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Area
Ranked 21st 33,902 km2
Municipality 534.32 km2
Population (2005) 5,383,133
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
Elevation of seat 2,135 m

The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. The city was founded in 1531. This valley was not populated in the 16th century as in the pre-Hispanic period.

Cultural attractions
Puebla is very famous because it was chosen as a World Heritage, for the historic and cultural value of its architecture, this one have techniques like Baroque, Renaissance and Classic The historic center is filled with churches, monasteries, mansions and the like, mostly done in gray cantera stone, red brick and decorated with multicolored tiles. Puebla is also considered to be the “cradle of Mexican Baroque” both in architecture and in the decorative arts,[ and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico.

The Zocalo is the cultural, political and religious center of the city. It was the first block to be laid out. For much of the colonial period, it was the main source of potable water. Today, the Zocalo is a tree-filled plaza and contains a large number of sculptures. Many notable buildings surround the Zocalo including the Municipal Palace, the Casa de Muñecas and the Cathedral. Most of the streets in Puebla are named on a numbering system.

The Cathedral took 300 years to complete, in part due to interruptions in its construction. The Cathedral was begun in 1575 under orders of Philip II of Spain by architects Francisco Becerra and Juan de Cigorondo. And it is has a Baroque techniques.

Aother sites that are locaded in the downtown that are very important, for the things that are insede or only for the architecture, this could be Museo Amparo (Amparo Museum), Biblioteca Palafoxiana (Palafoxiana Library), Casa del Deán, Centro Cultural Santa Rosa, Museo de la Revolución (Museum of the Revolution), Fort Loreto and Fort Guadalupe, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo y Diseño (Gallery of Contemporary Art and Design), Museo de José Mariano Bello y Acedo (José Mariano Bello y Acedo Museum), Casa de Alfeñique, Museo de Arte (Museum of Art), Museum Workshop of Erasto Cortés Juárez, Principal de Puebla (Main Theater of Puebla), Municipal Palace, Fountain of the China Poblana, Church and ex Monastery of San Francisco, Church of Santo Domingo,