Map showing the location of the Metropolitan Areas in Mexico.

Mexico City

Guadalajara

Metropolitan areas in Mexico have been traditionally defined as the group of municipalities that heavily interact with each other, usually around a core city.^[1] In 2004, a joint effort between CONAPO, INEGI and the Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL) agreed to define metropolitan areas as either:^[1] Image File history File links Metropolitan_Areas_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Metropolitan_Areas_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 184 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mexico City Mexico... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 184 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mexico City Mexico... Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México, D.F. or simply México) is the capital city of Mexico. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 508 pixel Image in higher resolution (1381 × 877 pixel, file size: 363 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Guadalajara, Jalisco Municipalities... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 508 pixel Image in higher resolution (1381 × 877 pixel, file size: 363 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Guadalajara, Jalisco Municipalities... Coordinates: , Country State Foundation 1542 Government  - Mayor Alfonso Petersen Farah ( PAN) Area  - City 187. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... san luis rio colorado ...

• the group of two or more municipalities in which a city with a population of at least 50,000 is located whose urban area extends over the limit of the municipality that originally contained the core city incorporating either physically or under its area of direct influence other adjacent predominantly urban municipalities all of which have a high degree of social and economic integration or are relevant for urban politics and administration; or
• a single municipality in which a city of a population of at least one million is located and fully contained, (that is, it does not transcend the limits of a single municipality); or
• a city with a population of at least 250,000 which forms a conurbation with other cities in the United States.

It should be noted, however, that northwestern and southeastern states are divided into a small number of large municipalities whereas central states are divided into a large number of smaller municipalities. As such, metropolitan areas in the northwest usually do not extend over more than one municipality (and figures usually report population for the entire municipality) whereas metropolitan areas in the center extend over many municipalities.

Few metropolitan areas extend beyond the limits of one state, namely: Greater Mexico City (Federal District, Mexico and Hidalgo), Puebla-Tlaxcala (Puebla and Tlaxcala, but excludes the city of Tlaxcala), Comarca Lagunera (Coahuila and Durango), and Tampico (Tamaulipas and Veracruz). 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. ... Aerial view of the Metropolitan area of Puebla, towards Tlaxcala The Metropolitan area of Puebla or Greater Puebla is the fourth largest agglomeration in Mexico with a population of 2. ... For other uses, see Tlaxcala (disambiguation). ... Comarca Lagunera is the 8th largest metropolitan area in Mexico, and is located between two states, Coahuila and Durango. ...

Largest metropolitan areas of Mexico by population

Monterrey

Puebla

Tijuana

Acapulco

El Paso-Juárez conurbation

Population of the 30 biggest metropolitan areas in Mexico as reported in the 2005 Census:^[2] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 1396 KB) Nightview of the city of Monterrey, Mexico. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 1396 KB) Nightview of the city of Monterrey, Mexico. ... Nickname: Motto: El Trabajo templa el Espíritu Location of Monterrey in northern Mexico Coordinates: , Country State Founded 20 September 1596 Government  - Mayor Adalberto Madero ( PAN) Area  - City 860 km²  (332 sq mi) Elevation 537 m (1,762 ft) Population (2005)  - City 1,133,814  - Density 1,989/km² (5... Image File history File linksMetadata Malinche. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Malinche. ... Nickname: Location of Puebla in central Mexico Coordinates: Country Mexico State Puebla Founded 1531 Government  - Mayor Enrique Doger (PRI) Area  - City 546 km²  (211 sq mi) Elevation 2,175 m (7,136 ft) Population (2005)  - City 1,485,941  - Density 5,741/km² (14,869. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 683 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 683 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1748x988, 322 KB) Acapulco bay Source: Nammer @ Flickr File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Acapulco Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1748x988, 322 KB) Acapulco bay Source: Nammer @ Flickr File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Acapulco Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... For other uses, see Acapulco (disambiguation). ... NASA photo, taken from space station http://earthobservatory. ... NASA photo, taken from space station http://earthobservatory. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. ... The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara) is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the second largest in the country after Mexico City. ... The Monterrey metropolitan area refers to the conurbation around the city of Monterrey, officially called Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey or ZMM (English: Metropolitan Zone of Monterrey). ... Aerial view of the Metropolitan area of Puebla, towards Tlaxcala The Metropolitan area of Puebla or Greater Puebla is the fourth largest agglomeration in Mexico with a population of 2. ... Central Square, Zócalo, of the city of Toluca Greater Toluca or the Metropolitan Area of Toluca is the conurbation formed by Toluca, as the core city, and 12 adjacent municipalities of the state of Mexico, namely Almoloya de Juárez, Calimaya, Chapultepec, Lerma, Metepec, Mexicaltzingo, Ocoyoacac, Otzolotepec, San Mateo... Tijuana (Spanish [], English usually []), is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana. ... Calle 5 de Mayo. ... Ciudad Juárez, or simply Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. ... Comarca Lagunera is the 8th largest metropolitan area in Mexico, and is located between two states, Coahuila and Durango. ... Nickname: Location of San Luis Potosí in central-north Mexico Country Mexico State San Luis Potosí Founded 3 November 1592 Government  - Mayor Jorge Lozano Armengol ( PAN) Area  - City 385 km²  (148. ... Latitude 20. ... Places named Mérida or Merida include: Mexico Mérida, Yucatán, capital city of the state of Yucatán Philippines Mérida, Leyte, a municipality in Leyte province Spain Mérida, Spain, capital city of the Extremadura Autonomous Community Venezuela Mérida, Mérida, capital city of the state... Mexicali is the capital of the State of Baja California, Mexico as well as the seat of the municipality of Mexicali. ... Aguascalientes IPA: is a state of Mexico, situated in the center of the country. ... This article is about a city in Mexico. ... Nickname: Location in the State of Sinaloa. ... Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. ... For other uses, see Acapulco (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Bravery, Loyalty, Hospitality Coordinates: , Country State Foundation October 12, 1709 Government  - Mayor Carlos Borruel Baquera ( PAN) Elevation 1,415 m (4,642 ft) Population (2006)  - City 748,551  - Metro 1,000,124  - Demonym Chihuahuense Time zone Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)  - Summer (DST) Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6... This article is about the city. ... 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. ... Veracruz from space, July 1997 The city of Veracruz is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... This article is about a city in Mexico. ... Hermosillo is the capital of the state of Sonora, México. ... Reynosa is a primarily industrial city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. ... Río Bravo (or Ciudad Río Bravo) is a city in northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico. ... Giant Mexican flag in the Hotel Zone Cancún (pronounced as IPA: ) is a coastal city in Mexicos easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. ... Tuxtla Gutiérrez is a municipio (municipality), capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Chiapas. ... Xalapa Cathedral Xalapa (or Jalapa) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... For current news on the Oaxaca Teachers Strike of 2006 see: 2006 Oaxaca protests Oaxaca is the name of both a state in Mexico and that states capital city. ... The name Matamoros, meaning Moor-killer or Moor-slayer in Spanish, may refer to: People Santiago Matamoros, St. ... Poza Rica (formally: Poza Rica de Hidalgo) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... For the Mexican American Zoot Suit subculure, see Pachuco. ... Orizaba is a city in Veracruz, Mexico. ... Tepic is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Nayarit. ... Cuautla could refer to: Cuautla, Jalisco, Mexico Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Motto: Siempre Con La Patria Settled 1847 Government  - Presidente Municipal Daniel Peña Area  - City 1,334. ... MINATITLAN, MEXICO - The air smelled like charred oil, and behind him smoke from one of Mexicos largest oil refineries blocked out the early morning sun, but Gonzalo Rodríguez Merales was beaming. ... Coatzacoalcos stands on the Gulf coast of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec Coatzacoalcos is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the Coatzacoalcos River. ... Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican resort city situated on the Pacific Oceans Bahía de Banderas. ... Monclova is a city in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. ... There are places that have the name Frontera (Spanish meaning frontier) Argentina: Frontera, Santa Fe Canary Islands: Frontera, a municipality in the western and the southern ends of the island of El Hierro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain (Cádiz, Andalusia): Arcos de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera Vejer... Córdoba (founded in 1617) is a city in Veracruz, central Mexico. ... For other uses, see Tlaxcala (disambiguation). ... Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. ... Guadalupe (or Guadeloupe) may refer to: The Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City Guadalupe, a city part of the metropolitan area of Monterrey, Mexico Villa de Guadalupe, a former town near Mexico City Guadalupe, a village near Tecate, Baja California, Mexico Guadalupe, in Puebla, Mexico Guadalupe, in Zacatecas, Mexico Guadalupe, a... Location within Mexico Country  Mexico Capital Colima Municipalities 10 Largest City Manzanillo Government  - Governor Jesus Silverio Cavazos Ceballos (PRI)  - Federal Deputies PAN: 2  - Federal Senators PAN: 2 PRI: 1 Area Ranked 29th  - State 5,191 km²  (2,004. ... Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez is a city in the Mexican state of Colima. ... Zamora may refer to // Ecuador Zamora, Ecuador Zamora-Chinchipe Province Mexico Zamora, Michoacán Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz Spain Zamora, Spain Zamora (province) United States Zamora, California Venezuela Zamora Municipality, Aragua Zamora Municipality, Miranda Bobby Zamora, English footballer Diane Zamora, American convicted of murder Ezequiel Zamora, 19th-century Venezuelan military... Jacona is a small city in northwestern Michoacán, Mexico. ... La Piedad de Cavadas is a city and its surrounding municipality (La Piedad municipality) located in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering Jalisco and Guanajuato. ... Tulancingo is a city in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. ... Guaymas is a port city in Sonora, Mexico. ... Places named Tula include: Tula, Tula Oblast, Russia Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico Tula, Mississippi, USA Tula, Sardinia, Italy Tula, Kenya Other uses: Tula is the professional name of transsexual model/actress Caroline Cossey. ... Apizaco is a city in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, located approximately 25 minutes away from the city of Tlaxcala. ... Piedras Negras is the name for more than one place. ... San Francisco del Rincón is city in the in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. ... Ocotlán is a city in Jalisco, Mexico. ... San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida is a city in the west-central part of the state of Puebla in Mexico, adjacent to the southwest corner of the state of Tlaxcala. ... Rioverde is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the south-central part of the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. ... Tecomán is a city in the state of Colima, Mexico, located at 18°92′N 103°88′W, about 50 km south of the city of Colima. ... Acayucan is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the southeastern part of the state of Veracruz, Mexico. ... Moroleón is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the extreme southern part of the state of Guanajuato, adjacent to the border with the state of Michoacán, in Mexico. ... Uriangato is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the extreme southern part of the state of Guanajuato, adjacent to the border with the state of Michoacán, in Mexico. ...

Transnational conurbations

Metropolitan areas located at the border with the United States also form transnational conurbations with deep economic and demographic interaction. CONAPO also defines and recognizes the existence of such metropolitan areas and defines them as the municipalities that contain a city of at least 250,000 inhabitants which share processes of conurbation with cities of the United States of America.^[1] Transnational conurbations are:

“Greater San Diego” redirects here. ... Ciudad Juárez, or simply Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Reynosa is a primarily industrial city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. ... McAllen is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. ... The name Matamoros, meaning Moor-killer or Moor-slayer in Spanish, may refer to: People Santiago Matamoros, St. ... Brownsville is the name of several places in the United States of America: Brownsville, California Brownsville, Florida Brownsville, Kentucky Brownsville, Maryland Brownsville, Minnesota Brownsville, Ohio Brownsville, Oregon Brownsville, Pennsylvania Brownsville, Tennessee Brownsville, Texas (The first two battles of the Mexican-American War were fought neart this city. ... Mexicali is the capital of the State of Baja California, Mexico as well as the seat of the municipality of Mexicali. ... For the city, see Calexico, California. ... The Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area (USLRD & ZMNL) is one of six bi-national metropolitan areas along the United States-Mexican border. ... Piedras Negras is the name for more than one place. ... For the city by the same name in Texas, see Eagle Pass, Texas Eagle Pass is a 550 m (1,804 ft) mountain pass through the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. ...

Megalopolis of central Mexico

Central Mexico Megalopolis

A megalopolis is defined as a long chain of continuous metropolitan areas, or territories that are relatively integrated amongst each other, a clear example of which is BosWash in the United States. In 1996, the Programa General de Desarollo Urbano del Distrito Federal first proposed this concept to refer to the megalopolis of central Mexico, which was later expanded by PROAIRE, a metropolitan commission on the environment.^[7] A megalopolis, is known in Spanish as a corona regional de ciudades ("regional ring of cities"). The Megalopolis of central Mexico was defined to be integrated by the metropolitan areas of Mexico City, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Toluca and Pachuca, which may also conform complex subregional rings themselves (i.e. Greater Puebla conforming a regional ring with Atlixco, San Martín Texmelucan, Tlaxcala and Apizaco). The megalopolis of central Mexico is integrated by 173 municipalities (91 of the state of Mexico, 29 of the state of Puebla, 37 of the state of Tlaxcala, 16 of Morelos and 16 of Hidalgo) and the 16 boroughs of the Federal District,^[7] with an approximate total population of almost 25 million people. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Megalopolis (Greek: large city, great city) can mean: The town of Megalópoli (Μεγαλοπολη), Megalopolis, Greece. ... The BosWash or Bosnywash or Boshington or Northeast Corridor or simply Northeast megalopolis is the name for a group of metropolitan areas in the northeastern United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., including Providence, Rhode Island; Hartford and New Haven and Stamford, Connecticut; New York, New York... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Aerial view of the Metropolitan area of Puebla, towards Tlaxcala The Metropolitan area of Puebla or Greater Puebla is the fourth largest agglomeration in Mexico with a population of 2. ... Atlixco is a rapidly growing city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Puebla, Mexico. ... San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida is a city in the west-central part of the state of Puebla in Mexico, adjacent to the southwest corner of the state of Tlaxcala. ... The city of Tlaxcala is the capital and chief center of population of the Mexican state of the same name. ... Apizaco is a city in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, located approximately 25 minutes away from the city of Tlaxcala. ... Municipal Palace of Veracruz Municipalities (municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the estado, or state). ... Location within Mexico Country Capital Municipalities 126 Largest City Ecatepec Government  - Governor Enrique Peña Nieto (PRI)  - Federal Deputies PRI: 7 PAN: 11 PRD: 20 Convergencia: 2  - Federal Senators Yeidckol Polevnsky (PRD) Héctor Bautista (PRD) Ulises Ramírez (PAN) Area Ranked 25th  - Total 21,355 km² (8,245. ... The Mexican state of Puebla is located in the center of the country, to the east of Mexico City. ... For other uses, see Tlaxcala (disambiguation). ... Morelos is one of the constituent states of Mexico. ... Hidalgo is a state in central Mexico, with an area of 20,502 km². In 2000 the state had a population of some 2,231,000 people. ... The Mexican Federal District is divided into 16 boroughs (delegaciones) for local government and administrative purposes. ...

See also

• Municipalities of Mexico
• Demographics of Mexico

Municipal Palace of Veracruz Municipalities (municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the estado, or state). ... Mexicos population pyramid (2000) With a population of 103,263,388 in 2005, Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, and the second-most populous country in Latin America after Portuguese-speaking Brazil. ...

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