{{Short description|Dependency of Mauritius}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox islands | name = Agaléga | image_name = Agalega Islands in Mauritius.svg | image_caption = Location of the Agalega Islands in the Indian Ocean. | map_image = Agalega_Islands_map-en.svg | native_name = | native_name_link = | location = Indian Ocean | coordinates = {{Coord|10|24|54|S|56|38|06|E|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | total_islands = 2 | major_islands = | area_km2 = 24 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = {{MRI}} | country_admin_divisions_title = Dependency | country_admin_divisions = Agaléga | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country1 = | country1_admin_divisions_title = | country1_admin_divisions = | country1_largest_city = Vingt-Cinq | country1_largest_city_population = | country2 = | country2_admin_divisions_title = | country2_admin_divisions = | country2_largest_city = | country2_largest_city_population = | population = 330 | population_as_of = 2022 | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = Creole }}
'''Agaléga''' ({{langx|fr|îles Agaléga}}) is a dependency of Mauritius, as defined by the Constitution of Mauritius, which consists of two outer islands located in the Indian Ocean, about {{cvt|1050|km|mi}} north of Mauritius Island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Constitution of Mauritius |url=https://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/Documents/Legislations/constitution.pdf |page=63 |access-date=2023-02-01 |archive-date=2022-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813014058/https://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/Documents/Legislations/constitution.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
Similar to other Mauritian islands such as St. Brandon, Agaléga is run directly by the Prime Minister of Mauritius through the Prime Minister's Office to the Outer Island Development Corporation (OIDC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outer Islands Development Corporation |url=https://oidc.govmu.org/oidc/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209231539/https://oidc.govmu.org/oidc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The population of the islands rose from 289 in 2011 to 330 in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walter |first=Karen |date=2019-04-22 |title=Population en hausse: les Indiens ont pris le contrôle à Agalega |language=fr |work=lexpress.mu |url=https://lexpress.mu/article/351628/population-en-hausse-indiens-ont-pris-controle-agalega |access-date=2023-02-03 |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203184422/https://lexpress.mu/article/351628/population-en-hausse-indiens-ont-pris-controle-agalega |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ag1">{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/abtmtius/menuitem.9eb76f322dcc02984d57241079b521ca/ |title=Geography − location |publisher=Government of Mauritius |access-date=2012-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114064934/http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/abtmtius/menuitem.9eb76f322dcc02984d57241079b521ca/ |archive-date=2012-11-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Walter |first=Karen |date=2019-02-04 |title=Population en hausse: une catastrophe écologique guette Agalega |language=fr |work=lexpress.mu |url=https://lexpress.mu/article/347101/population-en-hausse-une-catastrophe-ecologique-guette-agalega |access-date=2023-02-03 |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203184409/https://lexpress.mu/article/347101/population-en-hausse-une-catastrophe-ecologique-guette-agalega |url-status=live }}</ref>
The islands have a total area of {{cvt|2,600|ha|acres|sigfig=2}}. The North island is {{cvt|12.5|km|mi|sigfig=2}} long and {{cvt|1.5|km|mi|sigfig=1}} wide, while the South island is {{cvt|7|km|mi|sigfig=2}} long and {{cvt|4.5|km|mi|sigfig=2}} wide. The North Island is home to the islands' airstrip and the capital Vingt-Cinq.<ref name="ag2">{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=dad4d575d1a88010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD#Infrastucture |title=About Agalega |publisher=Government of Mauritius |access-date=25 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919112938/http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=dad4d575d1a88010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD#Infrastucture |archive-date=2012-09-19 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The islands are known for their production of coconuts, their main industry and, also, for the Agalega day gecko.
==Etymology== There are three different explanations for the name Agaléga.
# One hypothesis is that the Portuguese explorer, Dom Pedro Mascarenhas, named Agaléga and the island of Sainte Marie (off the east coast of Madagascar) in honour of his two sailboats, the "{{lang|pt|Galega}}" and the "{{lang|pt|Santa Maria}}" in 1512, when he discovered Mauritius and Réunion Island. # Another, more probable explanation relates to the Galician explorer João da Nova, who discovered the islands in 1501 while working for the Portuguese. João was popularly known by his sailors as {{lang|pt|João Galego}}, according to Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès' {{lang|fr|Les Nouvelles Annales de Voyage}} (Volume 38, page 88). {{lang|roa|Galego}} is the Galician/Portuguese word for someone from Galicia, North West Spain, and "Agalega", is derived from the feminine version of this ({{lang|pt|a}} is the feminine article in Galician/Portuguese, and Galician {{lang|gl|illa}} for "island" is feminine, so {{lang|gl|a [ilha] galega}} would mean "the Galician [Island]"). or simply "from Galicia". # A further, less likely, idea comes from a story in Sir Robert Scott's book ''Limuria: The Lesser Dependencies of Mauritius'', where he describes the 1509 discovery of the Islands by the Portuguese mariner Diogo Lopes de Sequeira. According to this version, Diogo named the Islands {{lang|pt|Baixas da Gale}}, with the "{{lang|pt|da Gale}}" referring to putative gale-force winds hypothetically modelling the coasts of both islands. Scott suggests that maps of the region represented the islands initially as Gale, metamorphosing into Galera, Galega and finally Agalega.
'''Agale''' 1519 Atlas Miller, Pedro Reiner [1]https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55002605w/f2.item#
'''Gale''' 1519 Carte du Monde Jorge Reinel, Sevilla [2]https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59055673/f1.item
'''Y. de la Gale''' 1525 Planisfero Castiglioni: Carta del navigare universalissima et dil. gentilissima, Sevilla [3]https://edl.beniculturali.it/beu/850013656
'''Y. de la Galera''' 1548 Africa Nova tabula Gioan. Gastaldi, Giacomo; Pietro Andrea, Pb. Baptista Pedrezano Venecia [4]https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~291327~90063055
'''Y. de la galera''' 1570 Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 Africae Tabula Nova.Pb. Gielis Coppens van Diest; Anberes [5]
'''Agalega''' 1587 Tavola XVI. Che Ha Sua Superiore La Tavola Settima. Libro Terzo. Monte (Monti), Urbano, 1544-1613 Manuscript [6]
'''Da Galega''' 1595 Indian Ocean. Delineatio Orarum maritimarum, Terra vulgo indigetata Terra do Naral, item Sofale, Mozambicae ....Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611Paludanus, Bernard, 1550-1633 Chez Evert Pb. Cloppenburgh, Amsterdam [7]
'''Y. de la Galera''' 1599 Africa Nuova tavola, Ruscelli, Girolamo; Rosaccio, Giuseppe; Appresso gli heredi di Melchior Sessa; Venecia [8]
'''I. du Gallega:''' 1607 "Abissinorum Sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu" Cornelis Claes, Amsterdam [9]
'''I. d. Gale''' 1665 Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 Africae nova descriptio Pb Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam [10]
==History== thumb|200px|Satellite image of Agalega North As with the Mascarene islands, these islands may have been known to Arab and Malay sailors, although no written records have been found to confirm this. Agalega, or Galega, was examined by Captain Briggs of HMS Clorinde, on 12 January 1811, who seems to have fixed its location accurately, which was previously not the case. The landing was found to be difficult on account of the heavy surf, the island being surrounded by a reef. A former French privateer was, at this time, settled on the island, having under him a colony of negroes, who cultivated part of the land<ref>India Directory 1826{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}</ref> with maize and wheat.
The first settlement on the islands was founded by M. de Rosemond. Upon his arrival in August 1808, he discovered the bodies of two castaways and a bottle containing notes written by one of them, the privateer Robert Dufour. The only hill on the islands, Montagne d'Emmerez, derives its name from the second shipwrecked sailor, a Mauritian called Adelaide d'Emmerez.
Economic, infrastructural and political development of the islands did not begin until the arrival of Auguste Le Duc in 1827, a French administrator sent by M. Barbé to organise production of coconut oil and copra. There still exists a number of historical monuments dating from the period 1827 to 1846, made by slaves: the village Vingt-Cinq (named after the 25 lashes that were given to rebellious slaves), the Slave Dungeons, an Oil Mill, a cemetery for Blacks and a cemetery for Whites, among others. Auguste Le Duc also began construction of a bridge between the two islands, although it was swept away by severe weather.
Father Victor Malaval brought the Catholic Church to the islands in 1897 as the first missionary. An improvised chapel was built on the South Island.
The origin of its inhabitants was influenced by the political ructions in the world at the time: Mauritius became a British colony in 1810, the abolition of the slave trade, then the abolition of slavery in 1835, followed by the arrival of unskilled Asian labourers. The slaves themselves were of Malagasy origin or from Madras in India whilst some were freed from slave ships and others were from the slave trading ports of the Comoros Islands.
Legends such as "Calèche Blanc" and "Princesse Malgache" are part of the folklore of the islands, as well as the coded language of "Madam langaz Seret" which has come down from the time of slavery. This language is a mixture of French and Mauritian Creole where every syllable is doubled with the first consonants replaced by the "g" (e.g. "Français" becomes "frangrançaisgais"). The origin, purpose and reasons for the evolution of this specific language remains unclear.
Today, the population consists of around 300 people, known locally as Agaléens ("Agalegans"), who speak Creole. Catholicism is the dominant religion.
A 2015 memorandum of understanding on India–Mauritius military cooperation envisaged developing the Agaléga islands for an Indian military base.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Mauritius- Development of Agalega – No Lease Agreement contained in MOU signed with India, says Minister Koonjoo |url=http://www.govmu.org/English/News/Pages/India,-says-Minister-Koonjoo.aspx |access-date=2021-05-19 |website=www.govmu.org |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210225022/http://www.govmu.org/English/News/Pages/India,-says-Minister-Koonjoo.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="OmIn6">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/india-seychelles-sign-four-pacts-to-boost-security-cooperation/|title=India to develop strategic assets in 2 Mauritius, Seychelles islands|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311205408/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/india-seychelles-sign-four-pacts-to-boost-security-cooperation/ |archive-date=2015-03-11|website=Indian Express|date=2015-03-12}}</ref><ref name="OmIn5">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/naval-muscle-should-fetch-economic-returns/55883.html|title=Naval muscle should fetch economic returns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928085218/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/naval-muscle-should-fetch-economic-returns/55883.html |archive-date=2019-09-28|website=The Tribune|date=2015-03-20}}</ref><ref name="MMS">{{cite web |url=http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2015/03/18/india_building_a_sphere_of_influence_in_the_indian_ocean_107772.html |title=India: Building a Sphere of Influence in the Indian Ocean? - RealClearDefense |access-date=2018-04-08 |archive-date=2017-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221824/https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2015/03/18/india_building_a_sphere_of_influence_in_the_indian_ocean_107772.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Local residents vocally opposed construction of the base as being a threat to local employment, self-determination, creole language (Agalega creole) and culture and Mauritian sovereignty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=French Creoles {{!}} Creole Experience |url=http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/creoleexperience/creoleexperience3.htm |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=www.frenchcreoles.com |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203184410/http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/creoleexperience/creoleexperience3.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Agaléga islanders fear for future due to secret Indian navy base |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/island-residents-fear-their-future-due-to-secret-indian-navy-base-2 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-date=2022-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226013508/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/island-residents-fear-their-future-due-to-secret-indian-navy-base-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Greene |first1=Andrew |title=India building secretive base in Mauritius as it strengthens military ties with Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-04/india-building-secret-mauritius-military-base-defence-australia/100348254 |website=ABC News (Australia)|date=2021-08-04 |access-date=2021-08-04 |archive-date=2021-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804020923/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-04/india-building-secret-mauritius-military-base-defence-australia/100348254 |url-status=live}}</ref> These recent infrastructural developments by India, for civil and military use, have significantly transformed the islands' landscape.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bashfield |first=Samuel |title=Why is India building a military base on Agaléga island? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/8/5/why-is-india-building-a-military-base-on-agalega-island |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201044952/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/8/5/why-is-india-building-a-military-base-on-agalega-island |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agalega: A glimpse of India's remote island military base |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/agalega-glimpse-india-s-remote-island-military-base |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=www.lowyinstitute.org |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225113748/https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/agalega-glimpse-india-s-remote-island-military-base |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Auzine |first=Najaah |title=[L.E]AGALEGA : MILITARY BASE FOR INDIA? {{!}} Sunday Times |date=11 August 2021 |url=https://sundaytimesmauritius.com/l-eagalega-military-base-for-india/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201045735/https://sundaytimesmauritius.com/l-eagalega-military-base-for-india/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 11 December 2024, Cyclone Chido made landfall near North Island,<ref>{{Cite web |title=CYCLONE et ACTIVITE CYCLONIQUE par Météo-France La Réunion |url=https://meteofrance.re/fr/cyclone |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=meteofrance.re}}</ref> destroying most of the island's homes<ref>{{cite news|title=Agaléga crie à l'aide|url=https://lexpress.mu/s/agalega-crie-a-laide-540729|newspaper=L'Express|date=13 December 2024|access-date=13 December 2024|language=fr}}</ref> and leaving Agaléga without power.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cyclone Chido – dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi – Agalega : des rafales de 250 km/h ! |url=https://www.lemauricien.com/actualites/societe/cyclone-chido-dans-la-nuit-de-mercredi-a-jeudi-agalega-des-rafales-de-250-km-h/659816/ |access-date=13 December 2024 |work=Le Mauricien |date=13 December 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
==Geography==
North Island is {{cvt|12.5|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} long and {{cvt|1.5|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} wide while South Island is {{cvt|7|km|mi|abbr=off}} long and {{cvt|4.5|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} wide. The total area of both islands is {{cvt|26|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=off}}. The soil is likely coral. The culmination is at the top of the hill Emmer on the island in the north. The climate is hot and humid and the average annual temperature is {{cvt|26|°C|0}}, ranging from a minimum of {{cvt|22.5|°C|1}} and a maximum of {{cvt|30.6|°C|1}}. April is the hottest month of the year. The tropical climate is conducive to the development of mangrove and coconut trees that cover the two islets.
===Climate=== {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Agalega (1991–2020) | Jan record high C = 35.1 | Feb record high C = 34.3 | Mar record high C = 34.2 | Apr record high C = 34.6 | May record high C = 33.3 | Jun record high C = 31.7 | Jul record high C = 31.0 | Aug record high C = 31.0 | Sep record high C = 31.5 | Oct record high C = 33.0 | Nov record high C = 33.6 | Dec record high C = 34.0 | year record high C = 35.1 | Jan high C = 31.4 | Feb high C = 31.3 | Mar high C = 31.7 | Apr high C = 31.6 | May high C = 30.7 | Jun high C = 29.5 | Jul high C = 28.8 | Aug high C = 28.9 | Sep high C = 29.5 | Oct high C = 30.2 | Nov high C = 30.9 | Dec high C = 31.5 | year high C = 30.5 | Jan mean C = 27.8 | Feb mean C = 27.7 | Mar mean C = 28.0 | Apr mean C = 28.0 | May mean C = 27.6 | Jun mean C = 26.4 | Jul mean C = 25.6 | Aug mean C = 25.6 | Sep mean C = 26.0 | Oct mean C = 26.7 | Nov mean C = 27.3 | Dec mean C = 27.7 | year mean C = 27.0 | Jan low C = 24.3 | Feb low C = 24.3 | Mar low C = 24.5 | Apr low C = 24.6 | May low C = 24.8 | Jun low C = 23.8 | Jul low C = 23.0 | Aug low C = 23.0 | Sep low C = 23.3 | Oct low C = 23.9 | Nov low C = 24.2 | Dec low C = 24.0 | year low C = 24.0 | Jan record low C = 20.7 | Feb record low C = 21.0 | Mar record low C = 20.5 | Apr record low C = 18.7 | May record low C = 18.5 | Jun record low C = 18.9 | Jul record low C = 18.4 | Aug record low C = 16.9 | Sep record low C = 16.8 | Oct record low C = 17.9 | Nov record low C = 17.2 | Dec record low C = 18.0 | year record low C = 16.8 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 273.2 | Feb precipitation mm = 255.8 | Mar precipitation mm = 192.7 | Apr precipitation mm = 174.2 | May precipitation mm = 118.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 106.1 | Jul precipitation mm = 102.4 | Aug precipitation mm = 62.1 | Sep precipitation mm = 56.3 | Oct precipitation mm = 95.3 | Nov precipitation mm = 109.7 | Dec precipitation mm = 225.8 | year precipitation mm = 1771.8 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 17.4 | Feb precipitation days = 15.7 | Mar precipitation days = 15.3 | Apr precipitation days = 13.5 | May precipitation days = 12.2 | Jun precipitation days = 12.3 | Jul precipitation days = 13.7 | Aug precipitation days = 11.4 | Sep precipitation days = 9.1 | Oct precipitation days = 10.5 | Nov precipitation days = 11.4 | Dec precipitation days = 14.0 | year precipitation days = 156.5 | Jan sun = 210.2 | Feb sun = 192.8 | Mar sun = 225.9 | Apr sun = 243.4 | May sun = 245.9 | Jun sun = 216.3 | Jul sun = 227.6 | Aug sun = 250.4 | Sep sun = 240.0 | Oct sun = 245.0 | Nov sun = 249.2 | Dec sun = 246.1 | year sun = 2792.7 | source = NOAA<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Mauritius/CSV/Agalega_61974.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Agalega |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = January 4, 2024}}</ref> }}
==Economy==
Agaléga is managed by a company of the State of Mauritius, the Outer Island Development Company (OIDC). <ref>{{cite web |title=MY VISIT TO AGALEGA |url=https://forestrymauritius.blogspot.com/2018/09/my-visit-to-agalega.html}}</ref> The company delegates a resident manager, a kind of steward, who is the supreme authority on the two islets. The economy of the archipelago is based primarily on the exportation of coconut oil.
== Detachment of Agalega from British Mauritius == In the 1960s, the United Kingdom and the United States discussed separating Agalega from British Mauritius in a similar manner to the Chagos islands, but this was rejected on grounds of cost, political sensitivity, lack of immediate need, and poor anchorage. In the Chagos' case, the financial costs in 1965 were estimated at £10 million (approximately £250 million today) excluding the United States' secret contribution to the BIOT enterprise via the waiving of costs associated with Britain's nuclear weapons acquisitions. The financial costs for Britain to create BIOT were high. Acquiring Agaléga would have increased Britain's financial burden, at a time when it was winding down its vast empire and reining in its defense spending.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-29 |title=Agaléga's Strategic Value: in the Eye of the Beholder |url=https://amti.csis.org/agalegas-strategic-value-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203184414/https://amti.csis.org/agalegas-strategic-value-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Infrastructure== Most homes are in the main villages of Vingt-Cinq and La Fourche on the North Island, and St. Rita on the South Island. The road connecting the different localities is sandy and coral. The North Island is home to an airstrip, a government primary school "Jacques Le Chartier", the police station, the weather station, the central telecommunications office (Mauritius Telecom) and the health service. There is no running water on the island. Drinking water comes from rainwater collected by gutters. Water for other uses is sourced from wells. Electricity is supplied by generators running on diesel, with supply limited to certain hours. The company that manages the remote islands, such as Agaléga and St Brandon, is working on a project to ensure power supply to these islands, via submarine connection.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
Agaléga is connected to Mauritius by air and sea. The civilian airstrip on the island in the north allows takeoff and landing of small aircraft. A 10,000 foot long airstrip was built to accommodate naval surveillance aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |title=India’s Agalega |url=https://lexpress.mu/s/indias-agalega}}</ref> There is no functional port on the islands, only a pier at St James Anchorage on the island's north. Vessels of the Mauritius Shipping Corporation (the Pride Mauritius and the Mauritius Trochetia) cast anchor about {{cvt|500|m|ft|abbr=off}} from this place, in the deep sea, during refueling.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
Health services are provided by a health officer and a midwife. Doctors from Mauritius make short tours throughout the year. The Agaléens also receive a visit from a magistrate during the year.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
For education, there is a primary school for the young, but pupils then continue their education in secondary schools on the island of Mauritius.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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