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Topolná

Topolná is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. Topolná lies approximately north-east of Uherské Hradiště, south-west of Zlín, and south-east of Prague. The central longwave broadcasting facility of the Czech Republic, the Topolná transmitter, was located in Topolná. The transmitter was turned off on 1 January 2022, and was demolished on 28 July 2022.

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Topolná is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. Topolná lies approximately north-east of Uherské Hradiště, south-west of Zlín, and south-east of Prague. The central longwave broadcasting facility of the Czech Republic, the Topolná transmitter, was located in Topolná. The transmitter was turned off on 1 January 2022, and was demolished on 28 July 2022.

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  1. population: 1,600 inhabitants — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the population is "1,600 inhabitants". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369354852

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