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ChipiloChipilo is a small town in the state of Puebla, Mexico. It is located 12 km south of state capital Puebla, Puebla, at a height of 2150 meters above sea level. Its official name is Chipilo de Francisco Javier Mina. The people of Chipilo are called chipileos. History Chipilo was founded on October 2, 1882 by immigrants from the northern Italian region of Veneto. Most of them came from Segusino and the surrounding towns in Treviso. Thus, Italian imigration to Chipilo is different from the immigration to Buenos Aires, where most of the immigrants came from the southern regions of Italy. The immigrants came to Mexico in search for fertile land, and running from the proverty that was plaguing Veneto at that time. Most of them decided to raise cattle, and the dairy products of Chipilo became famous in Puebla and other regions in central Mexico. Chipilo was also the home of a furniture company called Segusino. Several major franchise businesses in Mexico were created by chipileos, like Topolino, an ice-cream parlour, and The Italian Coffee Company, a coffee shop similar to Starbucks. In 1982, the townspeople of Chipilo celebrated the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the city along with visitors from the Venet region. In this celebration the city of Segusino, Italy, was declared twin city of Chipilo. Language and culture Before the city of Puebla grew so far as to almost absorb it, the town of Chipilo remained isolated for much of the 20th century. Thus, the chipileos, unlike other Italian immigrants that came to Mexico, did not blend into the Mexican culture and retained most of their traditions and their language. Even today, most of the people in Chipilo speak the Venet or Venetian dialect of their great-grandparents. The variant of the Venet dialect spoken by the chipileos, is the northern Feltrino-Belunes. Surprisingly, it has not been altered by Spanish. Given the number of speakers of Venet, and even though the state government has not done so, the Venet dialect can be considered a minority language in the city of Puebla.
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