Editing Hanover, Pennsylvania

{{See also|Hanover Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)}}
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| leader_name             = SueAnn Whitman ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Whitman shares her what she wants to accomplish as Hanover mayor|url=https://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2019/11/18/whitman-shares-her-what-she-wants-accomplish-hanover-mayor/4193825002/}}</ref>
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'''Hanover''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[York County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 16,429 at the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">{{cite web   |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref> Located {{convert|19|mi|km}} southwest of [[York, Pennsylvania|York]] and {{convert|54|mi|km}} north-northwest of [[Baltimore, Maryland]], the town is situated in a productive agricultural region. It is named after the German city of [[Hanover]] and is a principal city of the [[Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area|York–Hanover metropolitan area]].

Hanover was the site of the final encounter between the [[Union Army|Union]] and [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] armies before they fought against each other in the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Hanover has since become known as the "Snack Food Capital of the World" due to the establishment of multiple food manufacturing businesses there during the 20th century.<ref>Parks, Shoshi. "[https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/04/29/706921280/how-the-pennsylvania-dutch-turned-a-rural-town-into-a-snack-food-empire How the Pennsylvania Dutch Turned a Rural Town into a Snack Food Empire]." Washington, D.C.: NPR, April 29, 2019.</ref> Notable companies based in the borough include [[Utz Brands]] and [[Snyder's of Hanover]].

==History==
[[File:RichardMcAllisterResidence.jpg|thumb|left|Richard McAllister's residence]]
In 1727, John Digges, an Irish nobleman of [[Prince George's County, Maryland]], obtained a grant of {{convert|10000|acre|km2}} of land where Hanover is now located from [[Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore]]. The area was called '''Digges Choice''', and in 1730, a group of Catholics started the settlement that became known as the Conewego Settlement. Settlers from both Maryland and Pennsylvania began moving into the area in the 1730s. At this time, Maryland and Pennsylvania did not agree on the northern border of Maryland and the southern border of Pennsylvania, and the area that is now Hanover was in the disputed area claimed by both states. This led to numerous disputes about property ownership from the 1730s until 1760. The dispute was settled when Maryland and Pennsylvania hired British expert surveyors [[Charles Mason]] and [[Jeremiah Dixon]] to survey what became known as the [[Mason–Dixon Line]]. This line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767, and put an end to decades of disputes over rights and ownership.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Danson|first1=Edwin|title=Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America|date=2001|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=New York|isbn=9780471437048|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLDLuQ-xn34C&q=Drawing+the+Line%3A+How+Mason+and+Dixon+Surveyed+the+Most+Famous+Border+in+America&pg=PA184|access-date=29 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Kathryn DeVan|title=Our Most Famous Border: The Mason-Dixon Line|url=http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/MasonDixon.html|website=Pennsylvania Center for the Book|publisher=Pennsylvania State University|access-date=29 August 2015|date=2008}}</ref><ref name=HanoverCentenntial2>{{cite book|title=Official Program of the Centennial of Incorporation of the Borough of Hanover, Pennsylvania|date=1915|publisher=Hanover (York County, Pa.). Centennial Committee|location=Hanover, Pa|isbn=9781152216747|page=10|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028862402#page/n15/mode/2up|access-date=29 August 2015|archive-url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028862402#page/n3/mode/2up|archive-date=8 March 2010}}</ref>

In 1745, a [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scot-Irishman]] named Richard McAllister (father of [[Matthew McAllister]]) purchased the tract of land upon which the original town of Hanover was built. McAllister was a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] who had recently migrated from the [[Cumberland Valley Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Cumberland Valley]]. Hanover at that time was covered with a dense forest of hickory, walnut, and oak trees. McAllister erected a log house at what is now the corner of Baltimore and Middle streets, and opened a store and tavern. In 1763, McAllister divided his farm into lots and founded the town of Hanover. German settlers nicknamed the settlement "Hickory Town" after the thick groves of hickory trees that grew in the area. The name Hanover was suggested by Michael Tanner, who was one of the commissioners who laid out York County in 1749 and owned large tracts of land southeast of the town. Tanner's choice of the name came from the fact that he was a native of [[Hanover|Hanover, Germany]]. The town's founders, who wanted to please the German settlers, agreed to the name. Hanover was also sometimes referred to as "McAllister's Town" in its early years.<ref name=HanoverCentenntial>{{cite book|title=Official Program of the Centennial of Incorporation of the Borough of Hanover, Pennsylvania|date=1915|publisher=Hanover (York County, Pa.). Centennial Committee|location=Hanover, Pa|isbn=9781152216747|page=11|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028862402#page/n15/mode/2up|access-date=29 August 2015|archive-url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028862402#page/n3/mode/2up|archive-date=8 March 2010}}</ref>

===Hanover and the American Revolution===
[[File:HanoverCenterSquare1863.jpg|thumb|left|Center Square in 1863]]
[[File:HanoverCenterSquare1873.jpg|thumb|left|Center Square in 1873]]
[[Thomas Jefferson]] spent the night of April 12, 1776 at the Sign of the Horse, an inn, owned by Caspar Reinecker on Frederick Street. Records indicate that Jefferson paid "Rhenegher" 11 shillings, 6 pence for dinner and lodging. He was on his way from [[Monticello]] to Philadelphia to attend the first meeting of the [[Continental Congress]], where on June 10 he would begin to draft the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]. At the time, Hanover was located at the crossing of two well-traveled roads, one from the port of Baltimore to points north and west and the other between Philadelphia and the [[Great Appalachian Valley#Southern section|Valley of Virginia]]. When Jefferson returned from Philadelphia to Monticello, he again dined and spent the night of September 5 at Reinecker's inn.<ref>"Monticello Research Report", J.R. McGrew, May 1991.</ref>

At the start of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], Hanover consisted of about 500 homes, most of which were built out of logs.<ref name=HanoverCentenntial/> After the war, the population increased steadily until the [[War of 1812]]. At the time of the advance of the British on Baltimore in 1814, Hanover and vicinity furnished two companies of infantry commanded by Captain Frederick Metzgar and John Bair. These two companies left Hanover on foot Sunday morning, August 28, 1814, and reached the city of Baltimore at 9 A.M., Tuesday. September 11, where they were marched to [[Battle of North Point|North Point]], spending that night on their arms, and next day, the memorable September 12, 1814, they took part in the engagement with the British, who retreated soon after. The Hanover Companies together with other companies from York County, returned home after two weeks' service, not being needed longer.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Prowell|first1=George R.|title=History of York County Pennsylvania|date=1907|publisher=J. H. Beers|edition=2|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofyorkcou02inprow|access-date=29 August 2015}}</ref>

After the War of 1812, the town experienced only minor growth until 1852, when construction of the [[Hanover Branch Railroad]] to [[Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania|Hanover Junction]] was completed. In 1858 the [[Gettysburg Railroad]] opened a railroad link westward to [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg]]. The Hanover and York Railroad completed a rail line to [[York, Pennsylvania|York]] in 1876.

===Civil War era===
[[File:HanoverFirstRailroadStation.jpg|thumb|left|The first railroad station in Hanover]]
During the American Civil War, the [[Battle of Hanover]] was fought on June 30, 1863. Union [[cavalry]] under [[Hugh Judson Kilpatrick|Judson Kilpatrick]] encountered Confederate cavalry under [[J.E.B. Stuart]] and a sharp fight ensued in the town and in farm fields to the south, particularly along Frederick Street. The final encounter between Union and Confederate forces prior to the Battle of Gettysburg, this inconclusive engagement delayed the Confederate cavalry on their way to the [[Battle of Gettysburg]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Parks, "How the Pennsylvania Dutch Turned a Rural Town into a Snack Food Empire," NPR.</ref> Three days before the battle, another detachment of Virginia cavalry had briefly occupied Hanover, "collecting" supplies and horses from local citizens.

Over the years, its industries have included the making of cigars, gloves, [[silk]]s, [[flavine]], [[water wheel]]s, flour, shirts, shoes, machine-shop products, furniture, wire cloth, and ironstone grinders.

The town has lent its name to a brand of canned vegetables, and a mail-order gift company based there. Hanover's first newspaper, ''Die Pennsylvania Wochenschrift'', was published in German in 1797. In 1805, the "Hanover Gazette" followed suit, also published in German.

The [[Hanover Historic District]], [[Eichelberger High School]], [[George Nace (Neas) House]], and [[United States Post Office (Hanover, Pennsylvania)|US Post Office-Hanover]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

===Modern era===
[[File:Pennsylvania - Hanover - NARA - 68148288 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Hanover in 1930]]
[[File:Sentry 1904 Hanover York County PA.JPG|thumb|The sculpture ''Sentry'', erected in Center Square in 1904, shows a Union cavalry soldier on sentry duty.]]
On July 13, 1991, Hanover's town square was the site of a two-day race riot.<ref name="Baltimore Sun, July 17, 1991">{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-07-17-1991198004-story.html |title=Pa. town tense after racial friction explodes into riot |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=17 July 1991}}</ref><ref name="Hanover Evening Sun, April 21, 2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2015/04/21/covering-race-riots-tense-summer-hanover/71960208/ |title=Covering the race riots: A tense summer for Hanover |access-date=23 January 2021 |publisher=The Hanover Evening Sun |date=21 April 2015}}</ref> During the summer, White residents were upset by the presence of young Black men in the town square, who had begun to gather there after the local parks were temporarily closed. In addition, two young, interracial couples had been seen walking downtown. In the lead-up to the riot, White residents spat on the Black men visiting their girlfriends in the town square, while the Baltimore Sun reported that there had been tension "building for several weeks," and the Hanover Evening Sun reported that at least one resident "had heard rumors throughout the week that a motorcycle gang was coming into town to start trouble with a few interracial groups of juveniles."<ref name="Baltimore Sun, July 17, 1991" /><ref name="Hanover Evening Sun, April 21, 2015" /> Other residents were quoted stating that the biker gang's explicit purpose was to "take back the town."<ref name="Baltimore Sun, July 17, 1991" /> On July 13, by around 11:00pm, an estimated 200 to 400 White people gathered on one side of the town square, with a much smaller group of a "half dozen" Black juveniles on the other side, with various police forming a line between the two.<ref name="Hanover Evening Sun, April 21, 2015" /> Both groups shouted at one another throughout the night. Eventually, a car full of Black juveniles pulled up alongside the bikers before some of the bikers began chasing the car down the alleyway, which elicited a cheer from some members of the White crowd.<ref name="Baltimore Sun, July 17, 1991" /> The police line struggled to contain the rioters and eventually ordered the smaller, Black crowd to disperse just after 11:00pm. As the smaller side dispersed, police lost control of the rioters, who began to fight using weapons like "baseball bats, knives, tire chains, bricks and hockey sticks," though there was only one serious injury reported.<ref name="Hanover Evening Sun, April 21, 2015" /> Eleven people were arrested during the first night; on the second day, a state of emergency was declared by Mayor W. Roy Attlesberger, who instructed police to arrest anyone on the streets after midnight. Police shut down major roadways into Hanover. Nevertheless, many minor skirmishes broke out, and ultimately thirty six people were arrested including the eleven from the day prior. Media reports following the two-day event described the town square as looking like a "battlefield."<ref name="Hanover Evening Sun, April 21, 2015"/> In the aftermath of the riot, according to the ''[[The Baltimore Sun|Baltimore Sun]]'', "many residents interviewed yesterday shared the view ... [blaming]  the troubles on the two women for dating Black men and bringing them into Hanover," many of whom also referred to the Black residents as "[[colored]]s."<ref name = "Baltimore Sun, July 17, 1991"/>

On October 24, 2018, Hanover Borough's first African-American mayor was sworn in. Hanover Borough council selected Myneca Ojo, 56, to fill the office recently vacated by Ben Adams, who moved away from the community. Myneca Ojo was the former Director of Diversity at the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission]]. She is the second woman to be mayor in the borough. Margret Hormel was the first woman mayor, serving from 1993 to 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Sophie |title=Hanover swears in Myneca Ojo as its first African-American mayor |url=http://www.witf.org/news/2018/10/hanover-swears-in-myneca-ojo-as-its-first-african-american-mayor.php#.W9q-5rDz6oE.mailto |access-date=3 November 2018 |publisher=The Hanover Evening Sun |date=25 October 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==
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|1830= 1005
|1840= 1070
|1850= 1210
|1860= 1630
|1870= 1839
|1880= 2317
|1890= 3746
|1900= 5320
|1910= 7057
|1920= 8664
|1930= 11805
|1940= 13076
|1950= 14048
|1960= 15538
|1970= 15623
|1980= 14890
|1990= 14399
|2000= 14535
|2010= 15289
|2020= 16420
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|estimate=16478
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As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], there were 15,289 people and 6,571 households in the borough. The population density was {{convert|4,117.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 7,263 housing units and the racial makeup of the borough was 91.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.74% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.3% of the population. The ancestries for Hanover include: German (42%), Irish (11%), United States (10%), English (8%), Italian (3%), and Dutch (2%).

Of the 6,571 households, 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $45,110, and the median income for a family was $45,156. Males had a median income of $31,206 versus $21,512 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $20,516. About 4.5% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

The Greater Hanover area has a population of about 55,000 residents. The community is made up of several areas such as Hanover Borough, [[Penn Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Penn Township]], [[Heidelberg Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Heidelberg Township]], [[Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Manheim Township]], [[West Manheim Township, Pennsylvania|West Manheim Township]], [[Conewago Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania|Conewago Township]], [[Berwick Township, Pennsylvania|Berwick Township]], and Union Township. All of these areas have Hanover, PA listed as their address and 17331 as their zip code.

==Economy==
===Manufacturing===
Hanover is considered by many to be the snack food capital of the United States and has been featured multiple times on the Food Network.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weaver|first1=Kyle R.|title=Snackin' - Pennsylvania Style!|url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summer/20953/snackin%27_pa_style/1206134|website=Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine|publisher=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|access-date=29 August 2015|date=2012|archive-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822135409/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summer/20953/snackin%27_pa_style/1206134|url-status=dead}}</ref>
It has been home to [[Utz Brands]] since 1921 which still produces its products there (along with an Utz outlet store) and [[Snyder's of Hanover]] since 1905.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In nearby areas there are other snack food makers including Hanover Foods, Wolfgang Candy, [[Martin's Potato Chips]], [[Stauffer Biscuit Company]], [[The Hershey Company|Hershey Foods]], [[Herr's Snacks]] and Gibbles Potato Chips, among others.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greisman|first1=David|title=Snack Foods Keep Hanover On the Map|url=http://hanovermagazine.com/snack-foods-keep-hanover-on-the-map/|website=Hanover Magazine|access-date=29 August 2015}}</ref>

[[Emeco]] founded in 1944 manufactures designer furniture, including their signature Navy Chair. [[Menchey Music Service]] was founded in Hanover in 1936 and maintains its headquarters at the same location. The [[Vulcan Materials Company]] owns a large [[limestone]] quarry located to the north of Hanover, with an office on Oxford Avenue.

===Retail===
Retail shopping areas in Hanover include "The Golden Mile" along Eisenhower Drive, downtown Hanover, Gateway Hanover, and [[North Hanover Mall]].

==Arts and culture==
[[Image:Hanover theatre PA.jpg|thumb|Hanover Theater, built 1928]]
Some local places of interest in the Hanover area include the [[George Nace (Neas) House|Neas House]], a local history museum of the Hanover Area Historical Society, the R H Sheppard Museum for [[Diesel engine]]s, and the former [[Hanover Shoe Company]], a large shoe factory from 1910 now converted into apartments.

[[Codorus State Park]] has a large [[Reservoir|artificial lake]] near Hanover.

The [https://theeich.org/ Eichelberger Performing Arts Center] was established in 1998 and occupies over one third of the old Eichelberger school on Stock Street. It hosts a variety of road shows and show rentals. This is the area's leader in quality Live Theatre, Family Entertainment, Concerts, Comedy Performances and Community Theatre. Each year, it reaches over 25,000 people and more throughout the community.

==Education==
[[File:Eichelberger HS Hanover, PA 2.JPG|thumb|The former [[Eichelberger High School]]]]
The [[Hanover Public School District]] serves Hanover borough and has five schools:
*Clearview Elementary School
*Hanover Street Elementary School
*Washington Elementary School
*Hanover Middle School
*[[Hanover High School (Pennsylvania)|Hanover High School]]

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The [http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us South Western School District] serves Penn Township, West Manheim Township, and Manheim Township within the zip code of Hanover and has five schools:

* Baresville Elementary School
* Manheim Elementary School
* Park Hills Elementary School
* West Manheim Elementary School
* Emory H. Markle Middle School
* South Western High School

Catholic elementary schools in Hanover include St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School and St. Joseph Catholic School. The Catholic high school is [[Delone Catholic High School]] in adjacent [[McSherrystown, Pennsylvania|McSherrystown]].

==Transportation==
The Hanover area is served by Pennsylvania Routes [[Pennsylvania Route 94|94]], [[Pennsylvania Route 194|194]], [[Pennsylvania Route 116|116]], and [[Pennsylvania Route 216|216]]. Route 94 intersects with Route 194 at the square and extends north to [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]] and south to [[Baltimore]]. Route 194 intersects with Route 94 and Route 116 at the square and extends north to [[Dillsburg, Pennsylvania]] and south to [[Frederick, Maryland]]. Route 116 overlaps Route 194 and runs through the square for three blocks. It extends west to [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]] and east to [[Spring Grove, Pennsylvania]]. Route 216 branches southwest off of Route 116 and runs through [[Codorus State Park]].

Hanover is served by four routes of the [[Rabbit Transit (York)|Rabbit Transit]] bus system.

== Notable people==
* [[Elaine Anaya]], artist and former First Lady of [[New Mexico]]<ref name=sfnm>{{cite news |first=Rick |last=Ruggles |title=Elaine Anaya, former first lady of New Mexico, worked outside politics to help those in need |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/elaine-anaya-former-first-lady-of-new-mexico-worked-outside-politics-to-help-those-in/article_dcf2687a-576c-11ec-ae29-6bf472625476.html |work=[[Santa Fe New Mexican]] |publisher= |date=2021-12-07 |access-date=2023-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208042033/https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/elaine-anaya-former-first-lady-of-new-mexico-worked-outside-politics-to-help-those-in/article_dcf2687a-576c-11ec-ae29-6bf472625476.html |archive-date=2021-12-08 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Adaline Hohf Beery]], author, newspaper editor, songbook compiler, hymn writer
* [[Al Bemiller]], American football player
* [[Matthias N. Forney]], [[steam locomotive]] inventor and engineer, creator of the Forney engines used in early New York City elevated railways
* [[Christian Gobrecht]], [[Chief Engraver of the United States Mint]]
* [[Donora Hillard]], author 
* [[John Luther Long]], author of the short story "[[Madame Butterfly (short story)|Madame Butterfly]]," later a [[Madama Butterfly|Puccini opera]]
* [[The Pixies Three]], teenage girl-group trio
* [[Ann Roth]], costume designer

==In popular culture==
The bowling scene in the movie ''[[Girl, Interrupted (film)|Girl, Interrupted]]'' was filmed in the basement of the Sheppard Mansion. The mansion and its twin, Myers Mansion, across town both still have bowling alleys in their basements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hanoverareahistoricalsociety.org/mansion.htm |title=Warehime-Myers Mansion |access-date=2009-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007223400/http://www.hanoverareahistoricalsociety.org/mansion.htm |archive-date=2009-10-07 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==References==
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* {{cite book |last=Prowell |first=George R. |title=History of York County, Pennsylvania |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofyorkcou00prow |volume=I |year=1907 |publisher=J.H. Beers |location=Chicago }}
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==External links==
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* [http://www.hanoverboroughpa.gov/ Borough of Hanover, Pennsylvania] (official website), retrieved online September 19, 2019.
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Hanover (Pennsylvania)|Hanover, Pennsylvania}}

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