Puebla, Mexico

Estado de Puebla: Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla

Last modified: 2005-03-05 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Note: Puebla has no official flag, but one in white charged with the arms is broadly used:

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, March 04, 2005. Coat of arms from: Banco de México
See: Coat of arms of white bakground: unofficial flags

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• Official name: Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla / Free and Sovereign State of Puebla
• Short-form names: Estado de Puebla / State of Puebla; Puebla.
• Location: Landlocked Mexican State located in Center-East of Mexico. It neighbors the Mexican States of Veracruz (N, E), Hidalgo (NW), Tlaxcala (W), México (W, SW), Morelos (SW), Guerrero (S), and Oaxaca (S, SE).
• Area: 33,995 km²
• Municipalities: 217
• Population: 5,076,686 inhabitants (2000)
• Capital: Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla (Pop.: 1,346,916 [2000])
• Statehood: October 13, 1824
• Arms adopted: August 18, 2977, by decree of the same date. The first arms were granted to the city of Puebla de los Ágeles (now Puebla de Zaragoza, State's capital city) on July 20, 1538.

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Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.

The new Puebla's coat of arms cosists of a shield divided into four quarters; in the first quarter there is