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               <gfc:memberName>
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               <gfc:definition>
                  <gco:CharacterString>Current state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code</gco:CharacterString>
               </gfc:definition>
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               <gfc:definition>
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            <gfc:FC_FeatureAttribute>
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                        <gco:CharacterString>American FactFinder geographic identifier</gco:CharacterString>
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            <gfc:FC_FeatureAttribute>
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            <gfc:FC_FeatureAttribute>
               <gfc:memberName>
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               <gfc:definition>
                  <gco:CharacterString>Current legal/statistical area description code for county</gco:CharacterString>
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               <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
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                     <gfc:definition>
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>City and Borough (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Borough (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
                                              xlink:href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/eb139e38-ee29-4d59-b157-5e874d4420c4"/>
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                        <gco:CharacterString>Census Area (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>County (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                        <gco:CharacterString>District (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Island (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>Municipality (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                        <gco:CharacterString>Municipio (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>Parish (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>city (suffix)</gco:CharacterString>
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                  <gco:CharacterString>Current land area (square meters)</gco:CharacterString>
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               <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
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               <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S. Census Bureau"
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