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Place Name
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Jose Cardel
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Pronunciation
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ho-SAI kahr-DEL
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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14,708 (1990)
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Location
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Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
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19°21'N
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Longitude
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96°23'W
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Jose Cardel
(ho-SAI kahr-DEL), town (1990 pop. 14,708),
 La Antigua township, Veracruz, E Mexico, in Gulf lowland, on
RR, on Mexico Highway 140, and 15 mi/24 km NW
of Veracruz; 19°21'N 96°23'W. Coffee, fruit; livestock.
Site of Mexico's only nuclear power plant, which began operation in
1989. Cortes landed here in April 1519. Also known as La Antigua;
formerly San Francisco de las Penas.
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