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928:Categories
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360:References
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218:Portuguese
163:Statistics
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769:Mindelact
578:Mountains
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535:Mindelo
305:Gallery
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181:Annual
172:tonnage
140:harbour
113:Details
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49:Country
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733:Sports
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185:volume
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118:Opened
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