Jacona, Michoacán
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Jacona (Jacona de Plancarte) is a small city and its surrounding municipality in northwestern Michoacán, Mexico. It is adjacent to the larger city of Zamora and is known for its Roman Catholic seminary.
Jacona is a Tecuexe (Chichimeca) word that comes from the original Xucunan, "place of flowers and vegetables". During the first centuries of the Spaniard domination, this name was written Xacona.
The city had a population of 53,860 in the 2005 census and the municipality, which has an area of 118.14 km² (45.61 sq mi), had a population of 60,029. Jacona's population is mostly made up by Mestizo and some Pre-Hispanic people.
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- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Michoacán Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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