to 7 cm) wide (medium, elongate). Pimientos can have vario ...

bell pepper The bell pepper (also known as paprika, sweet pepper, pepper, or capsicum ) is the fruit of plants in the Grossum Group of the species ''Capsicum annuum''. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colors, including red, yellow, orange ...

peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ...

es, etc., are produced because of the arrival of water in the 1980s.

Special Protection Areas

There are two

s (SPAs) in Saucedilla. They were created in 2005. :* Arrocampo Reservoir Special Protection Area. The list of wild birds of Arrocampo Reservoir SPA is really very large. :* Lesser Kestrel Colonies of Saucedilla Special Protection Area: it is located on the parish church of Saucedilla. 17 pairs of

s (Latin name ''Falco naumanni'', in Spanish ''cernícalos'') were recorded in 2005 in the

putlog hole Putlog holes or putlock holes are small holes made in the walls of structures to receive the ends of poles (small round logs) or beams, called putlogs or putlocks, to support a scaffolding. Putlog holes may extend through a wall to provide staging ...

s of its walls.

Arrocampo Ornithological Park

There are two ornithological routes marked with wooden blazes and an Information Office near the municipal swimming pools in the south entry of the village. :* Route 1: Arrocampo Reservoir Route. This route has 4 bird hides. :* Route 2: Cerro Alto Route: 1 hide

Pictures of the area around Saucedilla

File:Dehesa extremeña (Saucedilla, Cáceres).jpg, ''

Dehesa A ''dehesa'' () is a multifunctional, agrosylvopastoral system (a type of agroforestry) and cultural landscape of southern and central Spain and southern Portugal; in Portugal, it is known as a ''montado''. Its name comes from the Latin 'defens ...

'' ( holm oak wood) nearby Saucedilla File:Embalse de Arrocampo.jpg, Arrocampo Reservoir File:Torreta_de_elevación_de_agua.jpg, Elevation water tower for irrigation File:Principales vias pecuarias.png, Main

s of Spain. ''Cañada Real Leonesa Occidental'' is nº3. It cross by Saucedilla File:ZEPA Saucedilla.jpg, Information office of Arrocampo Reservoir

File:Garcilla-cangregera.JPG,

Squacco heron The squacco heron (''Ardeola ralloides'') is a small heron, long, of which the body is , with wingspan. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Europe and the Greater Middle East. Behaviour The squacco heron is a migrant, wintering ...

(''Ardeola ralloides'') can be watched at Arrocampo Reservoir

Demography

* End of 15th century: Saucedilla had 900 inhabitants. There were a small community of

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

s lived in Saucedilla before its expulsion of Spain in 1492. * Between 1528 and 1653: the municipality lost many people (great demographic crisis in all regions of Spain) * According to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the evolution between 1900 and 2010 is: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.8) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.6) id:bar value:rgb(1,0.75,0.4) ImageSize = width:400 height:200 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:20 top:20 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:900 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:20 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:white BarData= bar:1900 text:1900 bar:1910 text:1910 bar:1920 text:1920 bar:1930 text:1930 bar:1940 text:1940 bar:1950 text:1950 bar:1960 text:1960 bar:1970 text:1970 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001 bar:2010 text:2010 PlotData= color:bar width:20 align:left bar:1900 from:0 till:335 bar:1910 from:0 till:604 bar:1920 from:0 till:427 bar:1930 from:0 till:523 bar:1940 from:0 till:629 bar:1950 from:0 till:699 bar:1960 from:0 till:880 bar:1970 from:0 till:367 bar:1981 from:0 till:412 bar:1991 from:0 till:497 bar:2001 from:0 till:610 bar:2010 from:0 till:857 PlotData= bar:1900 at: 335 fontsize:S text:335 shift:(-10,5) bar:1910 at: 604 fontsize:S text:604 shift:(-10,5) bar:1920 at: 427 fontsize:S text:427 shift:(-10,5) bar:1930 at: 523 fontsize:S text:523 shift:(-10,5) bar:1940 at: 629 fontsize:S text:629 shift:(-10,5) bar:1950 at: 699 fontsize:S text:699 shift:(-10,5) bar:1960 at: 880 fontsize:S text:880 shift:(-10,5) bar:1970 at: 367 fontsize:S text:367 shift:(-10,5) bar:1981 at: 412 fontsize:S text:412 shift:(-10,5) bar:1991 at: 497 fontsize:S text:497 shift:(-10,5) bar:2001 at: 610 fontsize:S text:610 shift:(-10,5) bar:2010 at: 857 fontsize:S text:857 shift:(-10,5) * 1960s: the emigration years. Many people (and their families) left the village at the beginning of the sixties to earn their living in Madrid, Barcelone, Bilbao, France, Germany... * Foreign population, actually: community of Moroccan people . They work in regional o local agriculture (tobacco, harvests, fruits picking), domestic service...

History

Duca di San Germano Francisco Tuttavilla

* 14th century: foundation of the municipality. Colons of Collado de la Vera (see

Collado (Cáceres) Collado de la Vera is a municipality in the province of Cáceres and autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto ...

) (little village of the

La Vera located in the foothills of the

mountain range) founded Saucedilla in middle of 14th century.Juan Carlos Rubio Masa and José Luis Rubio Masa: Saucedilla, santo y seña de un pueblo extremeño, Navalmoral de la Mata, 1994; Ed. Exmo. Ayuntamiento de Saucedilla * 15th century: development of the municipality. * 16th century: building of the church (gothic and renaissance styles) under Bishop Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal mandate. The church construction terminated under the bishopric of

Pedro Ponce de León Dom Pedro Ponce de Leon, O.S.B., (1520–1584) was a Spanish Benedictine monk who is often credited as being "the first teacher for the deaf". Biography Ponce de Leon established a school for the deaf at the San Salvador Monastery in Oña. His ...

. * 17th century: :* Lord of Saucedilla: Francisco Tuttavilla. :* Construction of the jurisdiction column (''rollo jurisdiccional'' in Spanish). * 18th century: Creation of Saucedilla County. The Counts of Saucedilla. * The Independence War ("Guerra de Independencia")

Monuments

* St John the Baptist Church (16th century). Gothic and Renaissance styles * Jurisdiction Column (17th century) *

Plasencia Plasencia () is a walled market city in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Western Spain. , it has a population of 41,047. Situated on the bank of the Jerte River, Plasencia has a historic quarter that is a consequence of the city's stra ...

Cross

Pictures of the monuments

File:Iglesia rollo y fuente.jpg, St John the Baptist church of Saucedilla File:Rollo_jurisdiccional_de_Saucedilla_(sigl._XVII).jpg, Jurisdiction column File:Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (Saucedilla, Cáceres) con palmeras.jpg, A view of the church File:Saucedilla 009.jpg, Gothic vault File:Nave desde el coro 21.jpg, The nave from the choir File:Cruz de Plasencia.jpg, Plasencia Cross

References

Bibliography

* ''Saucedilla: santo y seña de un pueblo extremeño'', Juan Carlos RUBIO MASA & José Luis RUBIO MASA; Ed. Saucedilla, Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Saucedilla, 1994 * ''Saucedilla: costumbres, casas y familias'', Ángel Marzal González; Navalmoral de la Mata, Ed. Publisher Navalmoral,1999

External links

www.saucedilla.es (in Spanish)

Birding in Extremadura: Arrocampo Reservoir (in English)
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