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The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate entity that is not formally a state).
States are further divided into municipalities. Mexico City is divided in boroughs, officially designated as or , similar to other state's municipalities but with different administrative powers.
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, style="text-align: center;" , 38
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, Colima
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Colima''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Colima
, style="text-align: center;" , Manzanillo
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, style="text-align: center;" , 10
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Victoria de Durango
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 39
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, style="text-align: center;" , 
, style="text-align: center;" , Chilpancingo de los Bravo
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, style="text-align: center;" , Toluca de Lerdo
, style="text-align: center;" , Ecatepec de Morelos
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 125
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, Mexico City
, ''Ciudad de México''
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, —style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , '' Mexico City''
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 16
(boroughs) , style="text-align: center;" , , , - ,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Morelia
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, style="text-align: center;" , 113
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Cuernavaca
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, style="text-align: center;" , 36
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, Nayarit
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Nayarit''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Tepic
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 20
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , 
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Oaxaca de Juárez
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, style="text-align: center;" , 570
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Puebla de Zaragoza
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 217
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , 
, style="text-align: center;" , Chetumal
, style="text-align: center;" , Cancún
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, style="text-align: center;" , 11
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , 
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Hermosillo
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, style="text-align: center;" , 72
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, Tabasco
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Tabasco''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Villahermosa
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, style="text-align: center;" , 17
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, Tamaulipas
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Tamaulipas''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Ciudad Victoria
, style="text-align: center;" , Reynosa
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, style="text-align: center;" , 43
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, Tlaxcala
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Tlaxcala''
, 
, style="text-align: center;" ,
Ignacio de la Llave'' ,
, style="text-align: center;" , Xalapa-Enríquez
, style="text-align: center;" , Veracruz
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, style="text-align: center;" , 212
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, Yucatán) formed by the current states of Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo. Became independent in 1841 constituting the second 
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Mérida
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, style="text-align: center;" , 106
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, Zacatecas
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Zacatecas''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Zacatecas
, style="text-align: center;" , Guadalupe
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, style="text-align: center;" , 58
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Notes:
List
''Mexico's post agency,Correos de México
Correos de México, formerly Servicio Postal Mexicano (Sepomex), is the national postal service of Mexico.
Reorganization
In 1986, the government gave autonomy to the Postal Service. This was in response to the need to improve the service, whi ...
, does not offer an official list of state name abbreviations, and as such, they are not included below. A list of Mexican states and several versions of their abbreviations can be found here.''
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, style="text-align: center;" , ''Coahuila de Zaragoza''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Saltillo
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, style="text-align: center;" , 38
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, Colima
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Colima''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Colima
, style="text-align: center;" , Manzanillo
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, style="text-align: center;" , 10
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, Durango
Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Durango''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Victoria de Durango
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 39
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, Guanajuato
Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Guanajuato''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Guanajuato
Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...
, style="text-align: center;" , León de los Aldama
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, style="text-align: center;" , 46
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, Guerrero
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Guerrero''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Chilpancingo de los Bravo
, style="text-align: center;" , Acapulco de Juárez
Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has b ...
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, style="text-align: center;" , 81
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, Hidalgo
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Hidalgo''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Pachuca de Soto
Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whi ...
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, Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Jalisco''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
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, style="text-align: center;" , 125
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, México
, style="text-align: center;" , ''México''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Toluca de Lerdo
, style="text-align: center;" , Ecatepec de Morelos
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 125
, style="text-align: center;" ,
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, Mexico City
, ''Ciudad de México''
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, —style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , '' Mexico City''
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 16(boroughs) , style="text-align: center;" , , , - ,
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Michoacán de Ocampo''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Morelia
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 113
, style="text-align: center;" ,
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, Morelos
Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Morelos''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Cuernavaca
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 36
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, Nayarit
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Nayarit''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Tepic
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 20
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, Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Nuevo León''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
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, style="text-align: center;" , 51
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, Oaxaca
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Oaxaca''
,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Oaxaca de Juárez
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 570
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, Puebla
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Puebla''
,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Puebla de Zaragoza
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 217
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, Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Querétaro''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Santiago de Querétaro
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
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, style="text-align: center;" , 18
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, Quintana Roo
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Quintana Roo''
,
, style="text-align: center;" , Chetumal
, style="text-align: center;" , Cancún
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 11
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, San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''San Luis Potosí''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 58
, style="text-align: center;" ,
,
, -
, Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Sinaloa''
,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Culiacán Rosales
Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both the Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531, by the Spanish conquerors Láza ...
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 18
, style="text-align: center;" ,
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, Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Sonora''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Hermosillo
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 72
, style="text-align: center;" ,
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, Tabasco
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Tabasco''
,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Villahermosa
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 17
, style="text-align: center;" ,
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, Tamaulipas
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Tamaulipas''
,
, style="text-align: center;" , Ciudad Victoria
, style="text-align: center;" , Reynosa
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 43
, style="text-align: center;" ,
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, -
, Tlaxcala
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Tlaxcala''
,
, style="text-align: center;" , Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
Tlaxcala, officially Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl (), is the capital city of the Mexico, Mexican state of Tlaxcala and seat of the municipalities of Mexico, municipality of the same name. The city did not exist during the pre-Hispanic period but was l ...
, style="text-align: center;" , San Pablo del Monte
San Pablo del Monte is a municipality in Tlaxcala in south-eastern Mexico.
See also
*San Isidro Buensuceso
San Isidro Buensuceso or San Isidro Buen Suceso is a town in the municipality of San Pablo del Monte, Tlaxcala, Mexico, on the southern sl ...
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 60
, style="text-align: center;" ,
,
, -
, Veracruz
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Veracruz deIgnacio de la Llave'' ,
, style="text-align: center;" , Xalapa-Enríquez
, style="text-align: center;" , Veracruz
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 212
, style="text-align: center;" ,
,
, -
, Yucatán) formed by the current states of Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo. Became independent in 1841 constituting the second Republic of Yucatán
The Republic of Yucatán ( es, República de Yucatán) was a sovereign state during two periods of the nineteenth century. The first Republic of Yucatán, founded May 29, 1823, willingly joined the Mexican federation as the Federated Republic o ...
and definitively rejoined in 1848.
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Yucatán''
,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Mérida
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 106
, style="text-align: center;" ,
,
, -
, Zacatecas
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Zacatecas''
,
, style="text-align: center;" , Zacatecas
, style="text-align: center;" , Guadalupe
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 58
, style="text-align: center;" ,
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, -
Notes:
See also
* Administrative divisions of Mexico * List of current state governors in Mexico * List of Mexican state demonyms * List of Mexican state governors * List of Mexican state legislatures ''(Current composition)'' * List of Mexican states by area * List of Mexican states by HDI * List of Mexican states by population * Mexican state name etymologies *Postal codes in Mexico
Postal codes in Mexico are issued by SEPOMEX (Servicio Postal Mexicano) (Mexican Postal Service). They are of five digits and modelled on the US ZIP Code system. The first two digits identify a state (or part thereof); and assignments are done al ...
* Ranked list of Mexican states
* State flags of Mexico
Most Mexican states do not have an official flag. For these states, a ''de facto'' flag is used for civil and state purposes. State flags of Mexico have a 4:7 ratio and typically consist of a white background charged with the state's coat of arms. ...
* State governments of Mexico
State governments of Mexico are those sovereign governments formed in each Mexican state.
Structured in accordance with the constitution of each state, state governments in Mexico are modeled on the federal system, with three branches of governm ...
* Territorial evolution of Mexico
References
{{Indicators of Mexican States * Mexico