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1676:Communities
1650:North Shore
1597:St. Peter's
1444:New Glasgow
1399:Bridgewater
1341:Guysborough
1278:Cape Breton
1147:Guysborough
1127:Cape Breton
1101:Nova Scotia
938:Cape Breton
924:Nova Scotia
801:Communities
467:Nova Scotia
285:Amalgamated
253:Established
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1527:Bible Hill
1469:Stellarton
1429:Mahone Bay
1389:Antigonish
1356:St. Mary's
1336:East Hants
1316:Barrington
1293:West Hants
1235:Cumberland
1230:Colchester
1225:Antigonish
1137:Cumberland
1132:Colchester
1122:Antigonish
1022:Louisbourg
986:Eskasoni 3
841:References
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593:living in
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380:Population
344:Government
313:Provincial
77:newspapers
1577:New Minas
1562:Hebbville
1557:Greenwood
1517:Aylesford
1494:Wolfville
1489:Westville
1474:Stewiacke
1464:Shelburne
1434:Middleton
1424:Lunenburg
1419:Lockeport
1414:Kentville
1351:Shelburne
1346:Lunenburg
1240:Inverness
1220:Annapolis
1192:Shelburne
1172:Lunenburg
1162:Inverness
1117:Annapolis
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968:Membertou
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735:Route 327
725:Route 305
715:Route 255
705:Route 239
695:Route 223
685:Route 216
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419:Area code
402:Time zone
338:Glace Bay
1617:Weymouth
1612:Westport
1607:Tiverton
1567:Kingston
1552:Freeport
1509:Villages
1499:Yarmouth
1439:Mulgrave
1361:Yarmouth
1260:Victoria
1255:Richmond
1202:Yarmouth
1197:Victoria
1187:Richmond
1109:Counties
1012:Dominion
963:Eskasoni
865:April 2,
824:Reserves
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635:Trunk 22
513:Brittany
489:reserves
463:province
459:counties
433:$ 40,451
233:Province
1587:Pugwash
1537:Chester
1532:Canning
1522:Baddeck
1479:Trenton
1394:Berwick
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1283:Halifax
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197:46°00′N
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1686:People
1454:Pictou
1449:Oxford
1311:Argyle
1288:Queens
1250:Pictou
1182:Queens
1177:Pictou
1037:Sydney
603:98,722
599:48,020
595:43,799
591:98,318
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1245:Kings
1167:Kings
1157:Hants
1142:Digby
577:As a
407:UTC-4
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