Zacualpan de Amilpas
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Zacualpan de Amilpas is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos
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The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name.
The municipality reported 7,962 inhabitants in the year 2000 census.
The toponym Zacualpan comes from a Nahuatl
name and means "atop that which is covered".
Morelos
Morelos officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 33 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca....
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The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name.
The municipality reported 7,962 inhabitants in the year 2000 census.
The toponym Zacualpan comes from a Nahuatl
Nahuatl
Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...
name and means "atop that which is covered".
External links
- http://www.e-morelos.gob.mx/e-gobierno/DirMunicipios/zacualpan.htm
- http://e-municipios.e-morelos.gob.mx/zacualpan.htm