Jiutepec

Jiutepec is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at 18°53'N 99°10'W. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Over recent decades Jiutepec has merged into neighbouring Cuernavaca so that on its North-Easterly edges it forms one geographically contiguous urban area with the latter. The municipality reported 170 589 inhabitants in the year 2000 census. The cement industry is an important part of the local economy of Jiutepec and its neighbouring municipalities and visitors and residents often complain of the high level of dust particles in the atmosphere.