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List of world's fairs is a comprehensive chronological list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built). For an annotated list of all world's fairs sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) see List of world expositions.

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1750s

1756 - London, England - First Exhibition (1756) Sponsored by the Society of Arts

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1790s

1798 - Paris, France - First Exhibition (1798) and Second Exhibition (1798) in Europe

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1800s

1802 - Paris, France - Third Exposition (1802)

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1820s

1829 - New York, New York, United States - American Institute Fair (1829)

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1840s

1844 - Paris, France - French Industrial Exposition of 1844

1849 - Birmingham, England - Exposition of British Society (1849)

1849 - First Exhibition of British Manufacturers (1849)

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1850s

1851 - London, England - Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations -- The Crystal Palace

1852 - Cork, Ireland - Irish Industrial Exhibition (1852)

1853 - New York, New York, United States - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853)

1853 - Dublin, Ireland - Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)

1854 - Munich, Germany - Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung (1854)

1854 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Melbourne Exhibition (1854) (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855))

1855 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1855)

1855 - Dublin, Ireland - Dublin International Exhibition (1855)

1857 - Manchester, England - Art Treasures Exhibition (1857)

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1860s

1860 - Besançon, France - Exposition universelle (1860)

1861 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Victorian Exhibition (1861)

1862 - Hamburg, Germany - International Agricultural Exhibition (1862)

1862 - London, England - International Exhibition (1862) (Great London Exposition) (South Kensington, England)

1864 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Dutch Industry Expostion (1864)

1865 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Great Central Fair for the US Sanitary Commission (1865)

1865 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Internacional (1865)

1865 - Dublin, Ireland - International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1865)

1865 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand Exhibition (1865)

1866 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866)

1867 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1867)

1868 - Le Havre, France - Exposition Maritime Internationale (1868)

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1870s

1870 - Córdoba, Argentina - Exposición Nacional (1870)

1870 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)

1871 - London, England - First Annual International Exhibition (1871)

1872 - London, England - Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)

1872 - Lyon, France - Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872)

1872 - Kyoto, Japan - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872)

1873 - London, England - Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)

1873 - Vienna, Austria - Weltausstellung 1873 Wien

1873 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)

1874 - London, England - Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)

1874 - Dublin, Ireland - International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874)

1874 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held)

1875 - Santiago, Chile - Exposicion Internacional de 1875

1875 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)

1875 - Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875)

1875 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)

1875 - Santiago, Chile - Exposición Internacional de Chile

1876 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Centennial Exposition

1876 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)

1877 - Cape Town, South Africa - South African International Exhibition (1877)

1877 - Tokyo, Japan - First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park)

1878 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1878)

1878 - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)

1879 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Sydney International Exhibition (1879)

1879 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)

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1880s

1880 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)

1881 - Atlanta, Georgia, United States - International Cotton Exposition (1881)

1881 - Budapest, Hungary - Országos Magyar Nöiparkiállitás (1881)

1882 - Bordeaux, France - Exposition internationale des vins (1882)

1882 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Continental Sud-Americana (1882)

1883 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States - The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations (1883)

1883 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling (1883) (International Colonial Exhibition)

1883 - Calcutta, India - Calcutta International Exhibition (1883)

1883 - Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibtion (1883)

1883 - Louisville, Kentucky, United States - Southern Exposition

1883 - New York, New York, United States - World's Fair (1883) (never held)

1884 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - World Cotton Centennial (1884) (New Orleans Universal Expositon and World's Fair), (World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition), (New Orleans Centennial)

1884 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed

1884 - Edinburgh, Scotland - International Forestry Exhibition (1884)

1884 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States - Saint Louis Exposition (1884)

1884 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione generale italiana (1884)

1885 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)

1885 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)

1885 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Industrial Exhibition (1885)

1885 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - North, Central and South American Exposition (1885)

1885 - London, England - International Exhibition of Inventions

1886 - London, England - Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)

1886 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1886 - Edinburgh, Scotland - International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art (1886)

1886 - Liverpool, England - International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)

1887 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)

1887 - Geelong, Victoria, Australia - Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)

1887 - London, England - American Exhibition (1887)

1887 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione mondiale (1887)

1888 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888), Centennial International Exhibition

1888 - Glasgow, Scotland - International Exhibition (1888)

1888 - Brussels, Belgium - Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)

1888 - Barcelona, Spain - Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)

1888 - Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888)

1888 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 (1888)

1889 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1889) - Eiffel Tower

1889 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)

1889 - Buffalo, New York, United States - International Industrial Fair (1889)

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1890s

1890 - Bremen, Germany - Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung (1890)

1891 - Moscow, Russia - Exposition française (1891)

1891 - Kingston, Jamaica - International Exhibition (1891)

1891 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)

1891 - Prague, Bohemia - General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Grounds *

1892 - Genoa, Italy - Esposizione italo-americana (1892)

1892 - Madrid, Spain - Exposición Histórico-Americana (1892)

1892 - Washington, DC, United States - Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (never held)

1893 - Chicago, Illinois, United States - World's Columbian Exposition

1893 - Kimberly, South Africa - South Africa and International Exhibition (1893)

1893 - New York, New York, United States - World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893)

1894 - San Francisco, California, United States - California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894

1894 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)

1894 - Lyon, France - Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894)

1894 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)

1895 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895)

1895 - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895)

1895 - Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)

1896 - Berlin, Germany - Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)

1896 - Mexico City, Mexico - International Exposition (1896) (never held)

1897 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)

1897 - Guatemala City, Guatemala - Exposición Centro-Americana (1897)

1897 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Queensland International Exhibition (1897)

1897 - Chicago, Illinois, United States - Irish Fair (1897)

1897 - Nashville, Tennessee, United States - Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition

1897 - Stockholm, Sweden - Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen (1897)

1898 - Dunedin, New Zealand - Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898)

1898 - Omaha, Nebraska, United States - Trans-Mississippi Exposition

1898 - Bergen, Norway - International Fisheries Exposition (1898)

1898 - Munich, Germany - Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898)

1898 - San Francisco, California, United States - California's Golden Jubilee (1898)

1898 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione generale italiana (1898)

1898 - Vienna, Austria - Jubiläums-Ausstellung (1898)

1899 - Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia - Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition (1899)

1899 - Omaha, Nebraska, United States - Greater America Exposition (1899)

1899 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - National Export Exposition (1899)

1899 - London, England - Greater Britain Exhibition (1899)

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1900s

1900 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1900)

1900 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900)

1901 - Buffalo, New York, United States - Pan-American Exposition

1901 - Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)

1901 - Vienna, Austria - Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)

1901 - Charleston, South Carolina, United States - South Carolina and Interstate and West Indian Exposition (1901)

1902 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)

1902 - Hanoi, Vietnam (Tonkin), Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale (1902)

1902 - New York, New York, United States - United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902) (never held)

1902 - Toledo, Ohio, United States - Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition (1902) - (never held)

1903 - Osaka, Japan - National Industrial Exposition (1903)

1904 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States - Louisiana Purchase Exposition (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and Olympic Games ): 1904 Summer Olympics

1905 - Portland, Oregon, United States - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition (1905)

1905 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1905)

1905 - London, England - Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition (1905)

1905 - New York, New York, United States - Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)

1906 - Milan, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (1906)

1906 - London, England - Austrian Exhibition (1906)

1906 - Marseille, France - Exposition coloniale (1906)

1906 - Christchurch, New Zealand - International Exhibition (1906)

1907 - Dublin, Ireland - Irish International Exhibition (1907)

1907 - Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States -Jamestown Exposition

1907 - Chicago, Illinois, United States - World's Pure Food Exposition (1907)

1907 - Mannheim, Germany - Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907)

1908 - London, England - Franco-British Exhibition (1908)

1908 - New York, New York, United States - International Mining Exposition (1908)

1908 - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição Nacional (1908)

1909 - Seattle, Washington, United States - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

1909 - New York, New York, United States - Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)

1909 - San Francisco, California, United States - Portolá Festival (1909)

1909 - Quito, Ecuador - Exposición Nacional (1909)

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1910s

1910 - Nanking, China - Nanking Exposition (1910)

1910 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Universelle et Industrielle des Bruxelles (1910)

1910 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Internacional (1910)

1910 - London, England - Japan-British Exhibition (1910)

1910 - San Francisco, California, United States - Admission Day Festival (1910)

1910 - Vienna, Austria - Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)

1911 - Dresden, Germany - International Hygiene Exhibition (1911)

1911 - London, England - Coronation Exhibition (1911)

1911 - London, England - Festival of Empire (1911)

1911 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911)

1911 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavor (1911)

1911 - Glasgow, Scotland - Scottish Exhibition, Art and Industry

1911 - New York, New York, United States - International Mercantile Exposition (1911)

1912 - Manila, Philippines - Philippine Exposition (1912)

1912 - London, England - Latin-British Exhibition (1912)

1912 - Tokyo, Japan - Grand Exposition of Japan (1912) (never held)

1913 - Ghent, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)

1913 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813-1913

1913 - Knoxville, Tennessee, United States - National Conservation Exposition (1913)

1914 - Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914)

1914 - Cologne, Germany - Werkbund Exposition (1914)

1914 - Nottingham, England - Universal Exhibition (1914)

1914 - Semarang, Indonesia - Koloniale Tentoonstelling (1914)

1914 - Kristiania, Norway - Norges Jubilæumsutstilling (1914)

1915 - San Francisco, California, United States - Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) Palace of Fine Arts

1915 - San Diego, California, United States - Panama-California Exposition (1915)

1915 - Panama City, Panama - Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915)

1915 - Richmond, Virginia, United States - Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915)

1915 - Washington, DC, United States - National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration (never held)

1917 - San Francisco, California, United States - Allied War Exposition (1917)

1918 - New York, New York, United States - Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries (1918)

1918 - Chicago, Illinois, United States - Allied War Exposition (1918)

1918 - Los Angeles, California, United States - California Liberty Fair (1918)

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1920s

1920 - Shanghai, China - American-Chinese Exposition (1920) (?)

1921 - London, England - International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921)

1922 - Marseille, France - Exposition nationale coloniale (1922)

1922 - Tokyo, Japan - Peace Exhibition (1922)

1922 - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922)

1923 - Los Angeles, California, United States - American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition (1923)

1923 - Calcutta, India - Calcutta Exhibition (1923) preparatory to British Empire Exhibition

1923 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) - Industrial Exhibition

1924 - Wembley, London, England - British Empire Exhibition

1924 - New York, New York, United States - French Exposition (1924)

1925 - Lyon, France - Foire (1925)

1925 - San Francisco, California, United States - California's Diamond Jubilee (1925)

1925 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition (1925)

1925 - Paris, France - Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes

1926 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Sesquicentennial Exposition

1926 - Berlin, Germany - Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)

1927 - Lyon, France - Foire internationale (1925)

1928 - Cologne, Germany - Internationale Presse-Ausstellung (1928)

1928 - Long Beach, California, United States - Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928)

1929 - Barcelona, Spain, and Seville, Spain - Expo '29 (Exposición Ibero-Americana) or (Spain International Exposition)

1929 - Newcastle upon Tyne, England - North East Coast Exhibition

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1930s

1930 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand (1930)

1930 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien (1930)

1930 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm International (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)

1930 - Trondheim, Norway - Tröndelag Exhibition (1930)

1931 - Milan, Italy - International Foundry Exhibition and Congress (1931)

1931 - Paris, France - Exposition coloniale internationale (1931)

1931 - Yorktown, Virginia, United States - Yorktown Sesquicentennial (1931)

1933 - Chicago, Illinois, United States - Century of Progress International Exposition

1934 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Colonial Portuguesa (1934)

1934 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Levant Fair (1934)

1935 - Brussels, Belgium Exposition universelle et internationale (1935)

1935 - San Diego, California, United States - California Pacific International Exposition (1935)

1935 - Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil -Exposição do Centenario Farroupilha (1935)

1936 - Johannesburg, South Africa - Empire Exhibition (1936)

1936 - Cleveland, Ohio, United States - Great Lakes Exposition

1936 - Dallas, Texas, United States - Texas Centennial Central Exposition (1936)

1937 - Berlin, Germany - Ausstellung (1937)

1937 - Cleveland, Ohio, United States - Great Lakes Exposition

1937 - Dallas, Texas, United States - Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition (1937)

1937 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk (1937)

1937 - Miami, Florida, United States - Pan American Fair (1937)

1937 - Paris, France - Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)

1937 - Nagoya, Japan - Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)

1938 - Glasgow, Scotland - Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938

1939 - New York, New York, United States - 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow Futurama Trylon Perisphere)

1939 - San Francisco, California, United States - Golden Gate International Exposition

1939 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Centennial Exhibition

1939 - Dresden, Germany - Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung (1939)

1939 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)

1939 - Zürich, Switzerland - Schweizerische Landesausstellung (1939)

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1940s

1940 - Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição do Mundo Português (1940)

1940 - Los Angeles, California, United States - Pacific Mercado (1940) (never held)

1940 - Naples, Italy - Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories)

1940 - Tokyo, Japan - Grand International Exposition of Japan (1940) (never held)

1942 - Los Angeles, California, United States - Cabrillo Fair (1942) (never held)

1942 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione universale (1942) (never held) (E42)

1948 - Brussels, Belgium - Foire coloniale (1948)

1949 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince (1949)

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1950s

1951 - London, England - Festival of Britain

1957 - Guangzhou, China - Chinese Export Commodities Fair

1958 - Brussels, Belgium - Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) - Atomium

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1960s

1962 - Seattle, Washington, United States - Century 21 Exposition Space Needle

1964 - New York, New York, United States - 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note- not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions)

1967 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Expo '67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967) the most successful Fair ever, drawing more than 50 million visitors.

1968 - San Antonio, Texas, United States - HemisFair '68

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1970s

1970 - Osaka, Japan - Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition)

1974 - Spokane, Washington, United States - Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment)

1975 - Okinawa, Japan - Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)

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1980s

1982 - Knoxville, Tennessee, United States - 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) - Sunsphere

1984 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 1984 Louisiana World Exposition

1985 - Tsukuba, Japan - Expo '85

1986 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Expo '86 (1986 World Exposition)

1988 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Expo '88

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1990s

1992 - Seville, Spain - Seville Expo '92

1992 - Genoa, Italy - Genoa Expo '92

1993 - Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea - Expo '93

1998 - Lisbon, Portugal - Expo '98

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2000s

2000 - Hanover, Germany - Expo 2000

2002 - Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland - Expo.02

2004 - cancelled (planned site: Seine-Saint-Denis, France)

2005 - Aichi, Japan - Expo 2005

2008 - Zaragoza, Spain - Expo 2008

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2010s

2010 - Shanghai, China - Expo 2010

2015 - Expo 2015

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