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The city of Tlaxcala is the capital and chief center of population of the Mexican state of the same name. The city is located at

and it reported a population of 73,184 in the 2000 census.

The city, though originally settled by Native Peoples , was officially "founded" in 1520 by Hernán Cortés – with whom they had an alliance against their former Aztec oppressors.