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:'''Puebla' is the name of both a state in Mexico and that state's capital city. This article is about the state. For the city, see: Puebla, Puebla.''
The Mexican state of 'Puebla' is located in the center east of the country, to the east of Mexico City.
The state of Puebla borders the states of Veracruz to the east,
Hidalgo, México, Tlaxcala, and Morelos to the west,
and Guerrero and Oaxaca to the south. The state's largest cities are Puebla and Tehuacan, it has 217 municipalities

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Name

Major communities

Education

External links

Name

The state of Puebla took the name of its capital city Puebla, Puebla, which was originally named La Puebla de los Angeles (Puebla of the Angels), or Puebla for short.
Its current formal name is Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza (Heroic Puebla of Zaragoza), after General Ignacio Zaragoza who defeated the imperial French army at the famous Battle of Puebla. The anniversary of this victory over the French is the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May), which is commonly confused with the Mexican Independence Day, which is actually September 16th).
The state covers an area of about . The terrain is mostly mountainous. In 2003 the estimated population was 5,377,800 people.

Major communities

★ Amozoc de Mota

★ Atlixco

★ Cholula (Cholula de Rivadabia)

★ Huauchinango

★ Puebla, Puebla

★ San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida

★ Tehuacán

★ Teziutlán

Education

Some of universities located in Puebla are: Universidad de las Américas, Universidad Iberoamericana, BUAP, UPAEP, ITESM and Spanish Institute of Puebla.

External links

★ TODOPUEBLA.com: most popular site in Puebla with local companies, event calendar, news and social network of "Poblanos"

★ History and Pictures of Puebla

★ New York Times' Cindy Price goes after mole in Puebla

★ Government of the state of Puebla

★ Puebla Map @ MexicoChannel.net

★ Detailed Puebla State Map @ Maps-of-Mexico.com

★ Puebla Judicial Districts