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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,
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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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, Durango
, 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: center;" , 39
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, Guanajuato
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Guanajuato''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Guanajuato
, 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
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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 , Guadalajara
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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
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(boroughs) , style="text-align: center;" , , , - , Michoacán , style="text-align: center;" , ''Michoacán de Ocampo'' ,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Morelia
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, style="text-align: center;" , 113
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, Morelos
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Morelos''
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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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, Nuevo León
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Nuevo León''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Monterrey
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, style="text-align: center;" , 51
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Oaxaca de Juárez
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, style="text-align: center;" , 570
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, Puebla
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Puebla''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Puebla de Zaragoza
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, style="text-align: center;" , 217
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, Querétaro
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Querétaro''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Chetumal
, style="text-align: center;" , Cancún
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, San Luis Potosí
, style="text-align: center;" , ''San Luis Potosí''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , San Luis Potosí
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, style="text-align: center;" , 58
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, Sinaloa
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Sinaloa''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , 
, 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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, 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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, style="text-align: center;" , Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
, style="text-align: center;" ,
Ignacio de la Llave'' ,
, style="text-align: center;" , Xalapa-Enríquez
, style="text-align: center;" , 
, 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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Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
, as a separate entity that is not formally a state).
States are further divided into 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 ...
. Mexico City is divided in boroughs
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle A ...
, officially designated as or , similar to other state's municipalities but with different administrative powers.
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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, Colima
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Colima''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Colima
, style="text-align: center;" , Manzanillo
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, Durango
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Durango''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Victoria de Durango
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, Guanajuato
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Guanajuato''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Guanajuato
, 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
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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 wh ...
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, Jalisco
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Jalisco''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Guadalajara
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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
Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the central Mexican state of Mexico, and is situated in the north part of the greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec.
The city of Ecatepec i ...
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, Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
, ''Ciudad de México''
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, —style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , ''Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
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, style="text-align: center;" , 16(boroughs) , style="text-align: center;" , , , - , Michoacán , style="text-align: center;" , ''Michoacán de Ocampo'' ,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Morelia
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 113
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, Morelos
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Morelos''
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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: center;" , 20
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, Nuevo León
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Nuevo León''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Monterrey
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, style="text-align: center;" , 51
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, Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Oaxaca''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Oaxaca de Juárez
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, style="text-align: center;" , 570
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, Puebla
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Puebla''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Puebla de Zaragoza
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, style="text-align: center;" , 217
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, Querétaro
, 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, who ...
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, Quintana Roo
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Quintana Roo''
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, style="text-align: center;" , Chetumal
, style="text-align: center;" , Cancún
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, style="text-align: center;" , 11
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, San Luis Potosí
, style="text-align: center;" , ''San Luis Potosí''
,
, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , San Luis Potosí
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, style="text-align: center;" , 58
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, Sinaloa
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Sinaloa''
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, 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 Láz ...
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, Sonora
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Sonora''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Hermosillo
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, style="text-align: right;" ,
, 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
, style="text-align: right;" ,
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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
Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Tlaxcala''
,
, style="text-align: center;" , Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
, style="text-align: center;" , San Pablo del Monte
San Pablo del Monte is a municipality in Tlaxcala in south-eastern Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United Stat ...
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, style="text-align: center;" , 60
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, Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Veracruz deIgnacio de la Llave'' ,
, style="text-align: center;" , Xalapa-Enríquez
, style="text-align: center;" , Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
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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 Republic of Yucatán and definitively rejoined in 1848.
, style="text-align: center;" , ''Yucatán''
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, style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Mérida
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: right;" ,
, style="text-align: center;" , 106
, style="text-align: center;" ,
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, 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
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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
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
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* List (surname)
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
* List of Mexican states by HDI
* List of Mexican states by population
The following table is a list of the 31 federal states of Mexico plus Mexico City, ranked in order of their total population based on data from the last three National Population Census in 2020, 2010 and 2000.
See also
* Mexico
* States of Me ...
* Mexican state name etymologies
* Postal codes in Mexico
* 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
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 ...