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Puebla (municipality)

Field	Value
name	Puebla
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Palacio Municipal de Puebla.JPG
image_caption	Municipal Palace
image_flag	Bandera de Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico.svg
image_shield	Escudo de Puebla de los Ángeles (Puebla de Zaragoza).svg
image_map	Mexico Puebla Puebla location map.svg#Puebla in Mexico (location map scheme).svg
mapsize	200px
map_caption	Location of the municipality in Puebla
pushpin_label_position	above
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Mexico
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Puebla
seat	Puebla de Zaragoza
area_land_km2	534.32
population_as_of	2020
population_total	1692181
population_density_sq_mi	8200
timezone	Zona Centro
utc_offset	-6
coordinates

Puebla is a municipality in the State of Puebla in eastern Central Mexico. The municipality covers a total area of 534.32 km2 and constitutes the central part of the Puebla Metropolitan Area. The City of Puebla is the municipal seat, as well as the capital of the state.

The municipality is located in the west-central region of the State of Puebla, bordering the municipalities of Santo Domingo Huehutlán, San Andrés Cholula, Teopantlán, Amozoc, Cuauthinchán, Tzicatlacoyan, Cuautlancingo, and Ocoyucan, and on the State of Tlaxcala.

Municipal seat

The city of Puebla is the seat of the government for the 482 other communities in the municipality. However, 94% of the municipality's population of 1,485,941 is in the city proper. The historic center of the city of Puebla is a World Heritage Site.

Environment

Most of the municipality has been deforested, including the lower portions of the Malinche volcano and all the Sierra de Amozoc, due to logging and seasonal farming.

The Sierra del Tentzon and higher elevations of Malinche volcano still conserve the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests ecoregion — with forests of pine, holm oak and other tree species. In the pine forests, Montezuma Pine (Pinus montezumae) is generally predominant, with Hartweg's Pine (Pinus hartwegii) and Pinus teocote in dry areas with shallow soils. Pine-fir forests are composed almost entirely of Hartweg's Pine (Pinus hartwegii) and Sacred Fir (Abies religiosa).

Animal life consists mostly of small mammals such as rabbits and skunks, as well as birds such as owls, buzzards and wild waterfowl.

Economy

Some agriculture still takes place in the municipality but environmental degradation and the growth of the city is making this a smaller sector of the economy. Crops raised include corn, beans, wheat, oats, avocados, pears, apples, peaches, choke cherries, Mexican hawthorns, nuts and white sapotes. Most agriculture takes place on small plots on the edges of the municipality. Similarly livestock such as cattle, pigs, sheep and horses are raised.

Industry accounts for about eighty percent of the economy and is mostly based on the outskirts of the city as well as in some surrounding municipalities. Main products include basic metals, chemicals, electrical items and textiles. The main employers are Hylsa and the Volkswagen automotive plant. A growing sector is food processing. Many industries are consolidated into parks such as the 5 de Mayo Industrial Park, the Resurrección Industrial Zone and the Puebla 2000 Industrial Park.

References

"¿Cuántos habitantes tiene... - Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020".
link. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. [[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]]
"Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER)". INEGI.
Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (2005). "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México ESTADO DE PUEBLA PUEBLA".

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