Puebla, Puebla

Puebla de Zaragoza Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
Toun & Municipality
Coat airms
Eik-name(s):  The Reliquary o Americae, the Ceety o Angels, The Angelópolis
Location o Puebla athin the state
Location o the state athin Mexico
Puebla de Zaragoza Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°02′43″N 98°11′51″W

Historic Dountoun o Puebla

UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iv
Reference	416
Inscription	1987 (11t Session)

The ceety an municipality o Puebla (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈpweβla]) is the caipital o the state o Puebla, an ane o the five maist important colonial ceeties in Mexico. It is locatit tae the east o Mexico Ceety an wast o the port o Veracruz, on the main route atween the twa. The ceety wis foondit in 1531 in an aurie cawed Cuetlaxcoapan which means “where serpents change their skin.” This valley wis no populatit in the 16t century as in the pre-Hispanic period, this aurie wis primarily uised tae the “Flouer Wars” atween a number o populations. Due tae its history an airchitectural styles rangin frae Renaissance tae Mexican Baroque, the ceety wis named a Warld Heritage Steid in 1987. The ceety is an aa famous for mole poblano, chiles en nogada an Talavera pottery. Housomeivver, maist o its economy is based on industry.

Twin touns - sister ceeties

Puebla is twinned wi:

• Asuncion in Paraguay
• Cancun in Mexico
• Łódź in Poland (since 1997)
• Oklahoma Ceety in Unitit States
• Pueblo in Unitit States
• Rhodes in Greece
• Talavera de la Reina in Spain
• Wolfsburg in Germany
• Xalapa in Mexico
• Fez in Morocco