Category:Populated places in Puebla

Towns and cities in the Mexican state of Puebla.

According to the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Puebla,[1] the state classifies its settlements in terms of their populations and their provision of certain basic public services (schools, clinics, abbatoirs, graveyards, etc.):

• Ciudad (city): Census population of at least 20,000.
• Villa (town): Census population of at least 10,000.
• Pueblo (village): Census population of at least 2,500.
• Ranchería (hamlet): Census population of at least 500, and at least 5 km from the nearest city, town or village.
• Comunidad (community): Up to 500 inhabitants, and at least 5 km from the nearest larger settlement.
• Barrio (neighbourhood): Collection of houses structured as blocks (manzanas) that may be part of a town, village, hamlet, or community.
• Sección (section): Collection of blocks, neighbourhoods, colonias, communities, or hamlets that individually or collectively total more than 1,000 inhabitants.

See also: Municipalities of Puebla.