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Puebla, in full Puebla de Zaragoza, city, capital of Puebla estado (state), central Mexico. Founded as Puebla de los Angeles in 1532, the city lies on a broad plain 7,093 feet (2,162 metres) above sea level, about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Mexico City. It is spread across foothills where the Sierra Madre Oriental intersects the seismically active Neo-Volcánica Range of central Mexico, between the volcanoes Matlalcueyetl (La Malinche) to the west and Popocatépetl to the east. Since Spanish colonial times, Puebla has been considered a military key to the control of Mexico because of its strategic position on
Puebla, estado (state), east-central Mexico. It is bounded by the states of Veracruz to the north and east, Oaxaca to the south, Guerrero to the southwest, Morelos and México to the west, and Tlaxcala and Hidalgo to the northwest. Nearly half of its population is concentrated in the city of Puebla (Puebla de Zaragoza), which is the state capital and chief commercial centre. The relief and climate contrast dramatically between Puebla’s highlands a combination of the Mesa Central, the Sierra Madre Oriental, and the Cordillera Neo-Volcánica and the fertile slopes and river valleys of the east and northeast, which extend toward the
Cinco De Mayo, A Mexican-American Holiday, Celebrates Mexico's Victory Over France At The Battle Of Puebla, And Its Significance Extends Beyond Food And Drinks To Various Cultural Events In Mexico And The U.S.
Cinco de Mayo, (Spanish: “Fifth of May”) also called Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, holiday celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in honour of a military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III. When in 1861 Mexico declared a temporary moratorium on the repayment of foreign debts, English, Spanish, and French troops invaded the country. By April 1862 the English and Spanish had withdrawn, but the French, with the support of wealthy landowners, remained in an attempt to establish a monarchy under Maximilian of Austria and to curb U.S. power in North America.