San Andrés Cholula (municipality)

San Andrés Cholula
Municipality
San Andrés Cholula
San Andrés Cholula
Coordinates: 19°03′N 98°18′W / 19.050°N 98.300°W / 19.050; -98.300
Country Mexico
StatePuebla
Founded500-200 BCE
Municipal Status1861
Government
  Municipal PresidentKarina Pérez Popoca
Area
  Municipality
61 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation
(of seat)
2,150 m (7,050 ft)
Population
 (2005) Municipality
  Municipality
80,118
  Urban area
35,206
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))

San Andrés Cholula is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico. It forms part of the Metropolitan area of Puebla, and as of 2011, it is the fastest-growing municipality that conforms the Metropolitan Area, partly because the presence of universities and the wealthiest neighborhoods (The "Angelópolis" Zone) are located in San Andrés Cholula. Along with San Pedro Cholula and Santa Isabel Cholula, it conforms the most ancient still inhabited city in the Americas, Cholula de Rivadabia.