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  Table 1-1. Typical civil considerations within each ASCOPE category.
  Area Structure Capabilities Organization People Events
  Tribe Cemeteries Sewer Tribal Phones Weddings
  Families/Clans Religious Water Family/clan Speeches Birthdays
  shrines
  Ethnicity Houses Electrical Religious Face-to-face Religious
  of worship meetings gatherings
  Religion Bars/tea shops Academic Ethnic Media/radio Funerals
  Economic Social Trash US/coalition Media/TV Major religious
  districts gathering forces events
  places
  Smuggling Print shops Medical Governmental Media/print Anniversaries
  routes agencies (newspaper) of wars
  or battles
  National Internet cafes Security Farmers or Visual Holidays
  Unions (graffiti, signs)
  Social classes Television Market (use Community Visual (videos, Harvests
  and goods) DVDs)
  Political districts Radio station Employment Military or militia Audio (pirated Reconstruction
  and commerce units or illegal radio) openings
  Military districts Hospitals Crime Illicit organizations Rallies Town
  and justice or demonstrations or council
  meetings
  School districts Banks Basic needs Insurgent groups Restaurants Elections
  Road system Dams Public health Gangs Door-to-door Sports events
  Water sources Bridges Economic (jobs) Businesses Internet
  organizations
  Water coverage Police stations Religion Police Markets
  Water districts Gas stations Displaced Nomads Sports
  persons
  and refugees
  Construction Military Political voice Displaced Religious
  sites barracks persons gatherings
  and refugees
  Gang territory Jails Civil rights, Volunteer groups Parks
  individual rights
  Safe areas/ Water pumping Intergovernmental Family gatherings
  sanctuary stations organizations
  Trade routes Oil/gas Political Gas lines
  pipelines
  Power grids Water lines Contractors Bars/tea shops
  Power lines NGOs Food lines
  Storage Labor unions Job lines
  facilities
  CIVIL CONSIDERATIONS OVERLAY
  1-40. The civil considerations overlay provides insights to the area of operations by identifying
  sectarian fault lines, demographic groups, and their issues. Figure 1-3 shows an example of a civil
  considerations (ASCOPE) overlay.