Administrative divisions of Mexico

The United Mexican States () is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities () (31 states and 1 federal district).

According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, but the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress and government. The territory of the Federal District, commonly known as Mexico City, serves as the national capital.

 Divisions of Mexico 

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 Federal district 
 Entity Official Name Flag Area Population (2010)Censo 2010 Date of establishment Ciudad de México Distrito Federal border|100px 0 1,485 km2(573.4 sq mi) 08,720,916 181912141824-11-18

 States 
 States of MexicoState Official Name
Estado Libre y Soberano de: Flag Capital Largest city Area Population (2010) Order of Admissionto Federation Date of Admissionto Federation Aguascalientes Aguascalientes border|50px Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 005618 011849961,184,996 24 181912141857-02-05 Baja California Baja California border|50px Mexicali Tijuana 071446 031550703,155,070 29 181912141952-01-16 Baja California Sur Baja California Sur border|50px La Paz La Paz 073922 00637026637,026 31 181912141974-10-08 Campeche Campeche border|50px San Francisco de Campeche San Francisco de Campeche 057924 00822441822,441 25 181912141863-04-29 Chiapas Chiapas border|50px Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tuxtla Gutiérrez 073289 047965804,796,580 19 181912141824-09-14 Chihuahua Chihuahua border|50px Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez 247455 034064653,406,465 18 181912141824-07-06 Coahuila1 4 Coahuila de Zaragoza border|50px Saltillo Torreón 151563 027483912,748,391 16 181912141824-05-07 Colima Colima border|50px Colima Manzanillo 005625 00650,555 650,555 23 1856120909-12-1856 Durango Durango border|50px Victoria de Durango Victoria de Durango 123451 016329341,632,934 17 181912141824-05-22 Guanajuato Guanajuato border|50px Guanajuato León 030608 054863725,486,372 02 181912141823-12-20 Guerrero Guerrero border|50px Chilpancingode los Bravo Acapulco de Juárez 063621 033887683,388,768 21 181912141849-10-27 Hidalgo Hidalgo border|50px Pachuca de Soto Pachuca de Soto 020846 026650182,665,018 26 181912141869-01-16 Jalisco Jalisco border|50px  Guadalajara Guadalajara 078599 073506827,350,682 09 181912141823-12-23 México México border|50px Toluca de Lerdo Ecatepec de Morelos 022357 1517586215,175,862 01 181912141823-12-20 Michoacán Michoacán de Ocampo border|50px Morelia Morelia 058643 043510374,351,037 05 181912141823-12-22 Morelos Morelos border|50px Cuernavaca Cuernavaca 004893 017772271,777,227 27 181912141869-04-17 Nayarit Nayarit border|50px Tepic Tepic 027815 010849791,084,979 28 181912141917-01-26 Nuevo León4 Nuevo León border|50px Monterrey Monterrey 064220 046534584,653,458 15 181912141824-05-07 Oaxaca Oaxaca border|50px Oaxaca de Juárez Oaxaca de Juárez 093793 038019623,801,962 03 181912141823-12-21 Puebla Puebla border|50px Puebla de Zaragoza Puebla de Zaragoza 034290  057798295,779,829 04 181912141823-12-21 Querétaro Querétaro border|50px Santiago de Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro 011684 018279371,827,937 11 181912141823-12-23 Quintana Roo Quintana Roo border|50px Chetumal Cancún 042361  013255781,325,578 30 181912141974-10-08 San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí border|50px San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 060983 025855182,585,518 06 181912141823-12-22 Sinaloa Sinaloa border|50px Culiacán Culiacán 057377 027677612,767,761 20 181912141830-10-14 Sonora2 Sonora border|50px Hermosillo Hermosillo 179503  026624802,662,480 12 181912141824-01-10 Tabasco5 Tabasco border|50px Villahermosa Villahermosa 024738 022386032,238,603 13 181912141824-02-07 Tamaulipas4 Tamaulipas border|50px Ciudad Victoria Reynosa 080175  032685543,268,554 14 181912141824-02-07 Tlaxcala Tlaxcala border|50px Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl Vicente Guerrero 003991 011699361,169,936 22 181912141856-12-09 Veracruz Veracruz deIgnacio de la Llave border|50px Xalapa Veracruz 071820 076431947,643,194 07 181912141823-12-22 Yucatán3 Yucatán border|50px Mérida Mérida 039612 019555771,955,577 08 181912141823-12-23 Zacatecas Zacatecas border|50px Zacatecas Zacatecas 075539 014906681,490,668 10 181912141823-12-23
Notes:
 Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Texas.
 Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.
 Joined the federation as República Federada de Yucatán () formed by the current states of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo. Became independent in 1841 constituting the second Republic of Yucatán and definitely rejoined in 1848.
 States of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Coahuila became independent de facto in 1840 to form the República del Río Grande (); never consolidated its independence because independent forces were defeated by the centralist forces.
 State of Tabasco seceded from Mexico on two occasions, the first on February 13, 1841, rejoining again on December 2, 1842. And the second time was from November 9, 1846 to December 8 of that year.

Related pages
Administrative division
List of Latin American subnational entities by HDI
List of Mexican state demonyms
List of Mexican state governors
List of Mexican states by area
List of Mexican states by HDI
List of Mexican states by population
Mexican state name etymologies
Ranked list of Mexican states
State governments of Mexico
Territorial evolution of Mexico

References

 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States; articles 2, and 42 through 48
 Law of Linguistic Rights or "Ley de los Derechos Lingüísticos" approved in 2001.juihu b


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