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List of clock towers

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This is a list of clock towers by location, including only clock towers based on the following definition:

A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall.

The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes.

Africa

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Egypt

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NameCity/TownBuiltImage
Cairo University Clock Cairo

Kenya

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NameCity/TownBuiltImage
Parliament Buildings Nairobi 1954

Libya

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NameCity/TownBuiltImage
Ottoman Clock Tower Tripoli 1870
Benghazi Municipal Hall Clock Benghazi 1924
Benghazi Lighthouse Benghazi 1922

Nigeria

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NameCity/TownBuiltImage
University of Ibadan Clock Tower Ibadan

South Africa

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NameCity/TownBuiltImage
Clock Tower Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town

Tanzania

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Arusha Clock Tower Arusha 1957

Tunisia

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Clock Tower Tunis 2001

Americas

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Argentina

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Aruba

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Willem III Tower at Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad, Aruba.

Barbados

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Brazil

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Júlio Prestes Station, São Paulo.

Alagoas

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Amapá

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Amazonas

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Relógio Municipal, Manaus.

Ceará

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Atual Coluna da Hora at Praça do Ferreira, Fortaleza.

Distrito Federal

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Espírito Santo

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Goiás

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Mato Grosso

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Mato Grosso do Sul

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Minas Gerais

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Estação Central at Praça Rui Barbosa, Belo Horizonte.

Pará

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Paraíba

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Paraná

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Pernambuco

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Rio Grande do Norte

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  • Torre da Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Apresentação Natal
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Parelhas
  • Torre da Igreja do Nossa Senhora de Sant'Ana Currais Novos
  • Torre da Igreja do Nossa Senhora da Guia Acari
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Jardim do Seridó
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz São José Carnaúba dos Dantas
  • Torre da Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário Caicó
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Jucurutu
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Florânia
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz Santa Rita de Cássia Santa Cruz
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Mossoró
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Ó Serra Negra do Norte

Rio Grande do Sul

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Campanário de Pedra, Flores da Cunha.

Rio de Janeiro

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Central do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.

Santa Catarina

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São Paulo

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The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida Clock Tower, Aparecida.

Chile

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In 2013, a research made by newspaper La Tercera revealed that only 5 out of 25 clock towers are functioning in Santiago, mostly because of financial issues and lack of interest by the owners.[1]

Canada

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Montreal Clock Tower, Quebec.

Alberta

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British Columbia

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Ontario

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(the 8th note milton ontario)

Quebec

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Mexico

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Peru

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United States

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Asia

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Azerbaijan

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Old City (Baku) clock tower Baku
Baku ElectricalRailwaySstation Clock Tower Baku 1846
Baku City Executive Power Clock Tower Baku 1904
Clock Tower Baku
Baku Boulevard Clock Tower Baku
Clock Tower İsmailli Ismayilli 2016
Clock Tower Square Nakhchivan 2019

Bangladesh

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Ali Amjad's Clock Sylhet ca. 1895

China

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Shanghai Clock Tower Weitan, Shanghai Municipality 1927
Haikou Clock Tower Haikou, Hainan 1929
Hong Kong Clock Tower Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong 1915
Star Ferry Pier, Central Central, Hong Kong 2006

Bhutan

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Clock Tower Square Hogdzin Lam, Thimphu N/A

India

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Indonesia

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Jam Gadang Bukittinggi 1926

Iran

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Vank Cathedral Clocktower Isfahan 1931
Imam Reza Shrine Clocktower Mashhad 1891

میدان ساعت (ساری) [fa] Sari 1979
Sa'at Tower (Tabriz City Hall) Tabriz 1934
Shams ol-Emare Clocktower Tehran 1837 Shams-ol-Emare
Markar Clock Tower Yazd 1942
Jameh Mosque Clocktower Yazd 1959

Iraq

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NameLocationBuiltImage Notes
Qushla Clock Tower Baghdad 1871 King George V gifted a large clock mechanism in 1927.
Kazimiyya Mosque Clock Tower Baghdad 1883 Donated by Nasir al-Din Shah.[2]
Abdul Qadir al-Gailani Mosque Clock Tower Baghdad 1899 Erected during Ottoman period.[3]
Abu Hanifa Mosque Clock Tower Baghdad 1961 First clock donated by Abdul Qadir al-Gailani Mosque in 1919.[4] The tower was built in 1961.[5]
Baghdad Clock Baghdad 1994
Soren Clock Basra 1906 Tower and building constructed in 1906 by Russian trader representing a German mechanical company, demolished in 1965 by Governor of Basra.[6]
Moosawi Mosque Clock Basra
Basra University Clock Basra
Clock Church Mosul 1882
Erbil Clock Erbil 2011 Built in 2011, stopped working for several months in 2015-2016.[7]
Imam Ali Shrine Clock Najaf 1888 Portal rebuilt in 1863 by Ottoman sultan Abdulaziz and Clock Tower gifted by Qajar Sultan Nasir al-Din in 1888, clock mechanism made in Manchester.[8]
Kufa Mosque Clock Najaf 1968 Clock added to minaret in 1968, donation from al-Haj al-Sayyid Tawfiq Allawi for renovation of Muslim ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib shrine.
Imam Husayn Shrine Clock Karbala 1894 Gifted by Nasir al-Deen Shah in 1312AH (1894).[9]
Diwaniyah Clock Diwaniyah 1965 [10]
Al-Askari Shrine Clock Samarra 1894-1896 Gifted by Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar alongside other Shia shrines in Iraq.

Israel

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NameLocationBuiltImageNotes
Khan al-Umdan Acre 1906
Haifa Clock Tower Haifa 1898
Safed Clock Tower Safed 1900 Ottoman clock tower at the "Saraya" (government house)
Bell tower at St. Anthony's Church, Jaffa Jaffa 1932
Bell tower at St. Peter's Church, Jaffa Jaffa 1894
Jaffa Clock Tower Jaffa 1903
Jerusalem Clock Tower Jerusalem 1907 Ottoman clock tower demolished in 1922 by British Mandate authorities.[11]
Allenby Square Clock Tower Jeruslaem 1925 Demolished in 1934.
Clock tower at the Monastery of Saint Saviour Jerusalem 1885
Petah Tikva clock tower Founders' Square, Petah Tikva 2007 Rebuilt in the image of an older clock tower that once stood in the same location

Japan

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NameLocationBuiltImage
NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building Shibuya, Tokyo 2002
Sapporo Clock Tower Sapporo 1881

Jordan

NameLocationBuiltImage
Irbid Clock Tower Irbid
University of Jordan Clock Tower Amman
Hashemite Plaza Clock Amman

Kuwait

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Seif Palace clock tower Kuwait City 1904

Lebanon

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Collège Saint Joseph – Antoura clock tower Aintoura
American University of Beirut's College Hall Clock Beirut
Abd Clock Tower Nejme Square, Beirut 1930
Hamidiyyeh Clock Tower Beirut 1897
al-Tell Clock Tower Tripoli 1906
Church of Saint Elijah Qartaba
Our Lady of Salvation Clock Tower Zahlé

Malaysia

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Merdeka Memorial Clock Tower Parit, Perak 1963
Coronation Memorial Clock Tower Kuala Kangsar, Perak 1939
Sungai Petani Clock Tower Sungai Petani, Kedah 1936
Merdeka Memorial Clock Tower Kulim, Kedah 1957
Parit Buntar Clock Tower Daerah Kerian, Perak 1961
Jubilee Clock Tower George Town, Penang 1902
Malayan Railway Building George Town, Penang 1909
Birch Memorial Clock Tower Ipoh, Perak 1909
Clock tower Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Atkinson Clock Tower Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 1905
Malay College Kuala Kangsar Clock Tower Kuala Kangsar, Perak 1955
Sultan Abdul Samad Building Kuala Lumpur 1897
Tan Beng Swee Clock Tower, Stadhuys Square Malacca 1886
Teluk Intan Leaning Tower Teluk Intan, Perak 1885

Myanmar

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NameLocationBuiltImage
High Court Building Kyauktada Township, Yangon 1911

Nepal

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NameLocationBuiltImageNotes
Ghanta Ghar Birgunj
Ghanta Ghar Kathmandu The tower was destroyed in an earthquake in 1990, and subsequently rebuilt, but does not look exactly like the previous version.
Dharan clock tower Dharan

Pakistan

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Cunningham Clock Tower Peshawar 1900
Merewether Memorial Tower Karachi 1892
Silver Jubilee Clock Karachi 1935
Empress Market Karachi 1889
Clock tower Faisalabad 1905
Clock tower Sialkot 1922
Estcourt Clock Tower Gujranwala 1906
GCU Tower Lahore 1864
Clock tower Multan 1884
Navalrai Market Clock Tower Hyderabad 1914
6th Road Clock Tower Rawalpindi 2015
Lee Market Clock Tower Karachi 1927
Poonabhai Mamaiya Clock Tower Karachi
Victoria Clock Tower Jacobabad 1888

Palestine

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Manara Clock Tower Nablus 1906

Philippines

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Jaro Belfry Iloilo City 1744
Manila City Hall Clock Tower Manila 1930s
Quiapo Church Quiapo, Manila 1988
University of Santo Tomas Main Building Sampaloc, Manila 1927

Qatar

NameLocationBuiltImage
Amiri Clock Tower Doha 1956

Singapore

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NameLocationBuiltImage
The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building 1925
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall early 1900s

Sri Lanka

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Batticaloa Clock Tower Batticaloa 1992
Galle Clock Tower Galle 1883
Jaffna Clock Tower Jaffna 1882
Kandy Clock Tower Kandy 1950
Khan Clock Tower Colombo 1923
Koch Memorial Clock Tower Colombo 1881
Kurunegala Clock Tower Kurunegala 1922
Old Colombo Lighthouse Colombo 1829
Piliyandala Clock Tower Piliyandala 1952

Saudi Arabia

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NameLocationBuiltImage
The Clock Towers Mecca 2011
Safat Clock Tower Riyadh 1966

South Korea

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Myeongdong Cathedral Myeongdong, Jung District, Seoul 1898

Syria

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Bab Al Faraj Clock Tower Aleppo 1898
Cathedral of the Holy Forty Martyrs Clock Aleppo 1912
Saint Elijah Maronite Cathedral Clock Aleppo 1914
Homs Old Clock Homs 1923
Hama Clock Tower Hama 1950
Our Lady of Dormition Cathedral Clock Damascus
Idlib Clock Tower Idlib

United Arab Emirates

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Deira Clock Tower Dubai 1963
Sharjah Clock Tower Sharjah
Sharjah University Clock Sharjah
Kalba Clock Tower Kalba
Abu Dhabi Clock Tower Airport Road, Abu Dhabi 1976
Ajman Clock Towers Ajman 2010
Clock Roundabout Dibba

Europe

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Albania

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Austria

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Denmark

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Uhrenturm Wittenberge

Greece

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Ireland

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Isle of Man

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Italy

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Latvia

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Lithuania

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Malta

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Montenegro

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Sahat kula, Podgorica
Sahat kula, Ulcinj
Sahat kula, Ulcinj
Clock Towers (Montenegrin: Sahat kula) in Montenegro: Podgorica, Ulcinj, and Pljevlja.

Netherlands

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Romania

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Russia

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Serbia

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The Clock Gate or Sahat Kula (Сахат кула) (clock tower) at the fortress wall of the Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade, Serbia.

Slovakia

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Switzerland

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Turkey

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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Oceania

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Australia

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New Zealand

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NameLocationBuiltImage
Ashburton Clock TowerAshburton1976
Auckland Town HallAuckland1911
Old Arts Building, University of AucklandAuckland1926
Victoria Clock TowerChristchurch1897
Dunedin railway stationDunedin1906
Dunedin Town HallDunedin1878
University of Otago Clocktower complexDunedin1879
Hastings Clock TowerHastings1935
Hokitika Clock TowerHokitika1903
Hopwood Clock TowerPalmerston North1957
Westport Clock Tower ChambersWestport1941

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "La decadencia que afecta a relojes de Santiago" [The decadence that affects clock towers in Santiago] (video). YouTube (in Spanish). Santiago: La Tercera. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. ↑ al-Jalali, Mohammad Husayn. Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa-Tārīkhuhā [The Shrines of Ahl al-Bayt and their history] (in Arabic). p. 118.
  3. ↑ "Archnet > Site > Jami' 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani". www.archnet.org. Archived from the original on 2025-11-08. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  4. ↑ Al-A'dhami, Hashim (1964). History of the Great Imam mosque and al-Adhamiyah mosques (in Arabic) (1 ed.). Baghdad al-Ani Press.
  5. ↑ "قصة جامع الإمام الأعظم أبو حنيفة بالأعظمية - بغداد". www.radiodijla.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  6. ↑ baha (2021-07-07). "ساعة سورين هي ساعة انشأ البرج عام 1906". محافظة البصرة. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  7. ↑ "Erbil'in sembolü saat kulesi 'ekonomik kriz' kurbanı". Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  8. ↑ Tabbaa, Yasser; Mervin, Sabrina (2014). "Najaf The Gate of Wisdom" (PDF). UNESCO Publishing. p. 81.
  9. ↑ "Infographic: Clock Tower of Imam Hussain Holy Shrine". Imam Hussain Holy Shrine (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  10. ↑ "ساحة الساعة في الديوانية غيرت اسمها ولونها مرات عدة – المنصة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  11. ↑ "Time Standardization, Clock Towers & Colonialism in Ireland and Palestine". THE FUNAMBULIST MAGAZINE. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
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