Puebla, Puebla

The ceety an municipality o Puebla () 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

References

Category:Populatit places in Puebla
Category:Caipitals o states o Mexico
Category:Warld Heritage Steids in Mexico
Category:1531 establishments
Category:Populatit places established in the 1530s