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The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or "Mexico") comprises 31 states (estados) and one federal district (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to... Federal Districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. ... Other Mexican States Capital Mexico City Area 1,479 km² Ranked 32nd Population (2000 census) 8,591,300 Ranked 2nd Head of Govt (2000-06) Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) Federal Deputies (30) PRD = 27 PAN = 3 Federal Senators PAN = 1 PVEM = 1 PRD = 1 ISO 3166-2... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ...

States of Mexico

States and their capital cities

  1. Aguascalientes – Aguascalientes
  2. Baja California – Mexicali
  3. Baja California Sur – La Paz
  4. Campeche – Campeche
  5. Chiapas – Tuxtla Gutiérrez
  6. Chihuahua – Chihuahua
  7. Coahuila – Saltillo
  8. Colima – Colima
  9. Durango – Durango
  10. Guanajuato – Guanajuato
  11. Guerrero – Chilpancingo
  12. Hidalgo – Pachuca
  13. Jalisco – Guadalajara
  14. México – Toluca
  15. Michoacán – Morelia
  16. Morelos – Cuernavaca
  17. Nayarit – Tepic
  18. Nuevo León – Monterrey
  19. Oaxaca – Oaxaca
  20. Puebla – Puebla
  21. Querétaro – Santiago de Querétaro
  22. Quintana Roo – Chetumal
  23. San Luis Potosí – San Luis Potosí
  24. Sinaloa – Culiacán
  25. Sonora – Hermosillo
  26. Tabasco – Villahermosa
  27. Tamaulipas – Ciudad Victoria
  28. Tlaxcala – Tlaxcala
  29. Veracruz – Xalapa
  30. Yucatán – Mérida
  31. Zacatecas – Zacatecas
  32. Federal District – (Mexico City)

Other Mexican States Capital Aguascalientes, Ags. ... Aguascalientes is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Baja California (highlighted) Alternative use: Baja California (state) Baja California or Lower California is a peninsula in the west of Mexico. ... Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California, Mexico. ... This article is currently in the process of being translated from its Spanish counterpart, es:Baja California Sur. ... Categories: Baja California Sur | Mexican state capitals | Cities in Mexico | Stub ... For the state in Mexico, see State of Campeche. ... Other Mexican States Capital Tuxtla Gutiérrez Other major cities San Cristóbal Tapachula list of municipalities Area 74,211 km² Ranked 8th Population (2000 census) 3,920,500 Ranked 8th Governor (2000-06) Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía (alliance of PRD, PAN, & others) Federal Deputies (12) PRI = 11 PAN = 1... Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital of the state of Chiapas in Mexico. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Other Mexican States Capital Saltillo Other major cities Torreón Piedras Negras list of municipalities Area 149,982 km² Ranked 3rd Population (2000 census) 2,295,800 Ranked 17th Governor (1999-2005) Enrique Martínez y Martínez (PRI) Federal Deputies (7) PRI = 6 pending = 1 Federal Senators PAN = 2... Saltillo is a city in north central Mexico at 25. ... Colima is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Durango could mean any of the following: Durango (state) – a state in Mexico Durango, Durango (Victoria de Durango) – the capital city of the above state Durango, Spain – city in Vizcaya, Spain Durango, Colorado – a city in the United States of America Durango, Iowa – a city in the United States of... This article is about the Mexican city. ... This article is about the city of Guanajuato. ... Plaza de la Paz and the Basílica Colegiata de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato (2004) The city of Guanajuato is the capital of the state of the same name. ... Other Mexican States Capital Chilpancingo Other major cities Acapulco, Taxco, list of municipalities Area 64,281 km² Ranked 14th Population (2000 census) 3,075,080 Ranked 11th Governor (1999-2005) René Juárez Cisneros (PRI) Federal Deputies (10) PRI = 6 PRD = 4 Federal Senators PRI = 2 PRD = 1 ISO 3166... Chilpancingo is a city in the Guerrero state of Mexico, located at 17. ... This article is about the Mexican state. ... Pachuca (elevation: 2,426 meters) is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. ... Other Mexican States Capital Guadalajara Other major cities Puerto Vallarta Ciudad Guzmán list of municipalities Area 80,386 km² Ranked 6th Population (2000 census) 6,321,280 Ranked 4th Governor (2001-07) Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña (PAN) Federal Deputies (19) PRI = 13 PAN = 6 Federal Senators PAN... Guadalajara is a large city in the Western-Pacific region of Mexico, located at 20. ... The United Mexican States, or Mexico, is a federal republic, comprising 31 states. ... Toluca is a city in México State in central Mexico, at 19. ... Other Mexican States Capital Morelia Other major cities Lázaro Cárdenas list of municipalities Area 59,928 km² Ranked 16th Population (2000 census) 3,979,180 Ranked 7th Governor (2002-08) Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (PRD) Federal Deputies (13) PRD = 9 PRI = 2 PAN = 1 disputed = 1 Federal... This article is about the city. ... Other Mexican States Capital Cuernavaca Other major cities Cuautla Area 4,950 km² Ranked 30th Population (2000 census) 1,552,880 Ranked 22nd Governor (2000-06) Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez (PAN) Federal Deputies (4) PAN = 2 PRI = 2 Federal Senators PAN = 2 PRI = 1 ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr. ... Cuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. ... Other Mexican States Capital Tepic Other major cities Acaponeta Area 26,979 km² Ranked 23rd Population (2000 census) 919,740 Ranked 28th Governor (1999-2005) Antonio Echevarría Domínguez (PRD/PAN) Federal Deputies (3) PRI = 3 Federal Senators PRI = 2 PAN = 1 ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr. ... Tepic is the capital city of the Mexican state of Nayarit. ... Other Mexican States Capital Monterrey Other major cities list of municipalities Area 64,924 km² Ranked 13th Population (2000 census) 3,826,240 Ranked 9th Governor (2003-09) José Natividad González Parás ( PRI/ PVEM) Federal Deputies (11) PRI/ PVEM = 10 PAN = 1 Federal Senators PAN = 2 PRI = 1 ISO 3166... This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ... Oaxaca is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Puebla is the name of a city and a state in 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. ... Other Mexican States Capital Santiago de Querétaro Other major cities San Juan del Río list of municipalities Area 11,449 km² Ranked 27th Population (2000 census) 1,402,010 Ranked 24th Governor (2003-09) Francisco Garrido Patrón ( PAN) Federal Deputies (4) PAN = 3 PRI/ PVEM = 1 Federal... Santiago de Querétaro is the capital city of the state of Querétaro, Mexico. ... Other Mexican States Capital Chetumal Other major cities Cancún Cozumel List of municipalities Area 50,212 km² Ranked 19th Population (2000 census) 873,800 Ranked 29th Governor of Quintana Roo (1999-2005) Joaquín Ernesto Hendricks Díaz (PRI) Federal Deputies (2) PRI = 2 Federal Senators PRI = 2 PAN... Chetumal is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. ... Other Mexican States Capital San Luis Potosí, SLP Other major cities Matehuala list of municipalities Area 63,068 km² Ranked 15th Population (2000 census) 2,296,360 Ranked 16th Governor (2003-09) Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga ( PAN) Federal Deputies (7) PAN = 4 PRI/ PVEM = 3 Federal Senators... Sinaloa is the name of a city, a municipality and a state in Mexico. ... Night view of Alvaro Obregón Avenue Culiacán is a city in northwest Mexico, the capital of and biggest city in the state of Sinaloa. ... This article is about the Mexican state of Sonora. ... Hermosillo is the capital of the desert state of Sonora, Mexico, It is centrally located within the state and is close to several other major Mexican cities, such as Tijuana and Mexicali (both approximately 1 hour by plane) and to the U.S. cities Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. ... This article refers to Tabasco state; for the condiment see Tabasco sauce Other Mexican States Capital Villahermosa Other major cities List of municipalities Area 25,267 km² Ranked 24th Population (2000 census) 1,889,370 Ranked 20th Governor (2001-07) Manuel Andrade Díaz (PRI) Federal Deputies (6) PRI = 6... Villahermosa (Beautiful Village in Spanish language) capital city of Tabasco, Mexico and seat of municipality of Centro. ... Other Mexican States Capital Ciudad Victoria Other major cities Tampico Area 79,384 km² Ranked 7th Population (2000 census) 2,747,110 Ranked 13th Governor (1999-2005) Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba (PRI) Federal Deputies (8) PRI = 6 PAN = 2 Federal Senators PRI = 2 PAN = 1 ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr. ... Ciudad Victoria is the capital city of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. ... Tlaxcala is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Veracruz is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Xalapa, sometimes spelled Jalapa, is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ... Mérida is the capital city of the state of Yucatán, Mexico. ... Zacatecas is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Zacatecas is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Other Mexican States Capital Mexico City Area 1,479 km² Ranked 32nd Population (2000 census) 8,591,300 Ranked 2nd Head of Govt (2000-06) Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) Federal Deputies (30) PRD = 27 PAN = 3 Federal Senators PAN = 1 PVEM = 1 PRD = 1 ISO 3166-2... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ...

See also

The United Mexican States ( Mexico) is a federal republic comprising 31 states and one federal district (the Mexican Federal District, or Distrito Federal). ... By population By area By density ... This article provides a collection of the etymologies of the names of the states of Mexico. ...

External link

  • Map (http://www.world-gazetteer.com/s/s_mx.htm)

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