Jiutepec | |
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City and Municipality | |
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  Jiutepec  Jiutepec | |
| Coordinates: 18°53′0″N 99°10′0″W / 18.88333°N 99.16667°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Morelos |
| Municipal Status | 17 March 1826 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 70.45 km2 (27.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,355 m (4,446 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 215,357 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal Code | 62550 - 62578 |
| Website | jiutepec |
Jiutepec is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos.
The name Jiutepec comes from the Nahuatl name Xiutepetl, which means "the precious stones hill".[2]
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Over recent decades Jiutepec has merged into neighboring Cuernavaca so that on its northeasterly edges it forms one geographically contiguous urban area with the latter. The Cuernavaca metropolitan area not only includes these two municipalities, but also Temixco, Emiliano Zapata, Xochitepec, and Tepoztlán municipalities, for a total population of 1,027,562 (February, 2018 figure also includes Huitzilac and Tlaltizapán).[3]
According to the 2015 census the city of Jiutepec had a population of 153,704 while the municipality reported 214,137 inhabitants.[4] The city and the municipality rank second in population in the state, behind the city and municipality of Cuernavaca. The municipality has an area of 70.45 km2 (27.20 sq mi).
- ^ National Institute of Statistics and Geography (2020). "Principales resultados por localidad 2020 (ITER)" (in Spanish).
- ^ siglo.inafed.gob.mx https://web.archive.org/web/20170407232530/http://siglo.inafed.gob.mx/enciclopedia/EMM17morelos/municipios/17011a.html. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. Retrieved Dec 21, 2018.
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