Aside from the Metropolitan area of Mexico City, megacities in Mexico are usually not well defined. The smallest administrative divisions are the "municipios" (municipalities), which can be roughly compared to the U.S. counties, or the French communes. Municipalities tend to include rural areas which might slightly inflate the actual population size of the cities. (Rural communities, as defined by INEGI, have a population of 15,000 or less). Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, oficially called Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México or ZMCM (Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City) in Mexico. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. ...

The National Population Council (CONAPO) and the National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Data Processing (INEGI) define metropolitan areas as the group of municipalities that heavily interact with each other, usually around a core city. It should also be noted that in some Northern states (usually with small population densities) municipalities tend to cover larger areas than those in Central and Southern Mexico (with higher population densities), and therefore, they might include other small cities and villags that may not be part of any megacity. The National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Data Processing (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)) is a unit of the government of Mexico dedicated to the collection and organization of statistical, geographical and economic information on the country. ...

Few metropolitan areas extend beyond the limits of one state, namely: Mexico City (Distrito Federal, Mexico and Hidalgo), Puebla (Puebla and Tlaxcala, but excludes the city of Tlaxcala), La Laguna (Coahuila and Durango), and Tampico (Tamaulipas and Veracruz). Tlaxcala is the name of both a state of Mexico and of that states capital city. ...

Largest Metropolitan Areas of Mexico by Population 2005

Population of the 30 biggest metropolitan areas in Mexico as reported in the 2005 Census [1]: 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México, México D.F. or simply México, pronounced /mexiko/ in IPA) is the capital and largest city of the nation of Mexico. ... The Mexican Federal District, known in Spanish as Distrito Federal (D.F.), is an area within Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexican states, but an independent self-governing city-state and the seat of the Federal Government. ... Guadalajara (Spanish pronunciation [wa-da-la-ha-ra]) is the capital city of the state of Jalisco and it is also the second most populated city in Mexico. ... Jalisco is one of the 31 states of the United Mexican States (Mexico). ... Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. ... Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... The city of Puebla – known more formally as Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza or less formally as La Angelópolis or Puebla de los Ángeles – is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name, and the fourth largest city in Mexico, after Mexico City, Guadalajara... The Mexican state of Puebla is located in the center of the country, to the east of Mexico City. ... Toluca is a city in México State in central Mexico, at 19. ... The United Mexican States. ... Tijuana [tixwana], is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana; the citys current mayor is Jorge Hank Rhon of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). ... Baja California (literally lower California in Spanish) is the northernmost state of Mexico. ... Plaza Principal Plaza Principal Arco de la Calzada The city of León – officially named León de los Aldamas – is the fifth most populous city in Mexico and the largest city in the state of Guanajuato; it is also the seat of León municipality. ... Guanajuato is a state in the central highlands of Mexico. ... Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Ciudad Juárez (also known simply as Juárez) (2000 population 1,142,354) is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. ... The state of Chihuahua is the largest of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the northwestern part of the country. ... Torreón is a city in Coahuila, Mexico. ... Coahuila (formal name: Coahuila de Zaragoza) is one of Mexicos 31 component states. ... The city of San Luis Potosí is the capital of the Mexican state of the same name. ... The Mexican state of San Luis Potosí has an area of 62,848 km². It is in the north-central part of the republic, bordered by the Mexican states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Zacatecas. ... Latitude 20. ... Querétaro (formal name: Querétaro de Arteaga) is a state in central Mexico. ... Cathedral on the Plaza Mayor, the oldest in North America [1]. Mérida is the capital city of the Mexican state of Yucatán. ... Yucatán is the name of one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. ... Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California, Mexico as well as the capital of the municipality of Mexicali. ... Baja California (literally lower California in Spanish) is the northernmost state of Mexico. ... Main Central Square often called The Exedra The city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes in western central Mexico. ... Aguascalientes is a state of Mexico, situated in the center of the country. ... El Puente Tampico (finished in October 1988) links the states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz and is a major element in the Gulf of Mexico highway system. ... Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ... Cuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. ... Morelos is one of the constituent states of Mexico. ... Acapulco (Officially: Acapulco de Juárez) is a city and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 km (190 miles) southwest from Mexico City, at . ... Guerrero is a state in the United Mexican States. ... The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. ... The state of Chihuahua is the largest of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the northwestern part of the country. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Sinaloa is the name of a city, a municipality and a state in Mexico. ... Aqueduct in Morelia Morelia is the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacán. ... Michoacán de Ocampo (From michoaque, Nahuatl for those who have fish) is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. ... Saltillo is a city in northeast Mexico, located at 25°42′ N 101°00′ W. It is the current capital of the state of Coahuila. ... Coahuila (formal name: Coahuila de Zaragoza) is one of Mexicos 31 component states. ... Veracruz from space, July 1997 The city of Veracruz is a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that compose Mexico (does not include the Mexican Federal District). ... Villahermosa (Beautiful Village in Spanish language) is the capital city of Tabasco, Mexico, and the municipal seat of Centro municipality. ... Tabasco is a state in Mexico. ... Reynosa is a primarily industrial city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. ... Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ... Cancún from the air Cancún is a coastal city in Mexicos easternmost state, Quintana Roo. ... Quintana Roo is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula. ... Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital city of the Mexican state of Chiapas. ... Chiapas is a state in the southeast of Mexico. ... Xalapa or Jalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that compose Mexico (does not include the Mexican Federal District). ... Catedral de Oaxaca, located at the Zócalo (central square) Santo Domingo de Guzmán Church The city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca (formally: Oaxaca de Juárez, in honor of 19th-century president and national hero Benito Juárez, who was born nearby) is the capital and main city of the... The Mexican state of Oaxaca (pronounced in English) is in the southern part of Mexico, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. ... The name Matamoros, meaning Moor-killer or Moor-slayer in Spanish, may refer to: People Santiago Matamoros, St. ... Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ... Poza Rica (formally: Poza Rica de Hidalgo) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that compose Mexico (does not include the Mexican Federal District). ...

Metropolitan Areas of Mexico by GDP per Capita 2000

The following list contains population as reported by CONAPO with data for the 2000 census. The National Population Council prepares information regarding the Human Development Index of all the municipalities in the country, which includes GDP per capita and is the source for this article. [2]