San Pedro Cholula

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San Pedro Cholula is a municipio libre ("free" or autonomous municipality) in the state of Puebla, central 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 (Spanish: cabecera municipal). 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. San Pedro Cholula and several neighboring municipalities are included within the Greater Metropolitan area of Puebla, a conurbation which extends also into the state of Tlaxcala. According to INEGI figures, San Pedro Cholula had a population in 2005 of some 113,436 inhabitants.

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