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Municipal Background: 1.1 History
Municipal Background: 1.1 History
Municipal Background: 1.1 History
MUNICIPAL BACKGROUND
1.1 History
D
uring the 16th century when the Spanish government sent missionaries to spread Christianity in the Philippines,
Linapacan was one of the places in Paragua or Palawan where missionaries settled. They established a settlement, a
church and built a fort at Eli Island and sitio caseledan to protect them from the evading moros. It was said that when
they to the island, they saw footprints along the shore. They traced the footsteps, which eventually led them to a hut. They a
beautiful woman and in appreciation to her beauty, they named the new place Reyna Capan. For unknown reason, Reyna
Capan was change to Linapacan.
Linapacan was formerly a part of Coron. Due to many difficulties in transacting business because of the distance to Coron, and
thinking of the advantage of becoming a town. Local leaders made representation to Hon. Gaudencio E. Abordo, the
representative of Palawan to the Congress. He filed a bill which became a law known as Republic Act No. 1020 approved on
January 12, 1954.
By virtue of Republic Act No. 1020, Linapacan was created as a new town which composed of ten (10) barangays.
The late Jose O. Cadlaon was elected as the first mayor of the town. The late Juan L. Abordo succeeded him in 1959; He
promoted agricultural development and was responsible for the establishment of the first Rural Health Center. The late Mayor
Genaro H. Cadalaon succeeded Mayor Juan L. Abordo, and made an intensive study of the needs of the municipality and set a
policy of attractions. His interest to educate the cultural minorities gave him the courage to established Barangay High School at
Barangay San Miguel (Poblacion), now San Miguel Nationalized High School.
In 1986 when Mayor Rafael D. Rodriguez, Sr. was appointed mayor after the EDSA revolution, they requested that Linapacan
be changed to G.E. Abordo in order to give honor to the late Congressman Abordo who was responsible for the creation of the
Municipality of Linapacan. The bill was one of the first that Congressman David A. Ponce de Leon, 1st District of Palawan filed in
Congress. Republic Act 6680 was approved on November 4, 1988 changing Linapacan to G.E. Abordo Municipality.
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On June 12, 1992 there was a change of Administration and the newly elected Legislative Body moved to retain Linapacan as
the name of the Municipality maintaining that G.E. Abordo was illegal due to failure of holding a plebiscite. On May 21, 1994, a
plebiscite was made and the majority of the inhabitants favored to retain Linapacan as the name of the municipality.
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I.2. Location
The municipality of Linapacan is in the northern part of Palawan and is composed of 52 islands and islets. It is bounded by the
municipality of Culion in the North and municipality of El Nido in the south, bounded in the east by Sulu Sea and West Philippine
Sea in the west. It has a total land area of 17,225 hectares, which is 1.04% of Palawan’s total land area. There are ten
barangays: four in the mainland and the remaining are island barangays. The municipality lies within the geographic
coordinates of 119º35’ to 120º17’ E Longitude and 11º12’ to 11º40’ N Latitude.
Linapacan is a limestone island, its soil particularly in the lowland areas have been found to be suitable with rice, root crops and
tree crops. Areas suitable for upland crops are about 18.82 % and about 8.99% are suited for lowland crops.
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II. SOCIO-ECONOMIC
PROFILE
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2.1. Social
2.1.1. Health and Nutrition
A. Malnutrition
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Total No. Severely Under- % of
Total
BARANGAY of Target Underweigh weight SUW
weighed
PS t (SUW) (UW) and UW
BARANGONAN 142 0 9 118 7.62%
CABUNLAWAN 109 4 9 74 17.56%
CALIBANGBANGA
N 177 7 14 145 14.48%
DECABAITOT 84 4 5 78 11.53%
MARUYOGRUYOG 273 4 14 196 9.18%
NANGALAO 367 4 11 210 7.14%
NEW CULAYLAYAN 189 2 12 107 13.08%
PICAL 213 8 12 171 11.69%
SAN MIGUEL 603 12 9 430 4.88%
SAN NICOLAS 145 0 4 94 4.25%
TOTAL 2302 45 99 1623 8.87%
PHO (2018)
The table below shows the results of infant mortality rate in the
municipality of Linapacan. The leading cause of infant death is
Pneumonia. The rest are shown in table 2.
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Leading Causes of Infant Mortality
No
Causes . Rate/1000
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4
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PHO (2015)
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Causes No. Rate/1000 Other disorders of the Urinary
2,22 7 Syrtem 142 8.49
1 ARI/URTI 6 133.16
8 Migraine and Other headaches 76 4.55
2 Hypertension 331 19.8
Certain early complications of
3 Acute Gastroenteritis 203 12.14
9 trauma 64 3.83
4 Rheumatism 196 11.72
10 Gastro-esophageal Reflux disease 48 2.87
5 Viral infection 186 11.13
6 Bronchial Ashtma 166 9.93 PHO (2015)
2.1.2. Education
A. Literacy Rate
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Literacy
Barangay Yes No Total Pop’n Rate
BARANGONAN 776 61 837 92.71%
CABUNLAWAN 637 33 670 95.07%
CALIBANGBANGAN 925 90 1015 91.13%
DECABAITOT 446 49 495 90.10%
MARUYOGRUYOG 1511 102 1613 93.68%
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NANGALAO 2034 138 2172 93.65%
NEW CULAYLAYAN 1040 72 1112 93.53%
PICAL 1123 100 1223 91.82%
SAN MIGUEL 3347 232 3579 93.52%
SAN NICOLAS 778 60 838 92.84%
Total 12617 937 13554 93.09%
PSA (2015)
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C. Secondary Education
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Junior High School
Grade Level Male Female Total
Grade 7 196 180 376
Grade 8 152 164 316
Grade 9 135 148 283
Grade 10 108 125 233
SPED/Non
Graded
Total 591 617 1,208
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Senior High School
Grade Level Male Female Total
Grade 11 240 264 504
Grade 12 133 211 344
Total 373 475 848
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2.1.3. Housing
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2.2.1 Agriculture and Fisheries
A. Agriculture
2.2.2. Tourism
A. Tourist Spots
Linapacan is endowed with numerous natural attractions, which are potetials to provide opportunities for income in the tourism
sector. Below are the list of Premier Tourist Attractions in the municipality of Linapacan:
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Table 10: Tourist Arrival, Linapacan
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Tourist Arrival
Year 2017 2018
Total Guest 5,644 8,701
PTO 2018
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II. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S
PROFILE
I. INTRODUCTION
The indigenous peoples in the Philippines are defined by the defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership
Indigenous Peoples‟ Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 as: “A group since time immemorial, occupied, possessed and utilized
of people or homogeneous societies identified by self- such territories, sharing common bonds of language,
ascription and ascription by others, who have continually customs, traditions and other distinctive cultural traits, or
lived as organized communities on community-bounded and who have, through resistance to political, social and cultural
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inroads of colonization, non-indigenous religions and disaggregation for indigenous peoples can be gleaned from
cultures, become historically differentiated from the majority the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues’
of Filipinos. recommendation that stated this as a “topic of primary
importance.” In its first two sessions in 2002 and 2003, the
ICCs/Ips [Indigenous Cultural Communities/indigenous Permanent Forum identified “data collection as an urgent
peoples] shall likewise include peoples who are regarded as priority (Tebtebba Foundation, 2006).”
indigenous on account of their descent from populations
which inhabited the country, at the time of conquest or There is generally a lack of systematic collection and
colonization, or at the time of inroads of non-indigenous documentation of disaggregated data on indigenous peoples
religions and cultures, or the establishment of present state on socio-economic development, education, health, land
boundaries, who retain some or all of their own social, issues, large development projects, development
economic, cultural and political institutions, but who may infrastructure, labor and employment. A comprehensive
have been displaced from their traditional domains or who organization of information of the indigenous people in the
may have resettled outside the ancestral domains (IPRA, province to identify who and where the indigenous people
Chapter II, Section 3h).” are is vital to focus targeting of development interventions
intended for them and to objectively identify beneficiaries of
There are no accurate figures on the population of proposed programs and projects.
indigenous peoples because of the lack of any formal
census. Indigenous peoples’ communities are found in the The Provincial Government leadership identified socio-
forests, mountains, lowlands and coastal areas and are in economic and geographic profiling of indigenous peoples as
varied levels of socio-economic development. They engage a work area of primary concern. This is partly because of
in a mix of production systems including swidden farming, insufficiency or perhaps lack of data on the demographic
settled agriculture, hunting and gathering, livestock raising, characteristics and conditions of indigenous peoples.
fishing and production and trade in local handicrafts. A Governor Jose Ch. Alvarez directed the PPDO to generate
common characteristic of indigenous peoples is their close better data collection and disaggregation concerning
attachment to ancestral land, territory and resources indigenous people.
(Cariňo, J., 2012).
Following the instructions of the Governor, PPDO conducted
On the global level, the importance of data collection and household and geographic profiling of indigenous people in
the municipality of Linapacan.
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III. METHODOLOGY
This Report involves two types of household data sources: The survey was designed for one-time purpose. It may be
administrative and survey data. Existing census data and other replicated in the future when deemed necessary and upon
government data are used to compare with data gathered availability of logistical support. The survey for municipality of
from the survey. However, data from administrative records Linapacan was done from August - September, 2018.
are usually not disaggregated systematically by gender and
specific location (barangay and sitio). The survey of Indigenous Peoples in Linapacan was conducted
in 10 barangays, namely: Barangonan, Cabunlawan,
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Calibangbangan, Decabaitot, Maruyogruyog, Nangalao, New
Culaylayan, Pical, San Miguel and San Nicolas. The Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator
as Project In-Charge supervised the overall field operations.
This survey used a one-page questionnaire which was divided Researchers from PPDO did most of the coordination and
into three (3) sections, namely: a. General Household fieldwork, serving mainly as lead enumerators and field
Information; b. Ethnicity; c. General Socio-Economic Services. coordinators. Field editing/evaluation of the questionnaires
were done by the PPDO Researchers while the PPDC as project
Interviews were used to get information from the respondents. in-charge undertook the editing and evaluation of the survey
Geographic profiling utilized the geo-tagging system using returns.
android tablets.
The services of barangay enumerators were also engaged. A
PPDO informed the municipal mayor and the barangay officials team of 5 to 6 residents per barangay were trained in filling up
and requested permission to concerned households before the the questionnaires and geotagging.
conduct of the survey. Each household was visited and
interpersonal interviews and responses on the questionnaire The result of the survey was encoded in spreadsheet
were noted and recorded. The survey was conducted from applications and SPSS software for statistical analysis and
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. ArcMap GIS software for geographic profiling.
SURVEY
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RESULTS AND
FINDINGS
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There were a total 13,759 respondents in 3,035 surveyed households in Municipality of Linapacan in this
survey.Table 1 shows the distribution of the respondents by barangay.
2018
Barangay Households Population HH%
1.Barangonan 221 967 7.28
2.Cabunlawan 152 732 5.01
3.Calibangbangan 247 1,096 8.14
4.Decabaitot 143 704 4.71
5.Maruyogruyog 328 1,449 10.81
6.Nangalao 378 1,775 12.45
7.New Culaylayan 284 1,281 9.36
8.Pical 319 1,445 10.51
9.San Miguel 741 3,321 24.42
10.San Nicolas 222 989 7.31
TOTAL 3,035 13,759 100.00%
Source: PPDO Survey of IPs,
B. Age Distribution
Majority of the surveyed population in the municipality falls
under the age range of 0 to 14 years old.
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working age) 4,663 or 33.89 percent, 55-64 years (mature working age) 611 or 4.44 percent, 65 years and over
(elderly) 432 or 3.14 percent. Refer to Table 2.
The age structure of a population affects a community's key socio economic issues. Communities with young
populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while communities with older populations
(high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to
help predict potential political issues. For example,the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find
employment can lead to unrest.
AGE DISTRIBUTION
Age Group Age Range Population Population (%)
Children 0-14 5,140 37.36
Early Working Age 15-24 2,913 21.17
Prime Working Age 25-54 4,663 33.89
Mature Working Age 55-64 611 4.44
Elderly 65+ 432 3.14
Total 13,759 100.00
Total Working Force 8,187 59.50
Source: PPDO Survey of IPs, 2018
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C. Sex Distribution
Gender-wise, the respondents in the municipality are composed of 7,349 males representing 53.41 percent
of the population and 6,410 females representing the remaining 46.59percent. Refer to Table 3.
SEX
Total
Barangay Male Female
1.Barangonan 515 452 967
2.Cabunlawan 385 347 732
3.Calibangbangan 579 517 1,096
4.Decabaitot 358 346 704
5.Maruyogruyog 736 713 1,449
6.Nangalao 959 816 1,775
7.New Culaylayan 683 598 1,281
8.Pical 758 687 1,445
9.San Miguel 1,848 1,473 3,321
10.San Nicolas 528 461 989
Total 7,349 6,410 13,759
As to educational attainment, Table 4 shows that 7,045 respondents (51.2 percent) consider
themselves as elementary undergraduates, including those in daycare and kindergarten /
preparatory school, while 2,243 respondents (16.30 percent) consider themselves as elementary
graduates. High school undergraduates and graduates are numbered at 2,605 and 857, placed at
18.93 and 6.23 percent, respectively. College graduates total to 362 respondents (2.63percent)
while college undergraduates and those who have availed of vocational/technical training
posted 3.77 percent with a total of 519 respondents. See Table 4.
E. Marital Status
Less than half of the population of marriageable age (10 y/o and above) are
married.
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More than half of the respondents are single (56.54 percent). Married respondents take up the
next big proportion (39.39 percent), corresponding to more than half of the population (74.87
percent) of marriageable age, or those aged 10 years old and above. Live-in respondents follow
at
14.48 percent. Least are widower and seperated respondents with 1.05 and 0.55 percent
respectively. See Table 5
A. Household Composition
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The average household size among the surveyed households is five (5) members, with an average of three males and
two females per household. Almost two-thirds of the individual population of the surveyed households belong to the
combined sector of Children and Women.
There are 709 individual senior citizens in the surveyed households. Gender-wise, male senior citizens are greater in number
at 54.02 percent and female senior citizens only constitutes 45.98 percent of the total senior citizen population, See Table 7.
In terms of age, 46.26percent belong to the 60 – 65 years old age group, 36.95 percent are within 66 – 75 years old, and
12.83 percent are within 76-85 years old, and only 3.95percent are aged 86 years and above.
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Table 7: Senior Citizen Population by Barangay and by Sex
Table 8:
Person With Disabilities Population of
Barangay Male Female Total Persons with
1.Barangonan 3 0 3 Disability by
2.Cabunlawan 15 7 22 Barangay and by
3.Calibangbangan 0 0 - Sex
4.Decabaitot 10 6 16
5.Maruyogruyog 11 2 13
6.Nangalao 17 11 28
7.New Culaylayan 16 4 20
8.Pical 15 4 19
9.San Miguel 45 11 56
10.San Nicolas 8 0 8 29
The primary source of income of the surveyed households is crop fishing (54.48 percent) followed by farming
(22.10 percent), while 23.42 percent are engaged in other economic services.
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Table 9: Population Distribution by Major Economic Occupation and by Barangay
Livestock
Barangay Farmer Hunter & Poultry Fisherfolk Laborer Gov't. Others Total
Raiser Employee
1.Barangonan 30 0 4 167 13 0 0 214
2.Cabunlawan 2 0 24 114 23 0 2 165
3.Calibangbangan 202 0 38 66 6 1 0 313
4.Decabaitot 41 0 7 86 12 0 0 146
5.Maruyogruyog 268 0 5 34 24 0 2 333
6.Nangalao 20 0 9 233 38 0 2 302
7.New Culaylayan 16 1 16 162 103 1 17 316
8.Pical 31 0 11 273 37 2 9 363
9.San Miguel 47 1 41 422 180 1 32 724
10.San Nicolas 31 1 11 139 23 0 32 237
Total 688 3 166 1,696 459 5 96 3,113
Source: PPDO Survey of IPs, 2018
E. Housing Features
About 35.12 percent of the households surveyed have roof and walls that are totally
made of light materials (cogon, nipa or bamboo). Around 13.05 percent are built
with mixed but mostly strong materials and 33.71 percent are mixed with mostly
light materials. Based on these data, 74.60 percent of the surveyed households are
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considered vulnerable to natural/man-made disasters as they used light construction materials and/or makeshift
materials on the roofs and outer walls of their housing units. See Table 10.
Majority (59.41 percent) of the households in the barangay source their water from shared faucet,
while about 29.09 percent utilizes dug well and about 7.18 percent get it from their own faucets.
In terms of toilet facilities, 57.00 percent of the surveyed households have access to
sanitary toilets, while 3.23 percent use public toilet facility while 39.77 percent have no
access to sanitary toilet.
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Electricity
Most of the households have solar home systems (54.27 percent). 5.77 percent of the
households are reported using generators while only 14.40 percent is covered by the Palawan
Electric Cooperative, and households with other sources of electricity not specified constitutes
25.57 percent.
B. Health Insurance
C. Social Pension
About 35.54 percent of the 709 identified senior citizens in the municipality
receives social pension.
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Palawan Rescue 165 Program.
A total of 16 households in the municipality availed scholarships for tertiary education through the Tuition
Assistance for Students program of the Provincial Government of Palawan.
G. GAMOT Project
188 households in the municipality availed the GAMOT Project of the Provincial Government of Palawan.
I. PAG-ASA Program
There are 2 households in the municipality were provided burial assistance by the PAG-ASA Program.
21 students in the municipality were provided a source of income by the Special Program
for Employment of Students (SPES).
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L. Cash for Work/Food for Work
69 household benefited from the Cash for Work/Food for Work Program of the Department
of Social Welfare and Development.
M. Medical Assistance
3 households with members who had been sick in the past year were provided with medical
assistance by the PGP
There are 3 household accessed the Blood Donor’s Assistance Program of the PGP.
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4.2 Geographic Distribution
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Ethnicity Pop'n %
Palaw'an 439 3.19
Tagbanua 2,756 20.03
4.2.1. Ethnolinguistic Distribution Batak 1 0.01
Maranao 8 0.06
Respondents are dominantly Cuyunon
Tau’t-Bato 2 0.01
Tausug 3 0.02
Majority of the surveyed respondents are Cuyunon with 7,240
(52.62 percent), followed by Tagbanua with 2,756 (20.03 percent) Badjao 1 0.01
and Cebuano with 1,135 (8.25 percent) Cuyuno 7,240 52.62
Cagayanen 34 0.25
Source: PPDO Survey of IPs, 2018 Agutaynen 603 4.38
Ilocano 935 6.80
Cebuano 1,135 8.25
Mapon 1 0.01
Ilonggo 69 0.50
Map 1: Ethnolinguistic Distribution, Bicolano 20 0.15
Municipality of Linapacan
Masbateño 2 0.01
Tagalog 115 0.84
Others 395 2.87
TOTAL 13,759 100.00
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Map 2: Base Map
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 3: Elevation Map
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 4: Bgy. Barangonan
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 5: Bgy. Cabunlawan
Municipality
Map 6: of Linapacan
Bgy. Calibangbangan
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 7: Bgy. Decabaitot
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 8: Bgy. Maroyogroyog
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 9: Bgy. Nangalao
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 10: Bgy. New Culaylayan
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 11: Bgy. Pical
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 12: Bgy. San Miguel
Municipality of Linapacan
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Map 13: Bgy. San Nicolas
Municipality of Linapacan
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Majority of the surveyed households in municipality of Linapacan are situated in an elevation range of 00-20
meters with 2,895 households and 13,159 population. 330 households are situated in an elevation range of 20-40
with 330 population. 21 households are situated in an elevation range of 40-60 meters with 102 population. The
rest are shown below. See Table 12.
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