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Governorate of the Russian Empire
Governorate in Caucasus, Russian Empire
Black Sea Governorate
Черноморская губерн?я
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Country
| Russian Empire
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Viceroyalty
| Caucasus
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Established
| 1849
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Abolished
| 1917
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Capital
| Novorossiysk
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? Total
| 6,675.68 km
2
(2,577.49 sq mi)
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? Total
| 178,306
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? Density
| 27/km
2
(69/sq mi)
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Urban
| 46.39%
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Rural
| 53.61%
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The
Black Sea Governorate
[a]
was an administrative-territorial unit (
guberniya
) of the
Caucasus Viceroyalty
of the
Russian Empire
, established in 1896 on the territory of the
Black Sea Okrug
[
ru
]
of the
Kuban Oblast
. The administrative center of the governorate was the Black Sea port of
Novorossiysk
. In 1905, the population of the governorate was approximately 70,000 and its area was 6,455
square versts
(7,346
km
2
; 2,836
sq mi
), making it the smallest Russian governorate by both measures.
[1]
The governorate ceased to exist when the
Black Sea Soviet Republic
was established on its territory in the spring of 1918?later the governorate was incorporated into the
Kuban-Black Sea Oblast
of the
Russian SFSR
in March 1920.
Administrative divisions
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The districts (
okrugs
) of the Black Sea Governorate in 1917 were as follows:
[2]
Name
|
Capital
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Population
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Area
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1897
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1916
|
Novorossiysky okrug
(
Новоросс?йск?й округъ
)
|
Novorossiysk
|
34,908
|
75,021
|
999.13
square versts
(1,137.07
km
2
; 439.03
sq mi
)
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Sochinsky okrug
(
Сочинск?й округъ
)
|
Sochi
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13,519
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62,920
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3,304.84
square versts
(3,761.11
km
2
; 1,452.17
sq mi
)
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Tuapsinsky okrug
(
Туапсинск?й округъ
)
|
Tuapse
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9,051
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40,365
|
1,561.86
square versts
(1,777.49
km
2
; 686.29
sq mi
)
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Demographics
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Russian Empire Census
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According to the
Russian Empire Census
, the Black Sea Governorate had a population of 57,478 on 28 January [
O.S.
15 January] 1897, including 34,776 men and 22,702 women. The plurality of the population indicated
Russian
to be their mother tongue, with significant
Ukrainian
,
Armenian
, and
Greek
speaking minorities.
[2]
Religious composition of the Black Sea Governorate in 1897
[6]
Faith
|
Male
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Female
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Both
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Number
|
%
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Eastern Orthodox
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26,085
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16,980
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43,065
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74.92
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Armenian Apostolic
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3,506
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2,635
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6,141
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10.68
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Muslim
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2,072
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1,031
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3,103
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5.40
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Roman Catholic
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1,485
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944
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2,429
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4.23
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Lutheran
|
835
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580
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1,415
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2.46
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Judaism
|
567
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461
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1,028
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1.79
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Old Believer
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53
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36
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89
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0.15
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Armenian Catholic
|
58
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24
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82
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0.14
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Reformed
|
70
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1
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71
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0.12
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Karaite
|
18
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6
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24
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0.04
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Anglican
|
4
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2
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6
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0.01
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Mennonite
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0.00
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Baptist
|
1
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0
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1
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0.00
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Other Christian denomination
|
5
|
0
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5
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0.01
|
Other non-Christian denomination
|
17
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0
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17
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0.03
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TOTAL
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34,776
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22,702
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57,478
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100.00
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Linguistic composition of urban settlements in the Black Sea Governorate in 1897
[7]
Urban settlement
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Russian
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Ukrainian
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Greek
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TOTAL
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
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Novorossiysk
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10,860
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64.27
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2,177
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12.88
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931
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5.51
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16,897
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Tuapse
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827
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59.41
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116
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8.33
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189
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13.58
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1,392
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Sochi
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513
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37.94
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269
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19.90
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26
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1.92
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1,352
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TOTAL
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12,200
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62.11
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2,562
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13.04
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1,146
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5.83
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19,641
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Kavkazskiy kalendar
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According to the 1917 publication of
Kavkazskiy kalendar
, the Black Sea Governorate had a population of 178,306 on 14 January [
O.S.
1 January] 1916, including 104,488 men and 73,818 women, 108,893 of whom were the permanent population, and 69,413 were temporary residents:
Nationality
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Urban
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Rural
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TOTAL
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
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Russians
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65,582
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79.28
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54,339
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56.85
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119,921
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67.26
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Other Europeans
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6,246
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7.55
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15,107
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15.80
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21,353
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11.98
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Armenians
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2,347
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2.84
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15,712
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16.44
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18,059
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10.13
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Georgians
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1,750
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2.12
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4,336
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4.54
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6,086
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3.41
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Asiatic Christians
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3,407
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4.12
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1,932
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2.02
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5,339
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2.99
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North Caucasians
|
672
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0.81
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3,426
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3.58
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4,104
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2.30
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Jews
|
1,784
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2.16
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9
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0.01
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1,793
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1.01
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Shia Muslims
[c]
|
922
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1.11
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649
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0.68
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1,571
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0.88
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Sunni Muslims
[d]
|
12
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0.01
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56
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0.06
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68
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0.04
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Roma
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0
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0.00
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12
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0.01
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12
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0.01
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TOTAL
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82,722
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100.00
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95,584
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100.00
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178,306
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100.00
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Notes
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References
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