Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...

is a

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

in central

that is divided into 125

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

. According to the 2020 Mexican

Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

, it is the most populated state with inhabitants and the 8th smallest by land area spanning . Municipalities in the State of Mexico are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a

municipal president A ''presidente municipal'' (English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or cit ...

(Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a

plurality voting Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per ...

system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos''). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income. The largest municipality by population is Ecatepec, with 1,645,352 residents (9.68% of the state's total), while the smallest is

Papalotla Papalotla is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of . In 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3766. References Municipalities of the State of Mexico Populated places in the State ...

with 4,862 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Tlatlaya which spans , and the smallest is also

with . The newest municipalities are Luvianos and

San José del Rincón San José del Rincón is a municipality in the State of Mexico. Its inhabitants are referred to as ''monteros''. Geography San José del Rincón is located in the western part of the State of Mexico on its border with Michoacán. From north to ...

, established on January 1, 2002; and

Tonanitla Tonanitla is one of 125 municipalities in Mexico State in Mexico. It's municipal seat A municipal seat or ''cabecera municipal'' is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a municipality or civil parish with other vil ...

, created on July 25, 2003.

Municipalities

File:Museo Casa de Morelos 2013 02.JPG, alt=Casa de Morelos Museum, Ecatepec, Ecatepec, largest municipality by population in the State of Mexico. File:Un_coyote_al_asecho_-_panoramio.jpg, alt=Coyote Statue, Nezahualcóyotl, Nezahualcóyotl, second largest municipality by population. File:Ciudad_de_Toluca_Cosmovitral.jpg, alt=Cosmovitral, Toluca,

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in Mexico. The city ...

, capital and third largest municipality by population. File:Torres_de_Satélite_-_4.jpg, alt=Torres de Satélite, Naucalpan,

Naucalpan Naucalpan, officially Naucalpan de Juárez, is one of 125 municipalities located just northwest of Mexico City in the adjoining State of Mexico. The municipal seat is the city of Naucalpan de Juárez, which extends into the neighboring municipa ...

, fourth largest municipality by population. File:Guerrero Chimalli de Sebastian.jpg, alt=Chimalli Statue, Chimalhuacán, Chimalhuacán, fifth largest municipality by population.

Notes

References

External links

Map of municipalities
Municipalities of the State of Mexico (in Spanish) {{Portal bar, Mexico