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Main article: Administrative divisions of Mexico

The states are the first-level administrative divisions of Mexico, which is officially named the 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).[1][2][3][4]

States are further divided into municipalities. Mexico City is divided into boroughs, officially designated as demarcaciones territoriales or alcaldías, similar to other states' municipalities but with different administrative powers.[5]

List

Mexico's post agency, Correos de México, 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.

Federal Entities
State Official name[a] Coat of arms Capital Largest city Area (1,972,550 km2 total)[6] Population (February 2023; 127,104,000 total)[7] Municipalities Order of Admission
to Federation 		Date of Admission
to Federation
Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 5,615.7 km2 (2,168.2 sq mi) 1,465,000 11 24 February 5, 1857[8]
Baja California Baja California Mexicali Tijuana 71,450.0 km2 (27,587.0 sq mi) 3,822,000 6 29 January 16, 1952[9]
Baja California Sur Baja California Sur La Paz 73,909.4 km2 (28,536.6 sq mi) 759,000 5 31 October 8, 1974[10]
Campeche Campeche San Francisco de Campeche 57,484.9 km2 (22,195.0 sq mi) 965,000 13 25 April 29, 1863[11]
Chiapas Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez 73,311.0 km2 (28,305.5 sq mi) 5,602,000 124 19 September 14, 1824[12]
Chihuahua Chihuahua Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez 247,412.6 km2 (95,526.5 sq mi) 3,806,000 67 18 July 6, 1824[12]
Coahuila[b][c] Coahuila de Zaragoza Saltillo 151,594.8 km2 (58,531.1 sq mi) 3,189,000 38 16 May 7, 1824[12]
Colima[d] Colima Colima Manzanillo 5,626.9 km2 (2,172.6 sq mi) 830,000 10 23 September 12, 1856[14]
Durango Durango Victoria de Durango 123,364.0 km2 (47,631.1 sq mi) 1,846,000 39 17 May 22, 1824[12]
Guanajuato Guanajuato Guanajuato León de los Aldama 30,606.7 km2 (11,817.3 sq mi) 6,205,000 46 2 December 20, 1823[12]
Guerrero Guerrero Chilpancingo de los Bravo Acapulco de Juárez 63,595.9 km2 (24,554.5 sq mi) 3,556,000 81 21 October 27, 1849[15]
Hidalgo Hidalgo Pachuca de Soto 20,821.4 km2 (8,039.2 sq mi) 3,115,000 84 26 January 16, 1869[16]
Jalisco Jalisco Guadalajara 78,595.9 km2 (30,346.0 sq mi) 8,400,000 125 9 June 16, 1823[17]
México México Toluca de Lerdo Ecatepec de Morelos 22,351.8 km2 (8,630.1 sq mi) 17,102,000 125 1 December 20, 1823[12]
Mexico City[e] Ciudad de México Mexico City 1,494.3 km2 (577.0 sq mi) 9,305,000 16
(boroughs) 		32 January 29, 2016
Michoacán Michoacán de Ocampo Morelia 58,598.7 km2 (22,625.1 sq mi) 4,736,000 113 5 December 22, 1823[12]
Morelos Morelos Cuernavaca 4,878.9 km2 (1,883.8 sq mi) 2,016,000 36 27 April 17, 1869[18]
Nayarit Nayarit Tepic 27,856.5 km2 (10,755.5 sq mi) 1,274,000 20 28 January 26, 1917[19]
Nuevo León[c] Nuevo León Monterrey 64,156.2 km2 (24,770.8 sq mi) 5,846,000 51 15 May 7, 1824[12]
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca de Juárez 93,757.6 km2 (36,200.0 sq mi) 4,096,000 570 3 December 21, 1823[12]
Puebla Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza 34,309.6 km2 (13,247.0 sq mi) 6,535,000 217 4 December 21, 1823[12]
Querétaro Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro 11,690.6 km2 (4,513.8 sq mi) 2,404,000 18 11 December 23, 1823[12]
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo Chetumal Cancún 44,705.2 km2 (17,260.8 sq mi) 1,895,000 11 30 October 8, 1974[20]
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 61,138.0 km2 (23,605.5 sq mi) 2,815,000 58 6 December 22, 1823[12]
Sinaloa Sinaloa Culiacán Rosales 57,365.4 km2 (22,148.9 sq mi) 3,015,000 18 20 October 14, 1830[21]
Sonora[f] Sonora Hermosillo 179,354.7 km2 (69,249.2 sq mi) 3,006,000 72 12 January 10, 1824[12]
Tabasco[g] Tabasco Villahermosa 24,730.9 km2 (9,548.7 sq mi) 2,435,000 17 13 February 7, 1824[12]
Tamaulipas[c] Tamaulipas Ciudad Victoria Reynosa 80,249.3 km2 (30,984.4 sq mi) 3,506,000 43 14 February 7, 1824[12]
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl San Pablo del Monte 3,996.6 km2 (1,543.1 sq mi) 1,405,000 60 22 December 9, 1856[22]
Veracruz Veracruz de
Ignacio de la Llave 		Xalapa-Enríquez Veracruz 71,823.5 km2 (27,731.2 sq mi) 8,105,000 212 7 December 22, 1823[12]
Yucatán[h] Yucatán Mérida 39,524.4 km2 (15,260.5 sq mi) 2,374,000 106 8 December 23, 1823[12]
Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas 75,275.3 km2 (29,064.0 sq mi) 1,674,000 58 10 December 23, 1823[12]

Notes:

  1. ^ (except Mexico City):
    Estado Libre y Soberano de ("Free and Sovereign State of")
  2. ^ Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Tejas.
  3. ^ a b c The states of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Coahuila became independent de facto in 1840 to form the República del Río Grande (Template:Lang-en); never consolidated its independence because independent forces were defeated by the centralist forces.[13]
  4. ^ Includes the remote Revillagigedo Islands, which are federally administered.
  5. ^ Mexico City was a Federal District. On 29 January 2016, its status as the Federal District ceased.
  6. ^ Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente, also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.
  7. ^ The State of Tabasco seceded from Mexico on two occasions: first on February 13, 1841, rejoining again on December 2, 1842; and the second from November 9, 1846 to December 9, 1846.
  8. ^ Joined the federation as República Federada de Yucatán[23] (Template:Lang-en) 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Agren, David (29 January 2015). "Mexico City officially changes its name to – Mexico City". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ^ El Diario de México. "La Ciudad de México no será estado, sino entidad federal autónoma" (in Spanish). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Artículo 43 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (PDF).
  4. ^ "DF no es el estado 32, aclaran legisladores". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  5. ^ "Constitution of Mexico City" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  6. ^ "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental" (in Spanish). INEGI. January 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2022 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  8. ^ "Historical Summary of Aguascalientes" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Aguascalientes. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  9. ^ "Transformación Política de Territorio Norte de la Baja California a Estado 29" (in Spanish). Gobierno de Baja California.
  10. ^ "44 Years Ago, Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo became States" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  11. ^ "156th Anniversary of Campeche's Statehood" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15.
  13. ^ "República de Río Grande, el País que no pudo ser" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  14. ^ "Universidad de Colima". Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  15. ^ "Commemorating the 169th Anniversary of Guerrero's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  16. ^ "History of the state of Hidalgo" (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  17. ^ https://www.jalisco.gob.mx/es/jalisco/historia
  18. ^ "History of Morelos" (in Spanish). Gobierno del estado de Morelos. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  19. ^ "Anniversary of Nayarit's Statehood" (in Spanish). Gobierno de México. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  20. ^ "Historia de Quintana Roo" (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  21. ^ "500 años de México en documentos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Garay.
  22. ^ "History of Tlaxcala" (in Spanish). Congreso del estado de Tlaxcala. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  23. ^ "La historia de la República de Yucatán".
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