List of townships in Minnesota (N-Z)
The U.S. state of Minnesota is divided into 2,775 townships in 87 counties.
Index:
List of townships in Minnesota (A-M)
N
- Nashville Township, Martin County
- Nashwauk Township, Itasca County
- Nebish Township, Beltrami County
- Nelson Park Township, Marshall County
- Nelson Township, Watonwan County
- Nereson Township, Roseau County
- Nesbit Township, Polk County
- Ness Township, St. Louis County
- Nessel Township, Chisago County
- Nevada Township, Mower County
- Nevis Township, Hubbard County
- New Auburn Township, Sibley County
- New Avon Township, Redwood County
- New Dosey Township, Pine County
- New Folden Township, Marshall County
- New Hartford Township, Winona County
- New Haven Township, Olmsted County
- New Independence Township, St. Louis County
- New London Township, Kandiyohi County
- New Maine Township, Marshall County
- New Market Township, Scott County
- New Prairie Township, Pope County
- New Richland Township, Waseca County
- New Solum Township, Marshall County
- New Sweden Township, Nicollet County
- Newburg Township, Fillmore County
- Newry Township, Freeborn County
- Newton Township, Otter Tail County
- Nickerson Township, Pine County
- Nicollet Township, Nicollet County
- Nidaros Township, Otter Tail County
- Nilsen Township, Wilkin County
- Nininger Township, Dakota County
- Nokay Lake Township, Crow Wing County
- Nora Township, Clearwater County
- Nora Township, Pope County
- Norden Township, Pennington County
- Nordick Township, Wilkin County
- Nordland Township, Aitkin County
- Nordland Township, Lyon County
- Nore Township, Itasca County
- Norfolk Township, Renville County
- Norman Township, Pine County
- Norman Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Normanna Township, St. Louis County
- North Branch Township, Isanti County
- North Fork Township, Stearns County
- North Germany Township, Wadena County
- North Hero Township, Redwood County
- North Ottawa Township, Grant County
- North Red River Township, Kittson County
- North Star Township, Brown County
- North Star Township, St. Louis County
- North Township, Pennington County
- Northern Township, Beltrami County
- Northfield Township, Rice County
- Northland Township, Polk County
- Northland Township, St. Louis County
- Norton Township, Winona County
- Norway Lake Township, Kandiyohi County
- Norway Township, Fillmore County
- Norway Township, Kittson County
- Norwegian Grove Township, Otter Tail County
- Numedal Township, Pennington County
- Nunda Township, Freeborn County
O
- Oak Lawn Township, Crow Wing County
- Oak Park Township, Marshall County
- Oak Township, Stearns County
- Oak Valley Township, Otter Tail County
- Oakland Township, Freeborn County
- Oakland Township, Mahnomen County
- Oakport Township, Clay County
- Oakwood Township, Wabasha County
- O'Brien Township, Beltrami County
- Odessa Township, Big Stone County
- Odin Township, Watonwan County
- Ogema Township, Pine County
- Olney Township, Nobles County
- Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Onamia Township, Mille Lacs County
- Onstad Township, Polk County
- Orange Township, Douglas County
- Orion Township, Olmsted County
- Oronoco Township, Olmsted County
- Orrock Township, Sherburne County
- Orton Township, Wadena County
- Ortonville Township, Big Stone County
- Orwell Township, Otter Tail County
- Osage Township, Becker County
- Osakis Township, Douglas County
- Osborne Township, Pipestone County
- Oscar Township, Otter Tail County
- Osceola Township, Renville County
- Oshawa Township, Nicollet County
- Oshkosh Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Oteneagen Township, Itasca County
- Otisco Township, Waseca County
- Otrey Township, Big Stone County
- Ottawa Township, Le Sueur County
- Otter Tail Peninsula Township, Cass County
- Otter Tail Township, Otter Tail County
- Otto Township, Otter Tail County
- Owatonna Township, Steele County
- Owens Township, St. Louis County
- Oxford Township, Isanti County
P
- Paddock Township, Otter Tail County
- Page Township, Mille Lacs County
- Palmer Township, Sherburne County
- Palmville Township, Roseau County
- Palmyra Township, Renville County
- Parke Township, Clay County
- Parker Township, Marshall County
- Parker Township, Morrison County
- Parkers Prairie Township, Otter Tail County
- Parnell Township, Polk County
- Parnell Township, Traverse County
- Partridge Township, Pine County
- Paxton Township, Redwood County
- Paynesville Township, Stearns County
- Peace Township, Kanabec County
- Pelan Township, Kittson County
- Pelican Lake Township, Grant County
- Pelican Township, Crow Wing County
- Pelican Township, Otter Tail County
- Pembina Township, Mahnomen County
- Penn Township, McLeod County
- Pepin Township, Wabasha County
- Pepperton Township, Stevens County
- Pequaywan Township, St. Louis County
- Perch Lake Township, Carlton County
- Percy Township, Kittson County
- Perham Township, Otter Tail County
- Perry Lake Township, Crow Wing County
- Perry Township, Lac qui Parle County
- Petersburg Township, Jackson County
- Pickerel Lake Township, Freeborn County
- Pierz Township, Morrison County
- Pike Bay Township, Cass County
- Pike Creek Township, Morrison County
- Pike Township, St. Louis County
- Pillsbury Township, Swift County
- Pilot Grove Township, Faribault County
- Pilot Mound Township, Fillmore County
- Pine City Township, Pine County
- Pine Island Township, Goodhue County
- Pine Lake Township, Cass County
- Pine Lake Township, Clearwater County
- Pine Lake Township, Otter Tail County
- Pine Lake Township, Pine County
- Pine Point Township, Becker County
- Pine River Township, Cass County
- Plainview Township, Wabasha County
- Platte Lake Township, Crow Wing County
- Platte Township, Morrison County
- Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County
- Pleasant Hill Township, Winona County
- Pleasant Mound Township, Blue Earth County
- Pleasant Prairie Township, Martin County
- Pleasant Valley Township, Mower County
- Pleasant View Township, Norman County
- Pliny Township, Aitkin County
- Pohlitz Township, Roseau County
- Pokegama Township, Pine County
- Polk Centre Township, Pennington County
- Polonia Township, Roseau County
- Pomme de Terre Township, Grant County
- Pomroy Township, Itasca County
- Pomroy Township, Kanabec County
- Ponto Lake Township, Cass County
- Poplar Grove Township, Roseau County
- Poplar River Township, Red Lake County
- Poplar Township, Cass County
- Popple Grove Township, Mahnomen County
- Popple Township, Clearwater County
- Poppleton Township, Kittson County
- Port Hope Township, Beltrami County
- Portage Township, St. Louis County
- Posen Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Potamo Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Powers Township, Cass County
- Prairie Lake Township, St. Louis County
- Prairie View Township, Wilkin County
- Prairieville Township, Brown County
- Preble Township, Fillmore County
- Prescott Township, Faribault County
- Preston Lake Township, Renville County
- Preston Township, Fillmore County
- Princeton Township, Mille Lacs County
- Prior Township, Big Stone County
- Prosper Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Providence Township, Lac qui Parle County
- Pulaski Township, Morrison County
Q
R
- Rabbit Lake Township, Crow Wing County
- Racine Township, Mower County
- Rail Prairie Township, Morrison County
- Randolph Township, Dakota County
- Ransom Township, Nobles County
- Rapid River Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Rapidan Township, Blue Earth County
- Ravenna Township, Dakota County
- Raymond Township, Stearns County
- Red Eye Township, Wadena County
- Red Lake Falls Township, Red Lake County
- Red Rock Township, Mower County
- Redpath Township, Traverse County
- Redwood Falls Township, Redwood County
- Reine Township, Roseau County
- Reiner Township, Pennington County
- Reis Township, Polk County
- Remer Township, Cass County
- Rendsville Township, Stevens County
- Reno Township, Pope County
- Reynolds Township, Todd County
- Rheiderland Township, Chippewa County
- Rhinehart Township, Polk County
- Rice River Township, Aitkin County
- Rice Township, Clearwater County
- Riceland Township, Freeborn County
- Riceville Township, Becker County
- Rich Valley Township, McLeod County
- Richardson Township, Morrison County
- Richardville Township, Kittson County
- Richland Township, Rice County
- Richmond Township, Winona County
- Richwood Township, Becker County
- Ridgely Township, Nicollet County
- Ripley Township, Dodge County
- Ripley Township, Morrison County
- River Falls Township, Pennington County
- River Township, Red Lake County
- Riverdale Township, Watonwan County
- Riverside Township, Lac qui Parle County
- Riverton Township, Clay County
- Roberts Township, Wilkin County
- Rochester Township, Olmsted County
- Rock Dell Township, Olmsted County
- Rock Lake Township, Lyon County
- Rock Township, Pipestone County
- Rockford Township, Wright County
- Rocksbury Township, Pennington County
- Rockville Township, Stearns County
- Rockwell Township, Norman County
- Rockwood Township, Hubbard County
- Rockwood Township, Wadena County
- Rogers Township, Cass County
- Rolling Forks Township, Pope County
- Rolling Green Township, Martin County
- Rollingstone Township, Winona County
- Rollis Township, Marshall County
- Rome Township, Faribault County
- Roome Township, Polk County
- Roosevelt Township, Beltrami County
- Roosevelt Township, Crow Wing County
- Roscoe Township, Goodhue County
- Rose Dell Township, Rock County
- Rose Hill Township, Cottonwood County
- Rosebud Township, Polk County
- Rosedale Township, Mahnomen County
- Roseland Township, Kandiyohi County
- Rosendale Township, Watonwan County
- Roseville Township, Grant County
- Roseville Township, Kandiyohi County
- Rosewood Township, Chippewa County
- Rosing Township, Morrison County
- Ross Lake Township, Crow Wing County
- Ross Township, Roseau County
- Rost Township, Jackson County
- Round Grove Township, McLeod County
- Round Lake Township, Becker County
- Round Lake Township, Jackson County
- Round Prairie Township, Todd County
- Royal Township, Lincoln County
- Royalton Township, Pine County
- Rulien Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Runeberg Township, Becker County
- Rush Lake Township, Otter Tail County
- Rushseba Township, Chisago County
- Russia Township, Polk County
- Rutland Township, Martin County
S
- Sacred Heart Township, Renville County
- Sago Township, Itasca County
- Salem Township, Cass County
- Salem Township, Olmsted County
- Salo Township, Aitkin County
- San Francisco Township, Carver County
- Sand Creek Township, Scott County
- Sand Lake Township, Itasca County
- Sanders Township, Pennington County
- Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Sandstone Township, Pine County
- Sandsville Township, Polk County
- Sandy Township, St. Louis County
- Sanford Township, Grant County
- Santiago Township, Sherburne County
- Saratoga Township, Winona County
- Sargeant Township, Mower County
- Sauk Centre Township, Stearns County
- Sauk Rapids Township, Benton County
- Savannah Township, Becker County
- Scambler Township, Otter Tail County
- Scandia Township, Polk County
- Scandia Valley Township, Morrison County
- Schoolcraft Township, Hubbard County
- Schroeder Township, Cook County
- Sciota Township, Dakota County
- Scott Township, Stevens County
- Seavey Township, Aitkin County
- Seely Township, Faribault County
- Selma Township, Cottonwood County
- Severance Township, Sibley County
- Seward Township, Nobles County
- Shafer Township, Chisago County
- Shamrock Township, Aitkin County
- Shaokatan Township, Lincoln County
- Sharon Township, Le Sueur County
- Shelburne Township, Lyon County
- Shelby Township, Blue Earth County
- Sheldon Township, Houston County
- Shell Lake Township, Becker County
- Shell River Township, Wadena County
- Shell Rock Township, Freeborn County
- Shelly Township, Norman County
- Sheridan Township, Redwood County
- Sherman Township, Redwood County
- Shetek Township, Murray County
- Shevlin Township, Clearwater County
- Shible Township, Swift County
- Shieldsville Township, Rice County
- Shingobee Township, Cass County
- Shooks Township, Beltrami County
- Shotley Township, Beltrami County
- Sibley Township, Crow Wing County
- Sibley Township, Sibley County
- Sigel Township, Brown County
- Silver Brook Township, Carlton County
- Silver Creek Township, Lake County
- Silver Creek Township, Wright County
- Silver Lake Township, Martin County
- Silver Leaf Township, Becker County
- Silver Township, Carlton County
- Silverton Township, Pennington County
- Sinclair Township, Clearwater County
- Sinnott Township, Marshall County
- Sioux Agency Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Sioux Valley Township, Jackson County
- Six Mile Grove Township, Swift County
- Skagen Township, Roseau County
- Skandia Township, Murray County
- Skane Township, Kittson County
- Skelton Township, Carlton County
- Skree Township, Clay County
- Slater Township, Cass County
- Slayton Township, Murray County
- Sletten Township, Polk County
- Smiley Township, Pennington County
- Smoky Hollow Township, Cass County
- Sodus Township, Lyon County
- Solem Township, Douglas County
- Soler Township, Roseau County
- Solway Township, St. Louis County
- Somerset Township, Steele County
- South Bend Township, Blue Earth County
- South Branch Township, Watonwan County
- South Fork Township, Kanabec County
- South Harbor Township, Mille Lacs County
- South Red River Township, Kittson County
- Southbrook Township, Cottonwood County
- Southside Township, Wright County
- Spalding Township, Aitkin County
- Spang Township, Itasca County
- Sparta Township, Chippewa County
- Spencer Brook Township, Isanti County
- Spencer Township, Aitkin County
- Split Rock Township, Carlton County
- Splithand Township, Itasca County
- Spooner Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Spring Brook Township, Kittson County
- Spring Creek Township, Becker County
- Spring Creek Township, Norman County
- Spring Grove Township, Houston County
- Spring Hill Township, Stearns County
- Spring Lake Township, Scott County
- Spring Prairie Township, Clay County
- Spring Valley Township, Fillmore County
- Springdale Township, Redwood County
- Springfield Township, Cottonwood County
- Springvale Township, Isanti County
- Springwater Township, Rock County
- Spruce Grove Township, Becker County
- Spruce Grove Township, Beltrami County
- Spruce Hill Township, Douglas County
- Spruce Township, Roseau County
- Spruce Valley Township, Marshall County
- St. Augusta Township, Stearns County
- St. Charles Township, Winona County
- St. George Township, Benton County
- St. James Township, Watonwan County
- St. Johns Township, Kandiyohi County
- St. Joseph Township, Kittson County
- St. Joseph Township, Stearns County
- St. Lawrence Township, Scott County
- St. Martin Township, Stearns County
- St. Mary Township, Waseca County
- St. Mathias Township, Crow Wing County
- St. Olaf Township, Otter Tail County
- St. Vincent Township, Kittson County
- St. Wendel Township, Stearns County
- Stafford Township, Roseau County
- Stanchfield Township, Isanti County
- Stanford Township, Isanti County
- Stanley Township, Lyon County
- Stanton Township, Goodhue County
- Staples Township, Todd County
- Star Lake Township, Otter Tail County
- Star Township, Pennington County
- Stark Township, Brown County
- Stately Township, Brown County
- Steamboat River Township, Hubbard County
- Steenerson Township, Beltrami County
- Sterling Township, Blue Earth County
- Stevens Township, Stevens County
- Stillwater Township, Washington County
- Stockholm Township, Wright County
- Stokes Township, Itasca County
- Stokes Township, Roseau County
- Stoneham Township, Chippewa County
- Stoney Brook Township, St. Louis County
- Stony Brook Township, Grant County
- Stony River Township, Lake County
- Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Storden Township, Cottonwood County
- Stowe Prairie Township, Todd County
- Straight River Township, Hubbard County
- Strand Township, Norman County
- Sturgeon Lake Township, Pine County
- Sturgeon Township, St. Louis County
- Sugar Bush Township, Becker County
- Sugar Bush Township, Beltrami County
- Sullivan Township, Polk County
- Summit Lake Township, Nobles County
- Summit Township, Beltrami County
- Summit Township, Steele County
- Sumner Township, Fillmore County
- Sumter Township, McLeod County
- Sundal Township, Norman County
- Sundown Township, Redwood County
- Sunnyside Township, Wilkin County
- Sunrise Township, Chisago County
- Svea Township, Kittson County
- Sverdrup Township, Otter Tail County
- Swan Lake Township, Stevens County
- Swan River Township, Morrison County
- Swanville Township, Morrison County
- Swede Grove Township, Meeker County
- Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Swedes Forest Township, Redwood County
- Sweet Township, Pipestone County
- Swenoda Township, Swift County
- Swiftwater Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Sylvan Township, Cass County
- Synnes Township, Stevens County
T
- Tabor Township, Polk County
- Tamarac Township, Marshall County
- Tanberg Township, Wilkin County
- Tansem Township, Clay County
- Tara Township, Swift County
- Tara Township, Traverse County
- Taylor Township, Beltrami County
- Taylor Township, Traverse County
- Tegner Township, Kittson County
- Teien Township, Kittson County
- Ten Lake Township, Beltrami County
- Ten Mile Lake Township, Lac qui Parle County
- Tenhassen Township, Martin County
- Terrebonne Township, Red Lake County
- Thief Lake Township, Marshall County
- Third River Township, Itasca County
- Thomastown Township, Wadena County
- Thompson Township, Kittson County
- Thomson Township, Carlton County
- Thorpe Township, Hubbard County
- Three Lakes Township, Redwood County
- Thunder Lake Township, Cass County
- Timothy Township, Crow Wing County
- Tintah Township, Traverse County
- Toad Lake Township, Becker County
- Todd Township, Hubbard County
- Tofte Township, Cook County
- Toivola Township, St. Louis County
- Toqua Township, Big Stone County
- Tordenskjold Township, Otter Tail County
- Torning Township, Swift County
- Torrey Township, Cass County
- Township 157-30, Lake of the Woods County
- Township 158-30, Lake of the Woods County
- Transit Township, Sibley County
- Traverse Township, Nicollet County
- Trelipe Township, Cass County
- Trondhjem Township, Otter Tail County
- Trout Lake Township, Itasca County
- Troy Township, Pipestone County
- Troy Township, Renville County
- Tumuli Township, Otter Tail County
- Tunsberg Township, Chippewa County
- Turner Township, Aitkin County
- Turtle Creek Township, Todd County
- Turtle Lake Township, Beltrami County
- Turtle Lake Township, Cass County
- Turtle River Township, Beltrami County
- Twin Lakes Township, Carlton County
- Twin Lakes Township, Mahnomen County
- Two Inlets Township, Becker County
- Two Rivers Township, Morrison County
- Tynsid Township, Polk County
- Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Tyrone Township, Le Sueur County
U
- Udolpho Township, Mower County
- Ulen Township, Clay County
- Underwood Township, Redwood County
- Union Grove Township, Meeker County
- Union Township, Houston County
- Urness Township, Douglas County
- Utica Township, Winona County
V
- Vail Township, Redwood County
- Vallers Township, Lyon County
- Valley Township, Marshall County
- Van Buren Township, St. Louis County
- Vasa Township, Goodhue County
- Vega Township, Marshall County
- Veldt Township, Marshall County
- Verdi Township, Lincoln County
- Verdon Township, Aitkin County
- Vermilion Lake Township, St. Louis County
- Vermillion Township, Dakota County
- Vernon Center Township, Blue Earth County
- Vernon Township, Dodge County
- Verona Township, Faribault County
- Vesta Township, Redwood County
- Victor Township, Wright County
- Victory Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Viding Township, Clay County
- Vienna Township, Rock County
- Viking Township, Marshall County
- Villard Township, Todd County
- Vineland Township, Polk County
- Viola Township, Olmsted County
- Vivian Township, Waseca County
W
- Waasa Township, St. Louis County
- Wabana Township, Itasca County
- Wabanica Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Wabedo Township, Cass County
- Waconia Township, Carver County
- Wacouta Township, Goodhue County
- Wadena Township, Wadena County
- Wagner Township, Aitkin County
- Wakefield Township, Stearns County
- Walcott Township, Rice County
- Walden Township, Cass County
- Walden Township, Pope County
- Walhalla Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Walls Township, Traverse County
- Walnut Lake Township, Faribault County
- Walter Township, Lac qui Parle County
- Waltham Township, Mower County
- Walworth Township, Becker County
- Wanamingo Township, Goodhue County
- Wang Township, Renville County
- Wanger Township, Marshall County
- Ward Township, Todd County
- Warren Township, Winona County
- Warrenton Township, Marshall County
- Warsaw Township, Goodhue County
- Warsaw Township, Rice County
- Washington Lake Township, Sibley County
- Washington Township, Le Sueur County
- Wasioja Township, Dodge County
- Waskish Township, Beltrami County
- Watab Township, Benton County
- Waterbury Township, Redwood County
- Waterford Township, Dakota County
- Watertown Township, Carver County
- Waterville Township, Le Sueur County
- Watopa Township, Wabasha County
- Waukenabo Township, Aitkin County
- Waukon Township, Norman County
- Waverly Township, Martin County
- Wawina Township, Itasca County
- Wealthwood Township, Aitkin County
- Webster Township, Rice County
- Weimer Township, Jackson County
- Welch Township, Goodhue County
- Wellington Township, Renville County
- Wells Township, Rice County
- Wergeland Township, Yellow Medicine County
- West Albany Township, Wabasha County
- West Bank Township, Swift County
- West Heron Lake Township, Jackson County
- West Lakeland Township, Washington County
- West Newton Township, Nicollet County
- West Union Township, Todd County
- West Valley Township, Marshall County
- Westbrook Township, Cottonwood County
- Westerheim Township, Lyon County
- Western Township, Otter Tail County
- Westfield Township, Dodge County
- Westford Township, Martin County
- Westline Township, Redwood County
- Westport Township, Pope County
- Westside Township, Nobles County
- Wheatland Township, Rice County
- Wheeler Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Wheeling Township, Rice County
- White Bear Lake Township, Pope County
- White Bear Township, Ramsey County
- White Earth Township, Becker County
- White Oak Township, Hubbard County
- White Pine Township, Aitkin County
- White Township, St. Louis County
- Whited Township, Kanabec County
- Whitefield Township, Kandiyohi County
- Whiteford Township, Marshall County
- Whitewater Township, Winona County
- Wild Rice Township, Norman County
- Wildwood Township, Itasca County
- Wilkinson Township, Cass County
- Williams Township, Aitkin County
- Willmar Township, Kandiyohi County
- Willow Lake Township, Redwood County
- Willow Valley Township, St. Louis County
- Wilma Township, Pine County
- Wilmington Township, Houston County
- Wilmont Township, Nobles County
- Wilson Township, Cass County
- Wilson Township, Winona County
- Wilton Township, Waseca County
- Winchester Township, Norman County
- Windemere Township, Pine County
- Windom Township, Mower County
- Windsor Township, Traverse County
- Winfield Township, Renville County
- Wing River Township, Wadena County
- Winger Township, Polk County
- Winnebago Township, Houston County
- Winsor Township, Clearwater County
- Winsted Township, McLeod County
- Wirt Township, Itasca County
- Wisconsin Township, Jackson County
- Wiscoy Township, Winona County
- Wolf Lake Township, Becker County
- Wolford Township, Crow Wing County
- Wolverton Township, Wilkin County
- Wood Lake Township, Yellow Medicine County
- Woodland Township, Wright County
- Woodrow Township, Beltrami County
- Woodrow Township, Cass County
- Woods Township, Chippewa County
- Woodside Township, Otter Tail County
- Woodside Township, Polk County
- Woodville Township, Waseca County
- Workman Township, Aitkin County
- Worthington Township, Nobles County
- Wrenshall Township, Carlton County
- Wright Township, Marshall County
- Wuori Township, St. Louis County
- Wyandotte Township, Pennington County
- Wyanett Township, Isanti County
- Wykeham Township, Todd County
- Wylie Township, Red Lake County
- Wyoming Township, Chisago County
Y
- Yellow Bank Township, Lac qui Parle County
- York Township, Fillmore County
- Young America Township, Carver County
- Yucatan Township, Houston County
Z
- Zion Township, Stearns County
- Zippel Township, Lake of the Woods County
- Zumbro Township, Wabasha County
- Zumbrota Township, Goodhue County
See also
External links and sources
- Census 2000 Gazetteer
- Minnesota Association of Townships
- National Association of Towns and Townships
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