Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos,  listen ), is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost two million square kilometers (over 760,000 sq mi), the nation is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world.
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State 	Official name 	Coat of arms	Capital 	Largest city 	Population (2020; 126,014,024 total)	Date of Admission
to Federation
State of Mexico 	México 	 	Toluca de Lerdo 	Ecatepec de Morelos 	16,992,418 	December 20, 1823
Mexico City 	Ciudad de México 	 	Mexico City 	Mexico City 	9,209,944 	January 29, 2016
Jalisco 	Jalisco 	 	Guadalajara 	Guadalajara 	8,348,151 	December 23, 1823
Veracruz 	Veracruz deIgnacio de la Llave	 	Xalapa-Enríquez 	Veracruz 	8,062,579 	December 22, 1823
Puebla 	Puebla 	 	Puebla de Zaragoza 	Puebla de Zaragoza 	6,583,278 	December 21, 1823
Guanajuato 	Guanajuato 	 	Guanajuato City 	León de los Aldama 	6,166,934 	December 20, 1823
Nuevo Leon 	Nuevo León 	 	Monterrey 	Monterrey 	5,784,442 	May 7, 1824
Chiapas 	Chiapas 	 	Tuxtla Gutierrez 	Tuxtla Gutierrez 	5,543,828 	September 14, 1824
Michoacan 	Michoacán de Ocampo 	 	Morelia 	Morelia 	4,748,846 	December 22, 1823
Oaxaca 	Oaxaca 	 	Oaxaca de Juarez 	Oaxaca de Juarez 	4,132,148 	December 21, 1823
Baja California 	Baja California 	 	Mexicali 	Tijuana 	3,769,020 	January 16, 1952
Chihuahua 	Chihuahua 	 	Chihuahua City 	Ciudad Juárez 	3,741,869 	July 6, 1824
Guerrero 	Guerrero 	 	Chilpancingo de los Bravo	Acapulco de Juárez 	3,540,685 	October 27, 1849
Tamaulipas 	Tamaulipas 	 	Ciudad Victoria 	Reynosa 	3,527,735 	February 7, 1824
Coahuila 	Coahuila de Zaragoza 	 	Saltillo 	Saltillo 	3,146,771 	May 7, 1824
Hidalgo 	Hidalgo 	 	Pachuca de Soto 	Pachuca de Soto 	3,082,841 	January 16, 1869
Sinaloa 	Sinaloa 	 	Culiacán Rosales 	Culiacán Rosales 	3,026,943 	October 14, 1830
Sonora 	Sonora 	 	Hermosillo 	Hermosillo 	2,944,840 	January 10, 1824
San Luis Potosí 	San Luis Potosí 	 	San Luis Potosí 	San Luis Potosí 	2,822,255 	December 22, 1823
Tabasco 	Tabasco 	 	Villahermosa 	Villahermosa 	2,402,598 	February 7, 1824
Queretaro 	Querétaro 	 	Santiago de Querétaro 	Santiago de Querétaro 	2,368,467 	December 23, 1823
Yucatán 	Yucatán 	 	Mérida 	Mérida 	2,320,898 	December 23, 1823
Morelos 	Morelos 	 	Cuernavaca 	Cuernavaca 	1,971,520 	April 17, 1869
Quintana Roo 	Quintana Roo 	 	Chetumal 	Cancún 	1,857,985 	October 8, 1974
Durango State 	Durango 	 	Victoria de Durango 	Victoria de Durango 	1,832,650 	May 22, 1824
Zacatecas 	Zacatecas 	 	Zacatecas City 	Guadalupe 	1,622,138 	December 23, 1823
Aguascalientes 	Aguascalientes 	 	Aguascalientes City 	Aguascalientes City 	1,425,607 	February 5, 1857
Tlaxcala 	Tlaxcala 	 	Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl 	San Pablo del Monte 	1,342,977 	December 9, 1856
Nayarit 	Nayarit 	 	Tepic 	Tepic 	1,235,456 	January 26, 1917
Campeche 	Campeche 	 	San Francisco de Campeche	San Francisco de Campeche	928,363 	April 29, 1863
Baja California Sur	Baja California Sur 	 	La Paz 	La Paz 	798,447 	October 8, 1974
Colima 	Colima 	 	Colima City 	Manzanillo 	731,391 	September 12, 1856