However, three different ethnic groups (Mboko, Bakota and Mongombo) live contiguous to the area.

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Near the Carbon River entrance to the park, Sunrise offers some of the most sweeping views of Mount Rainier's peak and of Emmon's Glacier, which, at 4.3 square miles, has the largest surface area of any glacier in the contiguous United States.

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This area is controversial because construction there would pose a major obstacle to a contiguous Palestinian state on the West Bank and divide such an entity from Jerusalem, which the Palestinians see as their future capital.

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