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Grand County – Travel Distances

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There's something undeniably magical about a road trip-the sense of boundless freedom, the ever-changing scenery, and the thrill of the unknown. It's not just about reaching a destination; it's about the experiences along the way. The hum of the engine, the wind rushing through open windows, and the endless stretch of asphalt ahead create a rhythm that lulls you into a state of adventure.

The Beginning: Anticipation and Excitement

Every road trip starts with anticipation. The night before departure is filled with last-minute packing, checking maps (or GPS), and that giddy excitement that makes sleep elusive. The car is loaded with snacks, playlists, and a mix of essentials and just-in-case items. As the engine starts the next morning, the journey truly begins-windows down, music up, and the open road calling.

The first miles are electric. The cityscape fades into suburbs, then into open countryside. The world feels full of possibilities. Conversations flow easily-plans, memories, jokes, and comfortable silences. The road is a companion, always moving forward, urging you to see what's around the next bend.

The Middle: Unexpected Discoveries

A road trip is never just about the highway. It's the detours that make it unforgettable. A hand-painted sign for a roadside attraction, a local diner with the best pie you've ever tasted, or a scenic overlook that wasn't on the itinerary-these unplanned moments become the heart of the journey.

Small towns welcome you with their quirks-a vintage gas station, a Main Street frozen in time, or a friendly waitress who calls you "hon." The landscape shifts: rolling hills give way to deserts, forests morph into plains, and mountains rise in the distance. Each mile brings new textures, colors, and stories.

There are challenges, too-wrong turns, sudden rainstorms, or that one rest stop with questionable bathrooms. But even these become part of the lore, the tales you'll laugh about later. A flat tire in the middle of nowhere leads to an encounter with a kind stranger. A missed exit becomes a chance to explore a hidden gem.

The Rhythm of the Road

Hours blend together in the best way. The playlist shifts from upbeat anthems to mellow tunes as the sun dips low. Golden hour bathes everything in warmth, and the world feels slower, softer. Conversations deepen as the miles pass-dreams, fears, and the kind of talks that only happen when you're untethered from daily life.

Night driving has its own magic. The road is quieter, lit only by headlights and the occasional glow of a distant town. The stars seem brighter out here, away from city lights. A 24-hour truck stop becomes a beacon of coffee and greasy comfort food, the neon sign a welcome sight in the darkness.

The Destination-and the Journey Home

Eventually, the destination appears, whether it's a national park, a coastal town, or a loved one's doorstep. There's satisfaction in arriving, but also a quiet longing for the road itself. Because the truth is, the trip isn't just about where you're going-it's about who you become along the way.

And then, there's the return. The road back is different-familiar yet changed. You're wiser, wearier, but full of stories. The car smells like adventure: sunscreen, fast food wrappers, and the faint scent of pine from that hike days ago. Home feels both comforting and strange after so much movement.

Why We Keep Going Back

A road trip is more than travel; it's a reminder of life's spontaneity. It's about control and surrender-planning the route but embracing the detours. It's about connection-to the people beside you, the strangers you meet, and the land unfolding outside your window.

And when it's over, you'll find yourself dreaming of the next one-because the road never really leaves you. It whispers in the everyday, calling you back to where the horizon never ends, and the journey is everything.

In the report below, the county's county seat is used as a starting point for a county. From there, all county seats within 250 straight-line miles from that county seat orgination point are shown. In those instances where a county does not have a county seat, than the largest city within that county is used as a reference point. There are a few cases where a county has two county seats, in that case, one is arbitrarily selected.

 
Seattle (King County, WA)
Dallas (Dallas County, TX)  
Manhattan (New York County, NY)  
Chicago (Cook County, IL)  
Atlanta (Fulton County, GA)  
Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO)  
Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County, CO)  
Greeley (Weld County, CO)  
Fort Collins (Larimer County, CO)  
Denver (Denver County, CO)  
Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO)  
Boulder (Boulder County, CO)  
Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA)  
Akron (Washington County, CO)
Alamosa (Alamosa County, CO)
Aspen (Pitkin County, CO)
Boulder (Boulder County, CO)
Breckenridge (Summit County, CO)

Brighton (Adams County, CO)
Broomfield (Broomfield County, CO)
Burlington (Kit Carson County, CO)
Canon City (Fremont County, CO)
Castle Rock (Douglas County, CO)

Central City (Gilpin County, CO)
Cheyenne Wells (Cheyenne County, CO)
City of Creede (Mineral County, CO)
Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO)
Conejos (Conejos County, CO)

Cortez (Montezuma County, CO)
Craig (Moffat County, CO)
Cripple Creek (Teller County, CO)
Del Norte (Rio Grande County, CO)
Delta (Delta County, CO)

Denver (Denver County, CO)
Dove Creek (Dolores County, CO)
Durango (La Plata County, CO)
Eads (Kiowa County, CO)
Eagle (Eagle County, CO)

Fairplay (Park County, CO)
Fort Collins (Larimer County, CO)
Fort Morgan (Morgan County, CO)
Georgetown (Clear Creek County, CO)
Glenwood Springs (Garfield County, CO)

Golden (Jefferson County, CO)
Grand Junction (Mesa County, CO)
Greeley (Weld County, CO)
Gunnison (Gunnison County, CO)
Holyoke (Phillips County, CO)

Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County, CO)
Hugo (Lincoln County, CO)
Julesburg (Sedgwick County, CO)
Kiowa (Elbert County, CO)
La Junta (Otero County, CO)

Lake City (Hinsdale County, CO)
Lamar (Prowers County, CO)
Las Animas (Bent County, CO)
Leadville (Lake County, CO)
Littleton (Arapahoe County, CO)

Meeker (Rio Blanco County, CO)
Montrose (Montrose County, CO)
Ordway (Crowley County, CO)
Ouray (Ouray County, CO)
Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County, CO)

Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO)
Saguache (Saguache County, CO)
Salida (Chaffee County, CO)
San Luis (Costilla County, CO)
Silverton (San Juan County, CO)

Steamboat Springs (Routt County, CO)
Sterling (Logan County, CO)
Telluride (San Miguel County, CO)
Trinidad (Las Animas County, CO)
Walden (Jackson County, CO)

Walsenburg (Huerfano County, CO)
Westcliffe (Custer County, CO)
Wray (Yuma County, CO)
Goodland (Sherman County, KS)
St. Francis (Cheyenne County, KS)

Sharon Springs (Wallace County, KS)
Alliance (Box Butte County, NE)
Benkelman (Dundy County, NE)
Bridgeport (Morrill County, NE)
Chappell (Deuel County, NE)

Gering (Scotts Bluff County, NE)
Grant (Perkins County, NE)
Harrisburg (Banner County, NE)
Harrison (Sioux County, NE)
Imperial (Chase County, NE)

Kimball (Kimball County, NE)
Ogallala (Keith County, NE)
Oshkosh (Garden County, NE)
Sidney (Cheyenne County, NE)
Aztec (San Juan County, NM)

Raton (Colfax County, NM)
Tierra Amarilla (Rio Arriba County, NM)
Duchesne (Duchesne County, UT)
Manila (Daggett County, UT)
Moab (Grand County, UT)

Monticello (San Juan County, UT)
Vernal (Uintah County, UT)
Casper (Natrona County, WY)
Cheyenne (Laramie County, WY)
Douglas (Converse County, WY)

Green River (Sweetwater County, WY)
Lander (Fremont County, WY)
Laramie (Albany County, WY)
Lusk (Niobrara County, WY)
Rawlins (Carbon County, WY)

Torrington (Goshen County, WY)
Wheatland (Platte County, WY)
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742
734
835
781
 
855
842
964
795
836
 
816
951
694
828
728
 
598
746
804
720
660
 
845
591
632
922
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776
860
912
805
721
 
829
648
869
711
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796
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679
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713
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802
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573
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893
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711
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861
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951
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110
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186
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42
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156
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85
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162
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213
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268
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174
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138
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313
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257
277
286
157
271
 
308
344
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223
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92
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27
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15
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143
93
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33
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195
 
260
151
72
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0
257
237
143
103
 
70
55
67
43
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18
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138
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68
87
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178
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83
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161
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122
192
207
 
104
134
104
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114
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147
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178
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156
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120
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138
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200
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293
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273
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226
95
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269
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113
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163
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38
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43
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82
 
57
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291
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55
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104
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70
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56
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64
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212
215
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111
66
 
153
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159
180
148
232
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93
98
233
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65
 
202
168
153
196
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210
156
189
128
141
 
115
176
98
160
180
 
88
179
154
117
302
 
255
278
282
246
275
 
294
235
171
43
153
 
239
247
60
156
141
 
115
104
84
212
138
37
92
 
31
35
153
138
72
 
58
169
212
107
239
 
294
147
117
207
210
 
45
287
274
171
121
 
105
18
53
69
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52
221
0
173
130
 
74
112
137
76
181
 
214
199
182
114
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167
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148
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108
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192
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192
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113
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81
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244
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297
262
285
 
301
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186
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257
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76
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118
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72
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70
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211
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37
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110
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231
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68
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216
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59
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156
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95
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148
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47
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183
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246
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192
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176
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151
241
217
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238
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231
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202
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89
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170
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151
88
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126
115
 
118
119
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35
78
 
116
128
129
42
112
 
226
221
45
103
191
 
104
236
191
100
152
 
100
159
144
116
171
 
107
221
148
127
202
 
148
86
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75
61
 
148
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94
 
215
176
46
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0
84
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193
179
176
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45
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160
280
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248
226
 
251
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231
308
222
 
211
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248
216
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96
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336
331
268
 
259
303
328
198
313
 
341
383
216
310
279
 
263
262
1125
1229
1297
1226
1259
 
1202
1214
1060
1202
1195
 
1236
1056
1289
1183
1234
 
1376
1352
1204
1257
1359
 
1203
1396
1338
1073
1301
 
1253
1226
1156
1244
1328
 
1219
1387
1208
1294
1088
 
1271
1119
1096
1174
1107
 
1311
1059
1091
1269
1207
 
1363
1344
1121
1331
1290
 
1168
1248
1245
1203
1329
 
1314
1134
1338
1151
1291
 
1171
1212
1074
1032
1045
 
1026
1155
1038
1154
1109
 
1185
1067
1181
1219
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1170
1074
1111
1134
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1147
1263
1494
1470
1435
 
1420
1453
1337
1224
1291
 
1465
1454
1268
1248
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1216
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817
1011
1020
924
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901
915
784
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915
 
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1055
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1151
1035
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909
1158
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829
1011
 
976
906
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952
1040
 
926
1111
893
1038
764
 
967
849
757
895
880
 
1070
831
862
991
919
 
1059
1088
885
1088
1074
 
927
1009
991
996
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998
809
1098
950
967
 
952
973
768
755
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767
780
733
793
766
 
821
731
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826
727
757
792
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956
1068
1186
1140
1172
 
1177
1138
952
885
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1122
1076
926
858
1004
 
846
886
1531
1716
1733
1638
1687
 
1615
1629
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1662
1627
 
1655
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1859
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1623
1868
1825
1534
1725
 
1689
1621
1559
1665
1753
 
1640
1825
1608
1749
1478
 
1681
1559
1471
1607
1584
 
1779
1533
1565
1704
1632
 
1774
1799
1590
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1779
 
1634
1717
1701
1698
1802
 
1713
1524
1807
1650
1681
 
1655
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1464
1463
 
1473
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1445
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1481
 
1535
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1540
1442
1472
1506
1839
 
1653
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1901
1854
1885
 
1888
1853
1662
1600
1616
 
1835
1785
1640
1569
1717
 
1559
1599
622
608
715
687
694
 
666
675
545
614
640
 
686
521
670
613
602
 
738
800
626
637
756
 
660
765
700
518
732
 
680
705
646
689
751
 
672
790
688
694
619
 
722
576
642
623
523
 
694
491
515
694
657
 
795
735
543
712
656
 
581
641
652
577
705
 
769
647
716
531
759
 
562
613
588
530
558
 
505
725
567
704
654
 
730
620
716
786
598
 
695
637
670
670
693
 
519
618
911
911
820
 
790
883
867
726
833
 
921
952
763
806
845
 
758
781
1079
1089
969
998
988
 
1019
1009
1154
1069
1042
 
997
1171
1030
1068
1103
 
995
881
1056
1061
941
 
1024
962
1025
1168
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1002
984
1051
992
933
 
1011
907
1002
996
1103
 
960
1110
1090
1060
1158
 
1007
1192
1167
989
1026
 
888
964
1138
993
1057
 
1101
1049
1034
1120
1004
 
913
1062
992
1158
925
 
1124
1073
1125
1177
1156
 
1194
1024
1157
1029
1077
 
998
1119
1005
959
1135
 
1019
1109
1071
1053
1045
 
1174
1102
785
773
897
 
941
805
845
973
889
 
760
738
931
931
843
 
967
932


Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus