Puebla

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Puebla is a historic and culturally rich city in central Mexico, renowned for its colonial architecture, culinary traditions like mole poblano, and its role in the Battle of Puebla commemorated on Cinco de Mayo.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
battleBelligerent Mexico
Second French Empire
battleDate 1862-05-05
battleOutcome Mexican victory over French forces
capitalOf Puebla (state)
climate temperate subtropical highland climate
commemoratedBy Cinco de Mayo
country Mexico
demonym Poblano
economicActivity automotive industry
commerce
manufacturing
elevation about 2175 meters above sea level
event Battle of Puebla
foundedBy Spanish colonists
foundingDate 1531-04-16
hasLandmark Amparo Museum
Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Capilla del Rosario
Puebla Cathedral
Zócalo de Puebla
hasNearbySite Cholula
Great Pyramid of Cholula
hasUniversity Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Universidad de las Américas Puebla (in nearby Cholula)
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (historic centre)
knownFor Battle of Puebla
Talavera pottery
colonial architecture
historic city center
mole poblano
language Spanish
locatedIn Central Mexico
Puebla (state)
namedAfter Zaragoza (in honor of Ignacio Zaragoza)
officialName Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
population over 1,500,000 inhabitants
regionalCuisine cemitas
chalupas poblanas
chiles en nogada
religion Roman Catholicism (majority)
roadConnection Mexico City–Puebla highway
shortName Puebla
timeZone Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00)
Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00)
transportHub Puebla International Airport
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1987

Referenced by (49)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla ("Puebla (state)")
Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Ciudad Serdán
Gran Glaciar Norte
Great Pyramid of Cholula
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
Pico de Orizaba
Puebla ("Puebla (state)")
Sierra Madre del Sur
locatedIn
Hidalgo
State of Mexico
Veracruz
borders
Mexican Plateau
Sierra Madre Oriental
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
passesThrough
Central Mexico
Eastern Mexico
includesState
Pánuco River basin
Star Mountain
locatedInState
Mexican Plateau
Mexico
majorCity
Cinco de Mayo ("state of Puebla")
Cinco de Mayo ("city of Puebla")
primaryMexicanObservanceLocation
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
alsoKnownAs
Volkswagen Golf ("Puebla, Mexico")
assemblyLocation
Talavera pottery
associatedWithCity
Oaxaca
bordersState
Puebla ("Puebla (state)")
capitalOf
Mexico City–Puebla highway
connects
Central Mexico
contains
Ciudad Serdán ("state of Puebla")
countrySubdivision
Mexican Constitution of 1824 ("State of Puebla")
createdState
Cinco de Mayo
historicalEventLocation
Puebla FC
homeCity
Puebla FC
homeState
Mexico Time Zones
includesRegion
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla ("Puebla (state)")
isMajorInstitutionIn
Star Mountain
isNearCity
Star Mountain
isOnBorderBetween
Battle of Puebla ("Puebla, Mexico")
location
Mexican forces ("Puebla, Mexico")
locationOfKeyBattle
Mixtec civilization
primaryRegion
Talavera pottery
producedInCity
Talavera pottery ("Puebla state")
producedInRegion
Volkswagen Beetle ("Puebla, Mexico")
productionLocation
Puebla FC ("city of Puebla")
represents
Puebla International Airport
serves
Puebla
shortName
Oto-Manguean languages
spokenIn

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