San José Chiapa is a town and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Puebla in south-eastern
Mexico
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.
Audi
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Th ...
has a car factory near the town, with a capacity of 150,000 units per year, including the
Q5.
Engines are imported from Germany. Most of the finished cars are transported by rail,
but 13-17 trucks per day are also used.
About half of the cars are exported to Europe
[ through ]Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
, while Lázaro Cárdenas is used for cars and parts to United States, China and India.[
]
References
Municipalities of Puebla
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