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href="/region/13146123" onMouseOver="mapOnMouseOver('WALES')" onMouseOut="mapOnMouseOut('region')" coords="55,204,56,200,62,200,67,203,60,210,55,204" alt="WALES"> <area shape="poly" href="/region/13146123" onMouseOver="mapOnMouseOver('WALES')" onMouseOut="mapOnMouseOut('region')" coords="64,262,58,258,46,264,39,258,41,254,37,252,55,245,62,240,65,236,66,224,65,217,51,221,60,213,65,206,82,202,90,209,93,219,89,216,85,222,88,223,83,235,88,241,86,248,88,253,96,256,96,264,79,272,73,269,69,264,59,265,64,262" alt="WALES"> <area shape="poly" href="/region/10056895" onMouseOver="mapOnMouseOver('EAST MIDLANDS')" onMouseOut="mapOnMouseOut('region')" coords="125,244,128,238,117,225,114,219,114,209,110,206,113,196,118,204,126,204,133,197,143,198,146,193,156,197,160,211,154,218,159,222,154,226,143,227,146,232,141,241,126,251,125,244" alt="EAST MIDLANDS"> <area shape="poly" href="/region/10032910" onMouseOver="mapOnMouseOver('YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER')" onMouseOut="mapOnMouseOut('region')" 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