Cholula de Rivadavia

Also known as San Pedro Cholula, Cholula

municipal seat of San Pedro Cholula, State of Puebla, Mexico

Key facts

Country: Mexico
State: Puebla
Founded: roughly 500 BCE
Municipal status: 1860s
Municipal presidents: José Juan Espinosa (San Pedro) and Leoncio Paisano (San Andrés)
Total: 111.03 km (42.87 sq mi)
Elevation of seat: 2,150 m (7,050 ft)
Density: 2,640/km (6,830/sq mi)
Urban: 149,256
Time zone: UTC-6 ( Central (US Central) )
Demonym: Choluteco
Website: (in Spanish) San Andrés and San Pedro

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Cholula ( Spanish: [tʃoˈlula] , officially Cholula de Rivadavia; Mezquital Otomi: Mä'ragi), is a city and district located in the metropolitan area of Puebla, Mexico. Cholula is best known for its Great Pyramid, with the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios sanctuary on top, as well as its numerous churches.

The city and district of Cholula are divided into two: San Pedro Cholula and San Andrés Cholula. Surrounding the city proper are a number of more rural communities which belong to the municipalities of San Andrés and San Pedro. The city itself is divided into eighteen neighborhoods or barrios, each with a patron saint.