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San Pedro Cholula is a municipio libre
Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico. The internal political organization and their responsibilities are outlined in the 115th article of the Mexican Constitution and further expanded in the constitutions of the states to which they belong....
 ("free" or autonomous municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
) in the state
States of Mexico

The Mexico are a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Mexico City, a territory which does not belong to any state but to all, as well as the islands, atolls and reefs that do not belong to any stat...
 of Puebla
Puebla

Puebla is a Political divisions of Mexico located in the center east of the country, to the east of Mexico City.The state of Puebla borders the states of Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo , Mexico State, Tlaxcala, and Morelos to the west, and Guerrero and Oaxaca to the south....
, central Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. The municipality incorporates most of the urban areas of the city of Cholula de Rivadabia (Cholula), which is the San Pedro Cholula's most populous locality and is the seat of the municipal government . Located in the state's Angelópolis administrative region, the municipality covers an area of 51.03 km² (19.7 sq mi), situated approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) to the west of the state capital, the city of Puebla
Puebla, Puebla

The city of Puebla, officially Heroic Puebla de Zaragoza is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla. The city has a population of 1,399,519 ....
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San Pedro Cholula is a municipio libre
Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico. The internal political organization and their responsibilities are outlined in the 115th article of the Mexican Constitution and further expanded in the constitutions of the states to which they belong....
 ("free" or autonomous municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
) in the state
States of Mexico

The Mexico are a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Mexico City, a territory which does not belong to any state but to all, as well as the islands, atolls and reefs that do not belong to any stat...
 of Puebla
Puebla

Puebla is a Political divisions of Mexico located in the center east of the country, to the east of Mexico City.The state of Puebla borders the states of Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo , Mexico State, Tlaxcala, and Morelos to the west, and Guerrero and Oaxaca to the south....
, central Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. The municipality incorporates most of the urban areas of the city of Cholula de Rivadabia (Cholula), which is the San Pedro Cholula's most populous locality and is the seat of the municipal government . Located in the state's Angelópolis administrative region, the municipality covers an area of 51.03 km² (19.7 sq mi), situated approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) to the west of the state capital, the city of Puebla
Puebla, Puebla

The city of Puebla, officially Heroic Puebla de Zaragoza is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla. The city has a population of 1,399,519 ....
. San Pedro Cholula and several neighboring municipalities are included within the Greater Metropolitan area of Puebla
Metropolitan area of Puebla

The Metropolitan area of Puebla or Greater Puebla is the fourth largest agglomeration in Mexico with a population of 2.109 million . This agglomeration includes 10 municipalities of the state of Puebla, and 13 municipalities of the state of Tlaxcala....
, a conurbation
Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
 which extends also into the state of Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala

Tlaxcala is one of the 31 mexican states of Mexico, located to the east of Mexico City....
. According to INEGI figures, San Pedro Cholula had a population in 2005 of some 113,436 inhabitants.

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