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716:(89.6)
711:(86.2)
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691:(91.0)
686:(91.6)
681:(93.6)
676:(95.0)
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1543:La Foa
1538:Farino
1533:Dumbéa
1480:Pouébo
1465:Ouégoa
1460:Koumac
1430:Canala
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580:, and
562:Penelo
554:Cuaden
550:Tadine
546:Mebuet
530:Wakone
502:Pakada
494:Padawa
490:Menaku
478:Tenane
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1606:Ouvéa
1568:Païta
1500:Touho
1425:Bélep
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1227:Ouvea
1217:Kanak
1162:Tadin
1129:10.1
1111:11.1
1108:11.9
1105:12.7
1102:15.5
1099:12.5
1096:12.0
1078:141.0
1053:104.3
1048:123.1
1043:162.8
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1033:243.3
1028:194.8
1023:189.9
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570:Wabao
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1123:7.4
1120:7.2
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1068:91.8
1063:74.3
1058:82.7
959:11.6
954:12.5
949:12.5
939:18.0
934:20.0
929:18.0
924:16.2
919:14.4
914:13.8
909:14.4
904:16.1
899:17.5
894:20.3
889:22.0
884:22.2
879:21.4
869:22.4
864:24.3
859:22.6
854:21.1
849:19.7
844:18.9
839:19.2
834:20.5
829:21.8
824:24.1
819:25.5
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794:28.6
789:27.3
784:26.1
779:25.0
774:24.0
769:24.0
764:24.8
759:26.1
754:27.8
749:29.0
744:29.8
739:29.4
729:35.0
724:32.0
719:32.9
714:32.0
709:30.1
704:29.1
699:29.2
694:32.2
689:32.8
684:33.1
679:34.2
674:35.0
669:33.5
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1188:to
1009:2.8
1004:9.5
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989:4.1
984:2.8
979:4.3
974:6.5
969:6.9
964:9.6
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