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Puebla

Central America

Puebla, formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza and long known simply as Puebla, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla, seat of the Puebla Municipality in east-central Mexico. Founded by Spanish colonists in the sixteenth century on a site with no prior indigenous settlement, Puebla is renowned for its colonial architecture, its Talavera pottery, and as the birthplace of the mole poblano sauce and the site of the 1862 Battle of Puebla commemorated on Cinco de Mayo.

Facts
Population
1,542,232 1
Area (sq km)
206 1
Founding Year
1531 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
2135 1
Latitude
19.0333 degrees north 1
Longitude
98.1833 degrees west 1
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Mexico, Countries
Source Puebla (city) (Wikipedia)
Puebla, States or Territories
Source Puebla (city) (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Puebla (city) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    1,542,232
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2020
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    206
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    2135
  • Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puebla_(city)
    coordinates = 19°02′N 98°11′W
  • History section, founding narrative, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puebla_(city)
    The city was founded in 1531 in an area called Cuetlaxcoapan, which means "where serpents change their skin", between two of the main indigenous settlements at the time, Tlaxcala and Cholula.
  • Associated With: Mexico, Infobox subdivision_name field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puebla_(city)
    subdivision_name = Mexico
  • Associated With: Puebla, Infobox subdivision_name1 field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puebla_(city)
    subdivision_name1 = Puebla
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Wikidata: Puebla
Wikidata Q7258412, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Puebla (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIn Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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