The city of Puebla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweβla]) is the seat of the Municipality of Puebla, the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important Spanish colonial cities in Mexico. Being a colonial era planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main Atlantic port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two in Central Mexico.

The city was founded in 1531 in an area called Cuetlaxcoapan, which means "where serpents change their skin", in between of two of the main indigenous settlements at the time, Tlaxcala and Cholula. This valley was not populated in the 16th century as in the pre-Hispanic period; this area was primarily used to the "flower wars" between a number of populations.^{[not in citation given]} Due to its history and architectural styles ranging from Renaissance to Mexican Baroque, the city was named a World Heritage Site in 1987. The city is also famous for mole poblano, chiles en nogada and Talavera pottery. However, most of its economy is based on industry.

Puebla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweβla]), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla.

It is located in East-Central Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the north and east, Hidalgo, México, Tlaxcala and Morelos to the west, Guerrero and Oaxaca to the south.

The origins of the state lie in the city of Puebla, which was founded by the Spanish in this valley in 1531 to secure the trade route between Mexico City and the port of Veracruz.

By the end of the 18th century, the area had become a colonial province with its own governor, which would become the State of Puebla, after the Mexican War of Independence in the early 19th century. Since that time, the area, especially around the capital city, has continued to grow economically, mostly through industry, despite being the scene of a number of battles, the most notable of which being the Battle of Puebla. Today, the state is one of the most industrialized in the country, but since most of its development is concentrated in Puebla and other cities, many of its rural areas are very poor, forcing many to migrate away to places such as Mexico City and the United States.

Alfredo Talavera Díaz (born September 18, 1982 in La Barca, Jalisco) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Toluca and the Mexican national team as a goalkeeper.

With Oswaldo Sánchez out during the first part of the Clausura 2005 with a shoulder injury, Talavera entered as a starter against teams from the Primera División de México, and also coming through against South American teams for Copa Libertadores.

On April 2, 2006 Sanchez left temporarily to play with the Mexican National Team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, leaving Talavera in goal. Since then he has started 6 Clausura 2006 games for Chivas and received 1 yellow card. In the first game he started the club posted a 2-0 loss against Monarcas Morelia. This was followed by a loss to Atlas in the Clasico Tapatio. In the final game of the season Chivas lost to Toluca, 2-0, but after a terrible performance in the first leg of the Quarterfinals against Jaguares when he made a big mistake in injury time that caused the winning goal for Jaguares, José Manuel de la Torre dropped him as the starter and was replaced by Luis Ernesto Michel and Guadalajara fought back and advanced to the semifinals. The next season when Oswaldo Sánchez returned, Talavera saw himself as the third goalkeeper of Guadalajara, with Michel as the second keeper, after Oswaldo left Chivas, Michel was the starting keeper and Talavera the backup, he didn't played any Liga games since 2006 with Chivas, and he was sent to Tigres on a one year loan in 2008, he rarely saw action, and bad luck came for Talavera, as Óscar Pérez (the starter keeper in Tigres) injured but Talavera injured himself in training, making Enrique Palos the next in the line.