Rafael Lara Grajales (municipality)

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Rafael Lara Grajales
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Rafael Lara Grajales
Rafael Lara Grajales (Mexico)
Coordinates: 19°13′39″N97°48′14″W / 19.22750°N 97.80389°W / 19.22750; -97.80389
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Puebla
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Rafael Lara Grajales is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico. [1] The municipality is named after the revolutionary general Rafael Lara Grajales.

The town has a sister city in North Korea: Sariwon. [2]

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Rafael Lara Grajales was a Mexican general who represented the urban moderates, and with Alvaro Obregén supported General José María Sánchez. The municipality Rafael Lara Grajales, Puebla is named in his honour.

Grajales is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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References

  1. "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal . Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  2. "Sister City Ties Established between DPRK and Mexico". KCNA. 21 April 2004. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.