Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

is a

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in central

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that is divided into 217

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. According to the 2020 Mexican

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, it is the fifth most populated state with inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Puebla are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917

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. Every three years, citizens elect a

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(Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a

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system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos''). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income. The largest municipality by population is

, with 1,692,181 residents (25.70% of the state's total), while the smallest is San Miguel Ixitlán with 526 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Chiautla which spans , and the smallest is Rafael Lara Grajales with . The newest municipality is Ahuehuetitla, established in 1963.

Municipalities

File:Catedral de Puebla, México, 2013-10-11, DD 16.JPG, alt=Puebla Cathedral,

, capital and largest municipality by population in Puebla. File:Palacio_Municipal_Tehuacán.JPG, alt=Tehuacán City Hall,

Tehuacán "By faith and hope" , , image_map = , mapsize = 300 px , map_caption = Location of Tehuacán within the state of Puebla. , image_map1 = Puebla en México.svg , mapsize1 = 300 px , ma ...

, second largest municipality by population. File:Fiesta_de_XV_Años_en_la_Parroquia_de_San_Martín_Texmelucan.jpg, alt=Main church, San Martín Texmelucan,

San Martín Texmelucan San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida is a city in the west-central part of the state of Puebla in Mexico, adjacent to the southwest corner of the state of Tlaxcala. It is the municipal seat of the municipality of San Martín Texmelucan. The city is ...

, third largest municipality by population. File:Torre_Ejecutiva_JV_III_&_Adamant.jpg, alt=Angelópolis, San Andrés Cholula, San Andrés Cholula, fourth largest municipality by population. File:Atlixco_y_Popo_100_9443.jpg, alt=Atlixco Valley, Atlixco, fifth largest municipality by population.

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Estado de Puebla
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (

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) {{Portal bar, Mexico

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