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Eritrea has an estimated population of 4,954,645[1] as of 2016. No reliable census data is available, the best available estimates being published by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The population has doubled over the past 30 years, with an accelerating growth rate estimated at close to 3.2% p.a. during 2005–2010. This rate of population growth is sustained despite a high emigration rate; the World Bank as of 2010 estimated that close to a million of Eritreans have emigrated.[2]
The nation has nine recognized ethnic groups.[3] According to SIL Ethnologue, Tigrayans make up about 50% of the population; the Tigre, who also speak a Semitic language, constitute around 30% of residents. Most of the rest of the population belong to other Afro-Asiatic-speaking communities of the Cushitic branch. Additionally, there are a number of Nilo-Saharan-speaking ethnic minorities and other smaller groups.[3][4]
A majority of Eritrea's population adheres to Abrahamic religions. The two most followed religions are Christianity and Islam, which have an almost equal number of followers.
Contents
1 Ethno-linguistic groups
1.1 Afro-Asiatic communities
1.1.1 Semitic speakers
1.1.1.1 Tigrayans
1.1.1.2 Tigre
1.1.1.3 Rashaida
1.1.2 Cushitic speakers
1.1.2.1 Afar
1.1.2.2 Saho
1.1.2.3 Bilen
1.1.2.4 Beja
1.2 Nilo-Saharan communities
1.2.1 Kunama
1.2.2 Nara
1.3 Other communities
1.3.1 Italians
2 Religion
3 Population
4 Vital statistics
4.1 Fertility and Births
5 Demographic statistics
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Ethno-linguistic groups[edit]
Further information: Languages of Eritrea
Ethno-Demography of Eritrea
Eritrea's population comprises nine recognized ethnic groups, most of whom speak languages from the Ethiopian Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.[4] The Ethiopian Semitic languages spoken in Eritrea are Tigre, Tigrayan, and the newly recognized Dahlik. Other Afro-Asiatic languages belonging to the Cushitic branch are also widely spoken in the country.[4] The latter include Afar, Beja, Blin, and Saho.
In addition, languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan language family (Kunama and Nara) are spoken as a mother tongue by the Kunama and Nara Nilotic ethnic minorities that live in the north and northwestern part of the country.[4] The Rashaida speak Arabic, while there are also a number of Italians who speak their native Italian language.
Afro-Asiatic communities[edit]
Semitic speakers[edit]
Tigrayans[edit]
Main article: Tigrayans
A Tigrayan traditional dance.
The majority of the Tigrayans inhabit the highlands of Eritrea; however, migration to other parts of the country has occurred. Their language is called Tigrinya. They are the largest ethnic group in the country, constituting about 55% of the population.[3] The predominantly Tigrayan populated urban centers in Eritrea are the capital Asmara, Mendefera, Dekemhare, Adi Keyh, Adi Quala and Senafe, while there is a significant population of Tigrayans in other cities including Keren, and Massawa.
The Jeberti people in Eritrea trace descent from early Muslim adherents. The term Jeberti is also locally sometimes used to generically refer to all Islamic inhabitants of the highlands.[5] The Jeberti in Eritrea speak Arabic and Tigrinya.[6] They account for about 10% of the Tigrinya speakers in the nation. The remaining 90% are Christians, so divided: 73% of the Eritrean Orthodox faith, 12% Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic (whose mass is held in Ge'ez as opposed to Latin), and 5% belonging to various Protestant and other Christian denominations, the majority of which belong to the (Lutheran) Evangelical Church of Eritrea.
Tigre[edit]
Main article: Tigre people
The Tigre reside in the western lowlands in Eritrea. Many also migrated to Sudan at the time of the Ethiopian-Eritrean conflict and lived there since. They are a nomadic and pastoralist people, related to the Tigrayans and to the Beja people. They are a predominantly Muslim nomadic people who inhabit the northern, western, and coastal lowlands of Eritrea, where they constitute 30% of local residents.[3] Some also inhabit areas in eastern Sudan. 95% of the Tigre people adhere to the Islamic religion Sunni Islam, but there are a small number of Christians among them as well (often referred to as the Mensaï in Eritrea). Their language is called Tigre.
Rashaida[edit]
Main article: Rashaida people
The Rashaida are one of Eritrea's nine recognized ethnic groups. They represent around 2% of the population of Eritrea.[3] The Rashaida reside in the northern coastal lowlands of Eritrea and the northern eastern coasts of Sudan. They are predominantly Muslim and are the only ethnic group in Eritrea to have Arabic as their communal language, specifically the Hejazi dialect. The Rashaida first came to Eritrea in the 19th century from the Arabian Coast.[7]
Cushitic speakers[edit]
Afar[edit]
Main article: Afar people
According to the CIA, the Afar constitute under 5% of the nation's population.[3] They live in the Debubawi Keyih Bahri Region of Eritrea, as well as the Afar Region in Ethiopia, and Djibouti. They speak the Afar language as a mother tongue, and are predominantly Muslim. Afars in Eritrea number about 397,000 individuals, the smallest population out of the countries they reside in. In Djibouti, there are about 780,000 group members, and in Ethiopia, they number approximately 1,300,000.
Saho[edit]
Main article: Saho people
Saho women in traditional attire.
The Saho represent 4% of Eritrea's population.[3] They principally reside in the Debubawi Keyih Bahri Region and the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. Some also live in adjacent parts of Ethiopia. Their language is called Saho. They are predominantly Muslim, although a few Christians known as the Irob live in the Debub Region of Eritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Bilen[edit]
Main article: Bilen people
The Bilen in Eritrea represent around 2% of the country's population.[3] They are primarily concentrated in the north-central areas, in and around the city of Keren, and south towards Asmara, the nation's capital. Many of them entered Eritrea from Kush (central Sudan) in the 8th century and settled at Merara, after which they went to Lalibela and Lasta. The Bilen then returned to Axum in Ethiopia's Tigray Province, and battled with the natives; in the resulting aftermath, the Bilen returned to their main base at Merara. The Bilen include adherents of both Islam and Christianity. They speak the Bilen as a mother tongue. Christian adherents are mainly urban and have intermingled with the Tigrinya who live in the area. Muslim adherents are mainly rural and have interbred with the adjacent Tigre.
Beja[edit]
Main article: Beja people
The Beja in Eritrea, or Hedareb, constitute under 5% of local residents.[3] They mainly live along the north-western border with Sudan. Group members are predominantly Muslim and communicate in Hedareb as a first or second language. The Beja also include the Beni-Amer people, who have retained their native Beja language alongside Hedareb.
Nilo-Saharan communities[edit]
Kunama[edit]
Main article: Kunama people
According to the CIA, the Kunama constitute around 2% of Eritrea's population.[3] They mainly live in the country's Gash Barka Region, as well as in adjacent parts of Ethiopia's Tigray Region. Many of them reside in the contested border village of Badme. Their language is called Kunama. Although some Kunama still practice traditional beliefs, most are converts to either Christianity (Roman Catholic and Protestant) or Islam.
Nara[edit]
Main article: Nara people
The Nara represent under 5% of the nation's population.[3] They principally reside along the south-western border with Sudan and Ethiopia. They are generally Muslim, with a few Christians and some practising their indigenous beliefs. Their language is called Nara.
Other communities[edit]
Italians[edit]
Main article: Italian Eritreans
A few monolingual Italian Eritreans remain. As of 2008, they were estimated at 900 people, down from around 38,000 residents at the end of World War II.
Religion[edit]
Main article: Religion in Eritrea
Eritrea religious groups
U.S Department of State 2011[8]
religion percent
Christianity
50%
Islam
48%
Others
2%
Regions of Eritrea
People in Eritrea practice various religions. According to the Pew Research Center (2010), 62.9% of the population are Christian, mostly followers of Oriental Orthodoxy, and to a lesser extent, Roman Catholicism, with the second-largest denomination being Muslims.[9] In general, most local residents who adhere to Christianity live in the Maekel and Debub regions, whereas those who follow Islam predominantly inhabit the Anseba, Northern Red Sea, Southern Red Sea and Gash-Barka regions. A few adherents of traditional faiths can also be found, particularly in the lowlands.
Region
Population
Christians
Muslims
Other
Maekel Region, ዞባ ማእከል 1,053,254 87% 13% 1%
Debub Region, ዞባ ደቡብ 1,476,765 86% 14% <1%
Gash-Barka Region, ዞባ ጋሽ ባርካ 1,103,742 31% 69% 1%
Anseba Region, ዞባ ዓንሰባ 893,587 32% 68% <1%
Northern Red Sea Region,
Semienawi Keyih Bahri ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ 897,454 12% 87% <1%
Southern Red Sea Region,
Debubawi Keyih Bahri ዞባ ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ 398,073 37% 62% <1%
Population[edit]
According to the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects[1], the total population of Eritrea was at 4,954,645 in 2016 (compared to 3.27 million in 1990). Population growth rate during 2005–2010 was estimated at 3.2% p.a.
In the 2010s, worsening conditions have fuelled migration pressure, with Eritreans trying to reach Europe illegally in boats reaching desperate proportions in 2013.[10]
The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 41.6%, 55.9% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.5% was 65 years or older.[11]
Total population (x 1000)
Population aged 0–14 (%)
Population aged 15–64 (%)
Population aged 65+ (%)
1950 1 141 45.3 51.5 3.2
1955 1 264 44.9 52.1 3.0
1960 1 424 44.8 52.5 2.8
1965 1 619 44.7 52.7 2.6
1970 1 847 45.3 52.2 2.5
1975 2 115 45.4 52.1 2.5
1980 2 469 47.1 49.1 3.8
1985 2 806 47.8 49.2 3.0
1990 3 158 46.3 51.1 2.6
1995 3 213 47.0 50.5 2.5
2000 3 668 44.9 52.7 2.4
2005 4 486 42.0 55.7 2.4
2010 5 254 41.6 55.9 2.5
UN medium variant population projections as of 2010 expected a radically reduced growth rate of 2.0% during the 2020s and of 1.8% during the 2030s.[11] This was corrected as too optimistic an outlook in the 2012 edition, which now expected a more pessimistic, but still declining growth rate of 2.7% during the 2020s (10.3 million in 2030) and of 2.4% during the 2030s (13 million in 2040).[12]
Vital statistics[edit]
Registration of vital events in Eritrea is incomplete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates:[11]
Period
Live births per year
Deaths per year
Natural change per year
CBR*
CDR*
NC*
TFR*
IMR*
1950-1955 58 000 34 000 24 000 48.4 28.0 20.4 6.97 176
1955-1960 66 000 35 000 31 000 49.2 25.7 23.4 6.97 163
1960-1965 74 000 36 000 38 000 48.5 23.6 24.9 6.82 151
1965-1970 83 000 38 000 45 000 47.6 21.7 25.9 6.70 139
1970-1975 91 000 39 000 52 000 46.1 19.7 26.3 6.52 133
1975-1980 103 000 43 000 60 000 45.1 18.9 26.2 6.50 127
1980-1985 112 000 54 000 58 000 42.4 20.5 21.9 6.50 116
1985-1990 123 000 52 000 71 000 41.1 17.3 23.9 6.31 104
1990-1995 127 000 45 000 83 000 40.0 14.1 25.9 6.08 90
1995-2000 131 000 38 000 93 000 38.1 11.1 27.0 5.66 73
2000-2005 157 000 39 000 118 000 38.4 9.5 28.9 5.19 62
2005-2010 183 000 40 000 143 000 37.5 8.3 29.3 4.68 54
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)
Fertility and Births[edit]
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[13]
Year
Total CBR
Total TFR
Urban CBR
Urban TFR
Rural CBR
Rural TFR
1995 37,5 6,10 (5,7) 29,3 4,23 (3,8) 40,3 6,99 (6,5)
2002 32 4,8 (4,4) 28 3,5 (3,1) 35 5,7 (5,3)
Fertility data as of 2002 (DHS Program):[14]
Zoba
Total fertility rate
Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant
Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49
Debubawi Keih Bahri 3.9 8.9 5.1
Maekel 3.4 7.1 4.8
Semenawi Keih Bahri 4.5 8.9 5.8
Anseba 5.6 8.8 6.3
Gash-Barka 5.1 10.2 6.3
Debub 5.7 9.5 6.6
Demographic statistics[edit]
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Population: 5,060,620 Age structure:
0–14 years: 42.9% (male 1,085,116/female 1,072,262)
15–64 years: 53.5% (male 1,332,349/female 1,355,494)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 88,068/female 95,186) (2008 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.445% (2011 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Fertility rate: According to 2002 official survey, fertility rate was 4.8 with 3.5 in urban and 5.7 in rural.[15]
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.8 years
male: 66.7 years
female: 70.9 years (2010 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Eritrean(s)
adjective: Eritrean
Ethnic groups: Tigrayan 55%, Tigre 30%, Saho 4%, Kunama 2%, Rashaida 2%, Bilen 2%, other (Afar, Beni-Amer, Nera) 5% (2010 est.) [16]
Religions: Eritrean Orthodox, Sunni Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant (see Religion in Eritrea)
Languages: Afar, Arabic (spoken by the Rashaida), Beja (spoken by the Hedareb), Blin, Kunama, Nara, Saho, Tigre, Tigrinya, as a second language. English, Italian and Arabic are the foremost second languages.
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70%
male: 68%
female: 72% (2011 est.)
See also[edit]
Eritrea
Languages of Eritrea
Culture of Eritrea
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
Jump up ^ Bilateral Estimates of Migrant Stocks in 2010 estimates 942,000 emigrants, of whom 450,000 migrated to Sudan and 290,000 to Ethiopia. C.f. the World' Bank's Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "The World Factbook". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Minahan, James (1998). Miniature empires: a historical dictionary of the newly independent states. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 76. ISBN 0-313-30610-9. The majority of the Eritreans speak Semitic or Cushitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic language group. The Kunama, Baria, and other smaller groups in the north and northwest speak Nilotic languages.
Jump up ^ Kifleyesus, Abbebe (January 2009). "Jeberti Women Traders' Innumeracy: Its Impact on Commercial Activity in Eritrea". L'Homme: revue française d'anthropologie (189): 59. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
Jump up ^ Facts On File, Incorporated (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase Publishing. p. 336. ISBN 143812676X.
Jump up ^ Alders, Anne. "the Rashaida". Retrieved 2006-06-07.
Jump up ^ "Eritrea". U.S. State Department. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Table: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country". Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
Jump up ^ Why they leave -- Eritreans are taking to the seas because of worsening conditions at home 12 October 2013. "Some 30,000 people reached Italy illegally in boats in the first nine months of 2013, three times as many as in the whole of 2012, according to Frontex, [...] the largest batch came from Eritrea, a country that has supposedly been at peace for the past 13 years." Emigration has left Eritrea ‘desolate’, say bishops", Catholic Herald, 6 September 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c "World Population Prospects, the 2012 Revision". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
Jump up ^ Based on an a-priori assumption of worldwide "convergence towards low fertility". "World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision"[1], "Methodology", p. 15: "The 2012 Revision drew on new empirical evidence on fertility levels and trends that became available since the publication of the 2010 Revision. The empirical evidence from available surveys and the 2010 round of censuses has provided the basis for a reassessment of fertility levels and trends experienced within the last decade. In a number of countries, particularly in Africa, slower than expected fertility declines or even stalled fertility was observed. In some cases, increases in total fertility were also recorded. This led to the decision not to apply the additional adjustment that was used in the 2010 Revision for a small number of countries at the very early stage of their fertility transition (for example, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Somalia) or that had experienced recent fertility stalling (for example, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe). For these countries, the recent fertility decline has been much slower than typically experienced in the past decades by other countries at similar levels of fertility, and the additional adjustment would have delayed any potential future decline, implying even more population growth than already anticipated with the standard assumption."
Jump up ^ "MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
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"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
Single by Elton John
from the album Too Low for Zero
B-side
"Choc-Ice Goes Mental" (UK)
"The Retreat" (US)
Released
April 1983 (UK)
November 1983 (US)
Format
Vinyl record (7")
Recorded
September 1982
Genre
Soft rock
Length
4:45
Label
Rocket
Geffen (US)
Songwriter(s)
Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Davey Johnstone
Producer(s)
Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
(1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
(1983) "I'm Still Standing"
(1983)
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
(1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
(1983) "I'm Still Standing"
(1983)
Music video
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" on YouTube
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a song by English singer Elton John, with music by John and Davey Johnstone and lyrics by Bernie Taupin . In the US, it was one of John's biggest hits of the 1980s, holding at #2 for four weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, and reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song features Stevie Wonder on harmonica. The song received largely favorable reviews, with Bill Janovitz of AllMusic declaring the song "likely to stand the test of time as a standard."[1]
Contents
1 Track listing
2 Song life
3 Charts
4 Personnel
5 References
6 External links
Track listing[edit]
US 7" single
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
"The Retreat"
UK 7" single
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
"Choc Ice Goes Mental"
Song life[edit]
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
From Too Low for Zero
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The song appeared on the album Too Low for Zero. Released as a single in April 1983, the song reached number five in the UK chart and number four in the US chart six months later. The song was also featured on the film soundtrack to Peter's Friends in 1992.
The original music video, one of twenty directed for John by Australian Russell Mulcahy,[2] tells the story of two 1950s-era young lovers who are separated when the man is forced to leave for National Service, depicting the trials and tribulations he experiences there, and then are finally reunited at the end of the song. It was filmed in the Rivoli Ballroom in London and is marked as one of the few times John has been filmed or videotaped without wearing his trademark glasses.
The song was later performed live by Mary J. Blige and Elton John, and this version of the song was part of the Mary J. Blige & Friends EP. A live version of the song with Mary J. Blige also appeared on John's One Night Only – The Greatest Hits live compilation, recorded in Madison Square Garden in October 2000. Another live version, this one featuring just Elton John and basic rhythm section, was recorded live in Verona in 1996 during John's appearance with Luciano Pavarotti as part of the master tenor's Pavarotti and Friends for War Child benefit concerts.
John has performed the song, a fan favourite, live numerous times, occasionally playing it as part of a medley with his hit "Blue Eyes" (from the 1982 album Jump Up!).
The song was covered by James Blunt and released in the UK on the compilation album BBC Radio 2: Sounds of the 80s on 7 November 2014.[3]
Canadian singer Alessia Cara covered the song for the 2018 tribute album Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin.
Charts[edit]
Chart (1983-1984)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 4
Germany (Media Control AG)[5] 22
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 48
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 12
South Africa (RISA)[8] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 12
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10] 5
Zimbabwe Singles (ZIMA)[11] 1
Chart (1984)
Peak
position
Canadian Adult Contemporary[12] 1
Canadian Top Singles[13] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 4
Personnel[edit]
Elton John: piano, keyboards, vocals
Davey Johnstone: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Dee Murray: bass, backing vocals
Nigel Olsson: drums, backing vocals
Stevie Wonder: harmonica
References[edit]
Jump up ^ I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues at AllMusic
Jump up ^ "Russell Mulcahy". austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
Jump up ^ "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues". iTunes. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
Jump up ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Jump up ^ "Chartverfolgung / JOHN, ELTON / Single" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Elton John – I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Charts.nz – Elton John – I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ ""I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" on the South African Singles Chart". Springbok Radio. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Elton John – I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues – Hitparade.ch". Singles Top 75. Hung Medien.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
Jump up ^ "Contemporary Adult". RPM. 39 (22). 4 February 1984. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
Jump up ^ "50 Singles". RPM. 39 (23). 11 February 1984. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
Jump up ^ "Elton John Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
External links[edit]
Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues on YouTube
Lyrics for "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" at Bernietaupin.com
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" at Discogs (list of releases)
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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"Island Girl" (1975)
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"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983)
"I'm Still Standing" (1983)
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984)
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