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1259:Janesville
1218:Fox Cities
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1160:Cincinnati
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648:2011-02-10
634:"About Us"
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574:References
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333:, and the
120:Population
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1498:Davenport
1435:St. Cloud
1348:Longueuil
1285:Lafayette
1235:Green Bay
1148:Champaign
1097:Ann Arbor
1043:Cambridge
1038:Kitchener
941:Milwaukee
912:Kalamazoo
849:Cleveland
815:Brantford
556:Metrolinx
542:Footnotes
489:7,281,694
484:6,954,433
171:Time zone
128:7,281,694
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1430:Saguenay
1406:Rockford
1370:Gatineau
1353:Montreal
1280:Kingston
1268:Kankakee
1223:Appleton
1172:Columbus
1048:Waterloo
953:Muskegon
902:Hamilton
562:and the
504:See also
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465:645,862
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411:548,435
396:569,353
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389:Hamilton
279:Hamilton
257:) is an
238:249, 705
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1658:79°25′W
1655:43°40′N
1471:Sudbury
1447:Saginaw
1297:Madison
1228:Oshkosh
1196:Elkhart
1092:Altoona
1055:Windsor
1021:Toronto
973:Welland
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