The state of Puebla is located in the Neovolcanic Axis.

It has 217 municipalities, 6,556 villages and a population of 5,076,686 (2,448,801 male and 2,627,885 female).

The City of Puebla is its capital, located at 2,160 meters over sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

North 20°50', South 17°52' Lat North; East 96°43', West 99°04' West Long.

LAND SIZE AS A PERCENTAGE

1.7% of the country's area.

BORDERING STATES

Puebla borders north with Hidalgo and Veracruz-Llave; east with Veracruz-Llave and Oaxaca; to the south with Oaxaca and Guerrero; west with Guerrero, Morelos, Mexico, Tlaxcala and Hidalgo.

MAIN ELEVATIONS

Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)     5,610

Volcán Popocatépetl                           5,500

Volcán Iztaccíhuatl                              5,220

Cerro La Negra                                   4,580

HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS

Balsas

Pánuco

Túxpan-Nautla

Papaloapan

AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION

Agricultural      38.56 %                                Grazing land      10.20 %                   Forest      17.82 %          

                                                Jungle         26.46%                    Brush        6.27 %               

                                               Other              0.69 % 

MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATE

Warm humid with rains year around (2.30%)

 Warm humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer   (2.60%)

Warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer  (17.04%)

Semi-warm with rains year around (8.67%)

Semi-warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (8.18%)

Temperate humid with rains year around (2.53%)

Temperate humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer (4.58%)

Temperate sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (33.83%)

Semi-cold sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (3.03%)

Semi-dry very warm and warm  (5.37%)

Semi-dry semi-warm (2.47%)

Semi-dry temperate    (6.84%)