Jonacatepec

Article summary

Jonacatepec de Leondro Valle is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 15,690 inhabitants in the year 2015 census. The name Jonacatepec comes from Nahuatl language and was written Xonakatepek . Its etymological roots come from Xonaka-tl (onion), Tepe-tl (hill), k apócope from the adverb ko (place) and means "on the hill where there are onions". Leondro Valle is in reference to a supporter of the Plan de Ayutla of 1857 which opposed the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna. Leondro Valle was from the town of Jonacatepec. Jonacatepec has 98 km 2 (38 sq. miles), which represents 1.97% of the total area of the state. It is 1,290 meters (3,967 feet) above sea level.

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1. date of birth: 1833-02-27 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1640 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of formation: 1909 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. population: 15,690 inhabitants — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. population: 15,690 inhabitants — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. population: 1,873 inhabitants — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. population: 3,182 inhabitants — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. population: 506 inhabitants — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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9. The record states that the population is "506 inhabitants". What evidence would count against this claim?
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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376262090