List of states of Mexico (Redirected from List of capitals of states 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).

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.

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 Coat of arms Capital Largest city Area (1,972,550 km2 total) Population (February 2023; 127,104,000 total) 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
Baja California Baja California Mexicali Tijuana 71,450.0 km2 (27,587.0 sq mi) 3,822,000 6 29 January 16, 1952
Baja California Sur Baja California Sur La Paz 73,909.4 km2 (28,536.6 sq mi) 759,000 5 31 October 8, 1974
Campeche Campeche San Francisco de Campeche 57,484.9 km2 (22,195.0 sq mi) 965,000 13 25 April 29, 1863
Chiapas Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez 73,311.0 km2 (28,305.5 sq mi) 5,602,000 124 19 September 14, 1824
Chihuahua Chihuahua Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez 247,412.6 km2 (95,526.5 sq mi) 3,806,000 67 18 July 6, 1824
Coahuila Coahuila de Zaragoza Saltillo 151,594.8 km2 (58,531.1 sq mi) 3,189,000 38 16 May 7, 1824
Colima Colima Colima Manzanillo 5,626.9 km2 (2,172.6 sq mi) 830,000 10 23 September 12, 1856
Durango Durango Victoria de Durango 123,364.0 km2 (47,631.1 sq mi) 1,846,000 39 17 May 22, 1824
Guanajuato Guanajuato Guanajuato León de los Aldama 30,606.7 km2 (11,817.3 sq mi) 6,205,000 46 2 December 20, 1823
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
Hidalgo Hidalgo Pachuca de Soto 20,821.4 km2 (8,039.2 sq mi) 3,115,000 84 26 January 16, 1869
Jalisco Jalisco Guadalajara 78,595.9 km2 (30,346.0 sq mi) 8,400,000 125 9 December 23, 1823
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
Mexico City 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
Morelos Morelos Cuernavaca 4,878.9 km2 (1,883.8 sq mi) 2,016,000 36 27 April 17, 1869
Nayarit Nayarit Tepic 27,856.5 km2 (10,755.5 sq mi) 1,274,000 20 28 January 26, 1917
Nuevo León Nuevo León Monterrey 64,156.2 km2 (24,770.8 sq mi) 5,846,000 51 15 May 7, 1824
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca de Juárez 93,757.6 km2 (36,200.0 sq mi) 4,096,000 570 3 December 21, 1823
Puebla Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza 34,309.6 km2 (13,247.0 sq mi) 6,535,000 217 4 December 21, 1823
Querétaro Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro 11,690.6 km2 (4,513.8 sq mi) 2,404,000 18 11 December 23, 1823
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo Chetumal Cancún 44,705.2 km2 (17,260.8 sq mi) 1,895,000 11 30 October 8, 1974
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
Sinaloa Sinaloa Culiacán Rosales 57,365.4 km2 (22,148.9 sq mi) 3,015,000 18 20 October 14, 1830
Sonora Sonora Hermosillo 179,354.7 km2 (69,249.2 sq mi) 3,006,000 72 12 January 10, 1824
Tabasco Tabasco Villahermosa 24,730.9 km2 (9,548.7 sq mi) 2,435,000 17 13 February 7, 1824
Tamaulipas Tamaulipas Ciudad Victoria Reynosa 80,249.3 km2 (30,984.4 sq mi) 3,506,000 43 14 February 7, 1824
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
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
Yucatán Yucatán Mérida 39,524.4 km2 (15,260.5 sq mi) 2,374,000 106 8 December 23, 1823
Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas 75,275.3 km2 (29,064.0 sq mi) 1,674,000 58 10 December 23, 1823

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 (English: Republic of the Rio Grande); never consolidated its independence because independent forces were defeated by the centralist forces.
  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 (English: Federated Republic of Yucatán) 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


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