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        "Atizapán de Zaragoza",
        "Ciudad López Mateos",
        "Cuautitlan Izcalli",
        "Ojo de Agua",
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        "Ixtapaluca",
        "Nicolás Romero",
        "Coacalco",
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        "Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias",
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      "citation": "Mari Rivero et al. (2024). GHS-UCDB R2024A – GHS Urban Centre Database 2025. European Commission, JRC. doi:10.2905/1a338be6-7eaf-480c-9664-3a8ade88cbcd. V1-2.",
      "licence_notice": "European Commission reuse notice: reuse authorised with source acknowledgement; underlying third-party terms remain applicable."
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      "notice": "Publisher 2025 population projection from GHS-POP R2023A and morphological urban-footprint area; density is their ratio. Not a current census count, municipal population or livability score. Shared footprints repeat one contextual measurement, not independent city estimates."
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      "notice": "Repeated bindings to the same physical source footprint are not independent urban estimates."
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