State of central Mexico; area 33,919 sq km/13,096 sq mi; Its capital is Puebla de Zaragoza. The main occupations are farming, producing corn, wheat, sugar-cane, and tobacco, and mining for gold, silver, and copper. There are many archeological remains of the Pre-Columbian civilization. (de Zaragoza) Industrial city (textiles, sugar refining, metallurgy, hand-crafted pottery and tiles) and capital of Puebla state, S central Mexico; Founded 1535 as Pueblo de los Angeles, it was later renamed for General de Zaragoza, who defeated the French here 1862.