Ocuituco (Mexico)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Ocuituco (Mexico)
Coordinates
-98.77527778 -98.77527778 18.87805556 18.87805556 (gooearth )
W0984600 W0984600 N0185200 N0185200 (geonames )
Associated country
Mexico
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 156043944
Wikidata: Q2651905
Library of congress: n 88107102
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 18°52ʹ00ʺN 098°46ʹ00ʺW)
  • Mex. gaz., 1956:p. 429 (Ocuituco; popl.; 18°52ʹN, 98°46ʹW)
  • Hentschel Ariza, E. Estructura en el cambio, 1986:t.p. (Ocuituco)
  • Mex. gaz., 1956:p. 429 (Ocuituco; popl.; 18p0s52ʹN, 98p0s46ʹW)

Wikipedia description:

Ocuituco is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos and the municipal head for the Municipality of Ocuituco which includes the towns of Ocuituco, Huejotengo, Huecahuaxco, Huepalcalco, Metepec, and Ocoxaltepec, as well as a number of settlements with fewer than 300 inhabitants. The name comes from Nahuatl Okuiltoco and means Where there are weevils. It is one of the 36 municipalities of the state of Morelos. To the north of Ocuitico is México State, southeast is Zacualpan, east is Tetela del Volcán, and southwest is Yecapixtla. It stands at 18°52′N 98°46′W, at 1,920 meters above sea level. It is considered one of the municipalities of the "Los altos de Morelos" (Morelos highlands).

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