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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories accontinue="14097_КП" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1052 КП</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1192 КП</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">12860 КП</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">12972 КП</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">12 посёлок КП</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1310 КП</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">13804 КП</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">13999 КП</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">14-й поселок КП</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">14-й посёлок КП</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
</api>