Jonacatepec
Sign in to saveJonacatepec 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.
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- Prehispanic Era
- Colonial Era
- Early Independent Period
- Revolution & 20th Century
- 21st Century
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- Las Pilas water park and Archaeological Site
- Ex Convento de San Agustín
- Ex Hacienda de Santa Clara Montefalco
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- Geography
- Location and area
- Relief and waterways
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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.
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