San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida is a city in the west-central part of the state of Puebla in

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, adjacent to the southwest corner of the state of

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. It is the municipal seat of the

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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 ...

. The city is the fifth-largest in the state of Puebla, with a 2020 census population of 155,738 inhabitants. On December 19, 2010, an oil pipeline at a

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(Pemex) pumping station in the city exploded, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 50. 32 houses were destroyed and several times that many damaged. The explosion is believed to have been caused by attempts to puncture the pipe to steal oil.

References

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Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Puebla
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

Ayuntamiento de San Martín Texmelucan
Official website of Municipality of San Martín Texmelucan (in Spanish) Populated places in Puebla Pipeline accidents Deaths caused by petroleum looting 2010 in Mexico Industrial fires and explosions in Mexico 2010 disasters in Mexico {{Puebla-geo-stub