Mexico is located in the Americas. The Confederation of Mexican states goes by the name the United Mexican States. They are situated just to the west of the nations that make up Central America, and just south of the southernmost boundary of the United States of America.
The Pacific Ocean borders the western Mexican states, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the east. Mexico is home to thirty-one different states.
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Mexico’s political states:
- Aguascalientes
- Baja California
- Baja California Sur
- Campeche
- Chiapas
- Chihuahua
- Coahuila
- Colima
- Durango
- Guanajuato
- Guerrero
- Hidalgo
- Jalisco
- Mexico
- Michoacan
- Morelos
- Nayarit
- Nuevo Leon
- Oaxaca
- Puebla
- Queretaro
- Quintana Roo
- San Luis Potosi
- Sinaloa
- Sonora
- Tabasco
- Tamaulipas
- Tlaxcala
- Veracruz
- Yucatan
- Zacatecas
Aguascalientes
- Full name of the state: Aguascalientes
- Capital city: Aguascalientes
- Largest city: Aguascalientes
- Total area: 2,169 square miles
- Population size: 1,184,996 people
Baja California
- Full name of the state: Baja California
- Capital city: Mexicali
- Largest city: Tijuana
- Total area: 27,585 square miles
- Population size: 3,155,070 people
Baja California Sur
- Full name of the state: Baja California Sur
- Capital city: La Paz
- Largest city: La Paz
- Total area: 28,541 square miles
- Population size: 637,026 people
Campeche
- Full name of the state: Campeche
- Capital city: San Francisco de Campeche
- Largest city: San Francisco de Campeche
- Total area: 22,365 square miles
- Population size: 822,441 people
Chiapas
- Full name of the state: Chiapas
- Capital city: Tuxtla Gutierrez
- Largest city: Tuxtla Gutierrez
- Total area: 28,297 square miles
- Population size: 4,796,580 people
Chihuahua
- Full name of the state: Chihuahua
- Capital city: Chihuahua
- Largest city: Ciudad Juarez
- Total area: 95,543 square miles
- Population size: 3,406,465 people
Coahuila
- Full name of the state: Coahuila de Zaragoza
- Capital city: Saltillo
- Largest city: Saltillo
- Total area: 58,519 square miles
- Population size: 2,748,391 people
Colima
- Full name of the state: Colima
- Capital city: Colima
- Largest city: Manzanillo
- Total area: 2,172 square miles
- Population size: 650,555 people
Durango
- Full name of the state: Durango
- Capital city: Victoria de Durango
- Largest city: Victoria de Durango
- Total area: 47,665 square miles
- Population size: 1,632,934 people
Guanajuato
- Full name of the state: Guanajuato
- Capital city: Guanajuato
- Largest city: Leon
- Total area: 11,818 square miles
- Population size: 5,486,372 people
Guerrero
- Full name of the state: Guerrero
- Capital city: Chilpancingo de los Bravo
- Largest city: Acapulco
- Total area: 24,564 square miles
- Population size: 3,388,768 people
Hidalgo
- Full name of the state: Hidalgo
- Capital city: Pachuca
- Largest city: Pachuca
- Total area: 8,049 square miles
- Population size: 2,665,018 people
Jalisco
- Full name of the state: Jalisco
- Capital city: Guadalajara
- Largest city: Guadalajara
- Total area: 30,347 square miles
- Population size: 7,350,682 people
Mexico
- Full name of the state: Mexico
- Capital city: Toluca de Lerdo
- Largest city: Ecatepec de Morelos
- Total area: 8,632 square miles
- Population size: 15,175,862 people
Michoacán
- Full name of the state: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Capital city: Morelia
- Largest city: Morelia
- Total area: 22,642 square miles
- Population size: 4,351,037 people
Morelos
- Full name of the state: Morelos
- Capital city: Cuernavaca
- Largest city: Cuernavaca
- Total area: 1,889 square miles
- Population size: 1,777,227 people
Nayarit
- Full name of the state: Nayarit
- Capital city: Tepic
- Largest city: Tepic
- Total area: 10,739 square miles
- Population size: 1,084,979 people
Nuevo Leon
- Full name of the state: Nuevo Leon
- Capital city: Monterrey
- Largest city: Monterrey
- Total area: 24,800 square miles
- Population size: 4,653,458 people
Oaxaca
- Full name of the state: Oaxaca
- Capital city: Oaxaca de Juarez
- Largest city: Oaxaca de Juarez
- Total area: 36,214 square miles
- Population size: 3,801,962 people
Puebla
- Full name of the state: Puebla
- Capital city: Puebla de Zaragoza
- Largest city: Puebla de Zaragoza
- Total area: 13,240 square miles
- Population size: 5,779,829 people
Queretaro
- Full name of the state: Queretaro de Arteaga
- Capital city: Santiago de Queretaro
- Largest city: Santiago de Queretaro
- Total area: 4,511 square miles
- Population size: 1,827,937 people
Quintana Roo
- Full name of the state: Quintana Roo
- Capital city: Chetumal
- Largest city: Cancun
- Total area: 16,356 square miles
- Population size: 1,325,578 people
San Luis Potosi
- Full name of the state: San Luis Potosi
- Capital city: San Luis Potosi
- Largest city: San Luis Potosi
- Total area: 23,546 square miles
- Population size: 2,585,518 people
Sinaloa
- Full name of the state: Sinaloa
- Capital city: Culiacan
- Largest city: Culiacan
- Total area: 22,153 square miles
- Population size: 2,767,761 people
Sonora
- Full name of the state: Sonora
- Capital city: Hermosillo
- Largest city: Hermosillo
- Total area: 69,306 square miles
- Population size: 2,662,480 people
Tabasco
- Full name of the state: Tabasco
- Capital city: Villahermosa
- Largest city: Villahermosa
- Total area: 9,551 square miles
- Population size: 2,238,603 people
Tamaulipas
- Full name of the state: Tamaulipas
- Capital city: Cuidad Victoria
- Largest city: Reynosa
- Total area: 30,956 square miles
- Population size: 3,268,554 people
Tlaxcala
- Full name of the state: Tlaxcala
- Capital city: Tlaxcala
- Largest city: Vincente Guerrero
- Total area: 1,541 square miles
- Population size: 1,169,936 people
Veracruz
- Full name of the state: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Capital city: Xalapa
- Largest city: Veracruz
- Total area: 27,730 square miles
- Population size: 7,643,194 people
Yucatan
- Full name of the state: Yucatan
- Capital city: Merida
- Largest city: Merida
- Total area: 15,294 square miles
- Population size: 1,955,577 people
Zacatecas
- Full name of the state: Zacatecas
- Capital city: Zacatecas
- Largest city: Zacatecas
- Total area: 29,166 square miles
- Population size: 1,490,668 people
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Each Mexican State’s Municipalities
Municipalities in Mexico are analogous to regions, districts, cities, and towns in the United States. List of Mexican states and the number of municipalities they include…
- Aguascalientes, 11 municipalities
- Baja California, 5 municipalities
- Baja California Sur, 5 municipalities
- Campeche, 11 municipalities
- Chiapas, 124 municipalities
- Chihuahua, 67 municipalities
- Coahuila, 38 municipalities
- Colima, 10 municipalities
- Durango, 39 municipalities
- Guanajuato, 46 municipalities
- Guerrero, 81 municipalities
- Hidalgo, 84 municipalities
- Jalisco, 125 municipalities
- Mexico, 125 municipalities
- Michoacan, 113 municipalities
- Morelos, 33 municipalities
- Nayarit, 20 municipalities
- Nuevo Leon, 51 municipalities
- Oaxaca, 570 municipalities
- Puebla, 217 municipalities
- Queretaro, 18 municipalities
- Quintana Roo, 11 municipalities
- San Luis Potosi, 58 municipalities
- Sinaloa, 18 municipalities
- Sonora, 72 municipalities
- Tabasco, 17 municipalities
- Tamaulipas, 43 municipalities
- Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities
- Veracruz, 212 municipalities
- Yucatan, 106 municipalities
- Zacatecas, 58 municipalities
| Country | 2022 Population |
|---|---|
| Mexico | 127504.1250 |