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Place Name
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Huauchinango
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Pronunciation
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wou-chee-NAN-go
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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38,708 (1990)
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Location
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Puebla, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
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20°11'N
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Longitude
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98°04'W
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Huauchinango
(wou-chee-NAN-go), city (1990 pop. 38,708) and
township, Puebla, central Mexico, in SE Sierra Madre Oriental,
45 mi/72 km E of Pachuca de Soto on Mexico
Highway 130; 20°11'N 98°04'W. Processing and agr. center (corn,
coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, vegetables, fruit); floriculture;
tanning, lumbering, shoe mfg. Necaxa dam and hydroelectric plant are
nearby. Also known as Huauchinango de Degollado.
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