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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
battleBelligerent Mexico
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
battleDate 1862-05-05
battleOutcome Mexican victory over French forces
capitalOf Puebla self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 self-link
timeZone Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00)
Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00)
transportHub Puebla International Airport
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1987

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House of Tiles materialOrigin Puebla
this entity surface form: Puebla, Mexico
Iron Palace operatesInArea Puebla