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Table 1: Cities with more than 500,000 Foreign Born.
Table 2: Cities with greater than 25 percent Foreign Born.

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Table 3: All US PMSA/MSA, by # and % of Foreign Born, 2000

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Argentina	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	2,601,188	2,219,411	1,920,798	1,649,919	1,544,265	1,500,142	1,885,678
Total Population (mid year)	20,616,000	23,962,000	28,094,000	32,581,000	36,896,000	38,747,000	41,446,246
Percent Foreign Born	12.62%	9.26%	6.84%	5.06%	4.19%	3.87%	4.55%
Source: United Nations, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Buenos Aires 2001, 2010

Australia	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	1,701,475	2,486,215	3,087,767	3,983,881	4,071,971	4,097,204	6,468,640
Total Population (mid year)	10,276,000	12,728,000	14,638,000	16,873,000	19,071,000	20,155,000	23,342,553
Percent Foreign Born	16.56%	19.53%	21.09%	23.61%	21.35%	20.33%	27.71%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Adelaide 2011
Brisbane 2001, 2011
Melbourne 2001, 2011
Perth 2001, 2011
Sydney 2001, 2011

Austria	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	103,672	168,727	279,158	473,341	926,835	1,233,546	1,333,807
Total Population (mid year)	7,048,000	7,467,000	7,549,000	7,729,000	8,096,000	8,189,000	8,495,145
Percent Foreign Born	1.47%	2.26%	3.70%	6.12%	11.45%	15.06%	15.70%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision

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Vienna 2001

Belgium	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	441,555	679,891	865,323	899,357	879,262	719,276	1,159,801
Total Population (mid year)	9,153,000	9,656,000	9,859,000	9,967,000	10,304,000	10,419,000	11,104,576
Percent Foreign Born	4.82%	7.04%	8.78%	9.02%	8.53%	6.90%	15.70%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision

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Brussels 1998

Brazil	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	1,397,119	1,231,834	1,181,989	803,738	684,536	641,474	599,678
Total Population (mid year)	72,742,000	95,989,000	121,615,000	149,394,000	173,858,000	186,405,000	200,361,925
Percent Foreign Born	1.92%	1.28%	0.97%	0.54%	0.39%	0.34%	0.30%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: the 2005 Revision

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Brasilia 2000
Rio De Janeiro 2000
Sao Paulo 2000

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Canada	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	2,766,304	3,251,353	3,810,582	4,318,805	5,555,019	6,105,722	7,284,069
Total Population (mid year)	17,909,000	21,717,000	24,516,000	27,701,000	30,689,000	32,268,000	35,181,704
Percent Foreign Born	15.45%	14.97%	15.54%	15.59%	18.10%	18.92%	20.70%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Calgary 2001, 2011
Edmonton 2001, 2011
Montreal 2001, 2011
Ottawa 2001, 2011
Quebec City 2001, 2011
Toronto 2001, 2011
Vancouver 2001, 2011

China	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	248,163	283,256	314,399	379,808	512,688	595,658	848,511
Total Population (mid year)	657,492,000	830,675,000	998,877,000	1,155,305,000	1,273,979,000	1,315,844,000	1,408,896,309
Percent Foreign Born	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.05%	0.06%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision

Costa Rica	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	32,693	25,432	68,657	417,628	310,946	440,957	419,572
Total Population (mid year)	1,334,000	1,821,000	2,347,000	3,076,000	3,929,000	4,327,000	4,872,166
Percent Foreign Born	2.45%	1.40%	2.93%	13.58%	7.91%	10.19%	8.61%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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San Jose 2000

Czech Republic	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	424,498	453,489	453,265	432,776
Total Population (mid year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	10,306,000	10,267,000	10,220,000	10,702,197
Percent Foreign Born	n/a	n/a	n/a	4.12%	4.42%	4.44%	4.04%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Prague 2001

Denmark	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	84,212	117,453	163,815	220,193	304,249	304,249	556,825
Total Population (mid year)	4,581,000	4,929,000	5,123,000	5,140,000	5,340,000	5,431,000	5,619,096
Percent Foreign Born	1.84%	2.38%	3.20%	4.28%	5.70%	7.15%	9.91%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Copenhagen 2001

Egypt	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	212,380	203,516	188,890	175,573	169,147	166,047	297,448
Total Population (mid year)	27,840,000	35,285,000	43,860,000	55,673,000	67,285,000	74,033,000	82,056,378
Percent Foreign Born	0.76%	0.58%	0.43%	0.32%	0.25%	0.22%	0.36%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision

Finland	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	31,904	32,220	38,221	60,969	134,135	156,179	293,167
Total Population (mid year)	4,430,000	4,606,000	4,780,000	4,986,000	5,177,000	5,249,000	5,426,323
Percent Foreign Born	0.72%	0.70%	0.80%	1.22%	2.59%	2.98%	5.40%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Helsinki 2000

France	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	3,507,213	5,210,336	5,890,633	5,906,752	6,277,189	6,471,029	7,439,086
Total Population (mid year)	45,684,000	50,772,000	53,880,000	56,735,000	59,278,000	60,496,000	64,291,280
Percent Foreign Born	7.68%	10.26%	10.93%	10.41%	10.59%	10.70%	11.57%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Bordeaux 1999
Lyon 1999, 2012
Marseille 1999, 2012
Nice 1999
Paris 1999, 2012
Toulouse 1999

Georgia	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	338,300	218,600	191,220	189,893
Total Population (mid year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	5,460,000	4,720,000	4,474,000	4,340,895
Percent Foreign Born	n/a	n/a	n/a	6.20%	4.63%	4.27%	4.38%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Tblisi 1999

Germany	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	5,936,181	9,802,793	10,143,626	9,845,244
Total Population (mid year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	79,433,000	82,344,000	82,689,000	82,726,626
Percent Foreign Born	n/a	n/a	n/a	7.47%	11.90%	12.27%	11.90%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Berlin 2003

Cologne 2001

Frankfurt 2001

Hamburg 2002

Munich 2003

Ghana	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	552,337	352,051	420,679	716,527	1,504,715	1,669,267	358,829
Total Population (mid year)	7,131,000	8,983,000	11,302,000	15,479,000	19,867,000	22,113,000	25,904,598
Percent Foreign Born	7.75%	3.92%	3.72%	4.63%	7.57%	7.55%	1.39%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Accra 2000

Greece	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	51,793	89,572	171,755	411,923	730,941	973,677	988,245
Total Population (mid year)	8,334,000	8,793,000	9,643,000	10,160,000	10,975,000	11,120,000	11,127,990
Percent Foreign Born	0.62%	1.02%	1.78%	4.05%	6.66%	8.76%	8.88%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Athens 2001

Hong kong	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	1,627,488	1,715,474	2,101,365	2,218,473	2,700,531	2,998,686	2,804,753
Total Population (mid year)	3,075,000	3,942,000	5,093,000	5,703,000	6,637,000	7,041,000	7,203,836
Percent Foreign Born	52.93%	43.52%	41.70%	38.89%	40.69%	42.59%	38.93%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Hong Kong 2001, 2006, 2011

Hungary	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	518,137	437,279	369,039	347,510	295,990	316,209	472,798
Total Population (mid year)	9,984,000	10,337,000	10,707,000	10,365,000	10,226,000	10,098,000	9,954,941
Percent Foreign Born	5.19%	4.23%	3.45%	3.35%	2.89%	3.13%	4.75%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Budapest 2001

Indonesia	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	1,859,446	1,170,220	756,851	465,612	329,654	159,731	295,433
Total Population (mid year)	95,931,000	119,936,000	150,072,000	181,414,000	209,174,000	222,781,000	249,865,631
Percent Foreign Born	1.94%	0.98%	0.50%	0.26%	4.19%	0.07%	0.12%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Jakarta 2000

Ireland	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	73,019	130,411	223,238	229,924	384,872	585,429
Total Population (mid year)	2,834,000	2,954,000	3,401,000	3,515,000	3,801,000	4,148,000
Percent Foreign Born	2.58%	4.41%	6.56%	6.54%	10.13%	14.11%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: the 2005 Revision

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Dublin 2002, 2011

Israel	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	1,185,564	1,375,424	1,420,073	1,632,704	2,256,236	2,660,881	2,046,873
Total Population (mid year)	2,114,000	2,898,000	3,764,000	4,514,000	6,084,000	6,725,000	7,733,144
Percent Foreign Born	56.08%	47.46%	37.73%	36.17%	37.08%	39.57%	26.47%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Jerusalem 2000
Tel Aviv-Yafo 2002

Italy	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	752,346	913,368	1,108,852	1,346,174	1,634,290	2,519,040	5,721,457
Total Population (mid year)	50,200,000	53,822,000	56,434,000	56,719,000	57,715,000	58,093,000	60,990,277
Percent Foreign Born	1.50%	1.70%	1.96%	2.37%	2.83%	4.34%	9.38%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Genoa 2000
Milan 2000
Naples 2000
Palermo 2000
Rome 2000
Turin 2000

Japan	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	579,492	603,861	667,293	877,210	1,619,968	2,048,487	2,437,169
Total Population (mid year)	94,096,000	104,331,000	116,807,000	123,537,000	127,034,000	128,085,000	127,143,577
Percent Foreign Born	0.62%	0.58%	0.57%	0.71%	1.28%	1.60%	1.92%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Kobe 2000, 2006, 2015
Kyoto 2000, 2006, 2015
Nagoya 2000, 2006, 2015
Osaka 2000, 2006, 2015
Tokyo 2000, 2006, 2015
Yokohama 2000, 2006, 2015

Jamaica	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	22,033	33,486	24,138	20,760	18,627	17,645	34,907
Total Population (mid year)	1,629,000	1,869,000	2,133,000	2,369,000	2,585,000	2,651,000	2,783,888
Percent Foreign Born	1.35%	1.79%	1.13%	0.88%	0.72%	0.67%	1.25%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

Jordan	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	385,789	531,630	810,220	1,146,125	1,944,172	2,224,890	2,925,780
Total Population (mid year)	896,000	1,623,000	2,225,000	3,254,000	4,972,000	5,703,000	7,273,799
Percent Foreign Born	43.06%	32.76%	36.41%	35.22%	39.10%	39.01%	40.22%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

Kuwait	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,585,280	1,500,442	1,871,537	2,028,053
Total Population (mid year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	2 059,774	1,906,231	2,991,580	3,368,572
Percent Foreign Born	n/a	n/a	n/a	76.96%	78.71%	62.56%	60.21%
Source: United Nations, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2013 Revision

Mexico	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	223,245	195,369	294,259	701,598	542,794	644,361	1,103,460
Total Population (mid year)	36,940,000	50,611,000	68,046,000	84,296,000	100,088,000	107,029,000	122,332,399
Percent Foreign Born	0.60%	0.39%	0.43%	0.83%	0.54%	0.60%	0.90%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Mexico City 2000, 1990, 1970, 1960
Tijuana 2000
Juarez 2000
Leon 2000
Guadalajara 2000
Monterey 2000
Puebla 2000

Netherlands	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	446,620	261,402	490,976	1,191,634	1,563,564	1,638,104	1,964,922
Total Population (mid year)	11,487,000	13,039,000	14,150,000	14,952,000	15,898,000	16,299,000	16,759,229
Percent Foreign Born	3.89%	2.00%	3.47%	7.97%	9.83%	10.05%	11.72%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Amsterdam 2005, 2000, 1996
Rotterdam 2005, 2000, 1996

New Zealand	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	333,859	409,446	470,394	529,422	707,887	642,164	1,132,828
Total Population (mid year)	2,372,000	2,820,000	3,113,000	3,411,000	3,818,000	4,028,000	4,505,761
Percent Foreign Born	14.08%	14.52%	15.11%	15.52%	18.54%	15.94%	25.14%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Auckland 2001, 2011

Norway	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	61,426	88,747	128,220	184,740	298,616	343,929	694,508
Total Population (mid year)	3,581,000	3,877,000	4,086,000	4,241,000	4,502,000	4,620,000	5,042,671
Percent Foreign Born	1.72%	2.29%	3.14%	4.36%	6.63%	7.44%	13.77%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Oslo 2004

Oman	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	31,653	40,000	180,030	452,192	606,377	627,571	1,112,032
Total Population (mid year)	565,000	747,000	1,187,000	1,843,000	2,442,000	2,567,000	3,632,444
Percent Foreign Born	5.60%	5.35%	15.17%	24.54%	24.83%	24.45%	30.61%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

Pakistan	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	6,350,296	5,105,556	5,012,524	6,555,782	4,242,689	3,254,112	4,080,766
Total Population (mid year)	46,259,000	59,565,000	79,297,000	111,698,000	142,648,000	157,935,000	182,142,594
Percent Foreign Born	13.73%	8.57%	6.32%	5.87%	2.97%	2.06%	2.24%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

State of Palestine	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	288,322	275,202	258,032	256,517
Total Population (mid year)	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,081,347	3,204,572	4,012,800	4,326,295
Percent Foreign Born	n/a	n/a	n/a	13.85%	8.59%	6.43%	5.93%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Gaza City 1997

Portugal	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2013
Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year)	38,899	101,611	265,425	435,766	634,934	763,668	893,847
Total Population (mid year)	8,858,000	8,680,000	9,766,000	9,983,000	10,225,000	10,495,000	10,608,156
Percent Foreign Born	0.44%	1.17%	2.72%	4.37%	6.21%	7.28%	8.43%
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2005 and 2013 Revision

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Lisbon 2002