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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def create_area(self, area_uuid):
 """ Create an Upload Area :param str area_uuid: A RFC4122-compliant ID for the upload area :return: a dict of the form { "uri": "s3://<bucket_name>/<upload-area-id>/" } :rtype: dict :raises UploadApiException: if the an Upload Area was not created """

        response = self._make_request('post',
                                      path="/area/{id}".format(id=area_uuid),
                                      headers={'Api-Key': self.auth_token})
        return response.json()