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Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May")
is a holiday held on May 5 that commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces
at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862,
under the leadership of
General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.
It is celebrated primarily in the state of Puebla
and in the United States.
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While Cinco de Mayo sees limited significance and celebration nationwide in Mexico,
the date is observed nationwide in the United States and other locations around the world
as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.
Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day,
the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico
which is actually celebrated on the 16th of September.
