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San Andrés Larráinzar
San Andrés Larráinzar is a town in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Larráinzar. As of 2010, the town of San Andrés Larráinzar had a population of 2,364. The San Andrés Accords, between the federal government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas (), is a far-left political and militant group that controls a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico. Since 1994, t ... (EZLN), were signed in the town on 16 February 1996. References *https://web.archive.org/web/20080621074354/http://www.larrainzar.chiapas.gob.mx/ Populated places in Chiapas {{Chiapas-geo-stub ...
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Political Divisions Of Mexico
Mexico is a federal republic composed of 32 federative entities (): 31 states and Mexico City. According to the Constitution of Mexico, the states of the federation are free and sovereign in all matters concerning their internal affairs. Since 2016, Mexico City was made a fully autonomous entity on par with the states. Each state federative entity has its own congress and constitution. Overview The current structural hierarchy of Mexican administrative divisions are outlined by Constitution of Mexico as well as the constitutions and laws of federative entities. The laws together established the following levels of administrative divisions. The levels in bold are those regulated by the federal constitution. * State () ** Region () or district () — only in some states *** Municipality () **** City (), town (), village (), or others ***** Colonia () — only in some cities * Mexico City () ** Borough () *** Neighborhood () The Constitution of Mexico states the country ...
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Chiapas
Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and largest city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Other important population centers in Chiapas include Ocosingo, Tapachula, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitán, and Arriaga, Chiapas, Arriaga. Chiapas is the southernmost state in Mexico, and it borders the states of Oaxaca to the west, Veracruz to the northwest, and Tabasco to the north, and the Petén Department, Petén, Quiché Department, Quiché, Huehuetenango Department, Huehuetenango, and San Marcos Department, San Marcos departments of Guatemala to the east and southeast. Chiapas has a significant coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. In general, Chiapas has a humid, tropical climate. In the northern area bordering Tabasco, near Teapa Municipality, Teapa, rainfall can average more than pe ...
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Larráinzar
Larráinzar is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The municipal seat is the town of San Andrés Larráinzar San Andrés Larráinzar is a town in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Larráinzar. As of 2010, the town of San Andrés Larráinzar had a population of 2,364. The San Andrés Acco .... As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 20,349, up from 16,538 as of 2005. It covers an area of 171.04 km2. As of 2010, the town of Larráinzar (San Andrés Larráinzar) had a population of 2,364. Other than the town of Larráinzar, the municipality had 77 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000. References Municipalities of Chiapas {{Chiapas-geo-stub ...
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Settlement Classification In Mexico
Mexico's states classify their settlements in a variety of fashions: Aguascalientes Under Article 106 of the Municipal Law of the State of Aguascalientethe state defines its settlements as follows: *''Ciudad'' (city): Census population in excess of 15,000 inhabitants. *''Villa'' (town): Census population of over 1,000. *''Poblado'' (village): Census population of between 500 and 1,000. *''Ranchería'' (hamlet): All other settlements. Baja California Baja California Sur According to Article 10 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Baja California Suthe state classifies its settlements as follows: *''Ciudad'' (city): A settlement with more than 12,000 inhabitants, or a municipal seat irrespective of population. *''Villa'' (town): More than 5,000 inhabitants. *''Pueblo'' (village): More than 2,000 inhabitants. *''Congregación'' (congregation): More than 200 inhabitants. *''Ranchería'' (hamlet): Fewer than 200 inhabitants. Campeche According to Article 12 of the ...
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Mexican State
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, and state congress. In the hierarchy of Mexican administrative divisions, states are further divided into municipalities. Currently there are 2,462 municipalities in Mexico. Although not formally a state, political reforms have enabled Mexico City (), the capital city of the United Mexican States to have a federative entity status equivalent to that of the states since January 29, 2016. Current Mexican governmental publications usually lists 32 federative entities (31 states and Mexico City), and 2,478 municipalities (including the 16 boroughs of Mexico City). Third or lower level divisions are sometimes listed by some governmental publications. List of federative entities Mexico City, though not formally a state, is included for com ...
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Municipalities Of Mexico
Municipalities () are the administrative divisions under the List of states of Mexico, states of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico, constitution. Municipalities are considered as the second-level administrative divisions by the Federal government of Mexico, federal government. However, some state regulations have designed intrastate regions to administer their own municipalities. Municipalities are further divided into Localities of Mexico, localities in the structural hierarchy of administrative divisions of Mexico. As of December 2024, there are 2,462 municipalities in Mexico. In Mexico, municipalities should not be confused with cities (). Cities are Localities of Mexico, locality-level divisions that are administered by the municipality. Although some List of cities in Mexico, larger cities are consolidated with its own municipality and form a single level of governance. In addition, the 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs of Mexico City are considered municipali ...
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Secretaría De Desarrollo Social
The Secretariat of Welfare ( Spanish: ''Secretaría de Bienestar'') is the government department in charge of social development efforts in Mexico. The Secretary of Welfare is a member of the Executive Cabinet, and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic. The Secretariat of Welfare aims to eliminate poverty through comprehensive, collectively responsible human development, achieve adequate levels of well-being with adjustment to government policies, and improvement through social, economic and political factors in rural and urban areas to enhance local organization, city development and housing. Between 1992 and 2018, the agency was known as the Secretariat of Social Development (''Secretaría de Desarrollo Social''), or SEDESOL. History The agency was established as the Secretariat of Public Works (''Secretaría de Obras Públicas'') in 1959. In 1976, it changed its name to the Secretariat of Human Settlements and Public Works (''Secretaría de Asentam ...
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San Andrés Accords
The San Andrés Accords are agreements reached between the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the Mexican government, at that time headed by President Ernesto Zedillo. The accords were signed on February 16, 1996, in San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, and granted autonomy, recognition, and rights to the indigenous population of Mexico. The accords were based on the five principles of basic respect for the diversity of the indigenous population of Chiapas, the conservation of the natural resources within the territories used and occupied by indigenous peoples, a greater participation of indigenous communities in the decisions and control of public expenditures, the participation of indigenous communities in determining their own development plans, and the autonomy of indigenous communities and their right of free determination in the framework of the State. They were discussed and approved by representatives of all the indigenous communities of Mexico, and translated into te ...
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Government Of Mexico
The Federal government of Mexico (alternately known as the Government of the Republic or ' or ') is the national government of the Mexico, United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic with the governments of the 31 individual Mexican states, and to represent such governments before international bodies such as the United Nations. The Mexican federal government has three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial and functions per the Constitution of Mexico, Constitution of the United Mexican States, as enacted in 1917, and as amended. The executive power is exercised by the executive branch, which is headed by the president and her Cabinet of Mexico, Cabinet, which, together, are independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested upon the Congress of Mexico, Congress of the Union, a bicameral legislature comprising the Senate of Mexico, Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, Chamber of Dep ...
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Zapatista Army Of National Liberation
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas (), is a far-left political and militant group that controls a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico. Since 1994, the group has been nominally at war with the Mexican state (although it may be described at this point as a frozen conflict). The EZLN used a strategy of civil resistance. The Zapatistas' main body is made up of mostly rural indigenous people, but it includes some supporters in urban areas and internationally. The EZLN's main spokesperson is Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano, previously known as Subcomandante Marcos. The group takes its name from Emiliano Zapata, the agrarian revolutionary and commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution, and sees itself as his ideological heir. EZLN's ideology has been characterized as libertarian socialist, anarchist, or Marxist, and having roots in liberation theology a ...
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