Puebla

For ither uises, see Puebla (disambiguation).

Puebla (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈpweβla]) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Puebla) is ane o the 31 states whilk, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 217 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Puebla.

Puebla Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla
State
Banner Seal
Motto(s):  Unidos En El Tiempo, En El Esfuerzo, En La Justicia y En La Esperanza (Unitit in time, effort, juistice an howp)
Anthem: Himno al Estado de Puebla
State o Puebla athin Mexico
Coordinates: 19°00′13″N 97°53′18″W
Kintra	Mexico
Caipital	Puebla
Lairgest Ceety	Puebla
Municipalities	217
Admission	21 December 1823[1]
Order	4t
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Rafael Moreno Valle
• Senators[2]	Leticia Jasso Valencia (I) Humberto Aguilar Melquiades Morales
• Deputies[3]	Federal Deputies • Óscar Aguilar • Alberto González • Janet González Tostado • María Izaguirre • Juan Pablo Jiménez • Estela Jiménez • Alberto Jiménez • Alberto Juraidini • Juan Carlos Lastiri • Julieta Marín • María Isabel Merlo • Fernando Morales • Francisco Ramos • Leobardo Soto • Ricardo Urzúa • Valentina Díaz de Rivera • Carmen Guzmán • Juan Carlos Natale
Area [4]
• Total	34290 km2 (13,240 sq mi)
	Ranked 21st
Highest elevation [5]	5610 m (18,410 ft)
Population  (2010)[6]
• Total	5,779,829
• Rank	5t
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
• Density rank	6t
Demonym(s)	Poblano (a)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	72-75
Aurie code	Aurie codes • 1 • 2 • 3
ISO 3166 code	MX-PUE
HDI	0.791 medium Ranked 28t
GDP	US$ 23,525,310.625 mil[a]
Website	Official Website
^ a. The state's GDP wis 301,123,976 million o pesos in 2008,[7] amount correspondin tae 23,525,310.625 millon o dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[8]

It is locatit in East-Central Mexico. It is bund bi the states o Veracruz tae the north an east, Hidalgo, México, Tlaxcala an Morelos tae the wast, Guerrero an Oaxaca tae the sooth.

The oreegins o the state lee in the ceety o Puebla, whilk wis foondit bi the Spainyie in this valley in 1531 tae secur the tred route atween Mexico Ceety an the port o Veracruz.

Bi the end o the 18t century, the aurie haed acome a colonial province wi its ain govrenor, whilk wad acome the State o Puebla, efter the Mexican War o Unthirldom in the early 19t century. Syne that time, the aurie, inspecially aroond the caipital ceety, haes continued tae grow economically, maistly throu industry, in maugre o bein the scene o a nummer o battles, the maist notable o whilk bein the Battle o Puebla. Thir days, the state is ane o the maist industrialized in the kintra, but syne maist o its development is concentratit in Puebla an ither ceeties, mony o its rural auries is vera puir, forcin mony tae migrate awa tae places lik Mexico Ceety an the Unitit States.

Culturally, the state is hame tae the China Poblana, mole poblano, active literary an airts scenes an festivals lik Cinco de Mayo, Ritual o Quetzalcoatl, Day o the Deid celebrations (especially in Huaquechula) an Carnival (especially in Huejotzingo). It is hame tae five major indigenous groups: Nahuas, the Totonacas, the Mixtecas, the Popolocas an the Otomi, whilk can maistly be foond in the far north an the far sooth o the state.