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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_zone(zone, private=False, vpc_id=None, vpc_region=None, region=None,
                key=None, keyid=None, profile=None):
    '''
    Create a Route53 hosted zone.

    .. versionadded:: 2015.8.0

    zone
        DNS zone to create

    private
        True/False if the zone will be a private zone

    vpc_id
        VPC ID to associate the zone to (required if private is True)

    vpc_region
        VPC Region (required if private is True)

    region
        region endpoint to connect to

    key
        AWS key

    keyid
        AWS keyid

    profile
        AWS pillar profile

    CLI Example::

        salt myminion boto_route53.create_zone example.org
    '''
    if region is None:
        region = 'universal'

    if private:
        if not vpc_id or not vpc_region:
            msg = 'vpc_id and vpc_region must be specified for a private zone'
            raise SaltInvocationError(msg)

    conn = _get_conn(region=region, key=key, keyid=keyid, profile=profile)

    _zone = conn.get_zone(zone)

    if _zone:
        return False

    conn.create_zone(zone, private_zone=private, vpc_id=vpc_id,
                     vpc_region=vpc_region)
    return True