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States of Mexico
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Juan Gabriel in the Plaza Garibaldi.
Juan Gabriel in the Plaza Garibaldi

The Estados Unidos Mexicanos, or Mexico, is made up of its capital, called México Distrito Federal or Mexico D.F., and 31 states. In this page we present the names of these states, their capitals or seat of government and the approximate population rounded off to the thousands. The extension is in square kilometers.


State Capital Extension
Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 5,589
Baja California Norte Mexicali 70,113
Baja California Sur La Paz 73,677
Campeche Campeche 51,833
Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez 73,887
Chihuahua Chihuahua 247,087
Coahuila Saltillo 151,571
Colima Colima 5,455
Durango Durango 119,648
Guanajuato Guanajuato 30,589
Guerrero Chilpancingo de los Bravos 63,794
Hidalgo Pachuca de Soto 20,987
Jalisco Guadalajara 80,137
México Toluca de Lerdo 21,461
Michoacán de Ocampo Morelia 59,864
Morelos Cuernavaca 4,941
Nayarit Tepic 27,621
Nuevo León Monterrey 64,555
Oaxaca Oaxaca de Juárez 95,364
Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza 33,919
Querétaro Querétaro 11,769
Quintana Roo Chetumal 50,350
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 62,848
Sinaloa Culiacán Rosales 58,092
Sonora Hermosillo 184,934
Tabasco Villahermosa 24,661
Tamaulipas Ciudad Victoria 79,829
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala 3,914
Veracruz Jalapa Enríquez 72,815
Yucatán Mérida 39,340
Zacatecas Zacatecas 75,040

The Distrito Federal has an extension of 1,499 square kilometers.


Pedro Infante in the Plaza Garibaldi.
Pedro Infante in the Plaza Garibaldi

Population of the Mexican States rounded off to the thousands.


State 1980 1990 2000
Aguascalientes 519 719 944
Baja California Norte 1,178 1,661 2,487
Baja California Sur 215 318 424
Campeche 421 535 691
Chiapas 2,085 3,210 3,921
Chihuahua 2,005 2,442 3,053
Coahuila 1,557 1,972 2,298
Colima 346 428 542
Durango 1,182 1,349 1,448
Guanajuato 3,006 3,982 4,663
Guerrero 2,110 2,620 3,079
Hidalgo 1,547 1,888 2,236
Jalisco 4,372 5,302 6,322
México 7,564 9,815 13,096
Michoacán de Ocampo 2,869 3,548 3,986
Morelos 947 1,195 1,555
Nayarit 726 824 920
Nuevo León 2,513 3,099 3,834
Oaxaca 2,369 3,019 3,438
Puebla 3,348 4,126 5,076
Querétaro 740 1,051 1,404
Quintana Roo 226 493 875
San Luis Potosí 1,674 2,003 2,299
Sinaloa 1,850 2,204 2,537
Sonora 1,514 1,824 2,216
Tabasco 1,063 1,501 1,892
Tamaulipas 1,924 2,249 2,753
Tlaxcala 557 761 962
Veracruz 5,388 6,228 6,909
Yucatán 1,064 1,362 1,658
Zacatecas 1,137 1,276 1,354

This information is provided here as a reference to our trips to Mexico. If more detailed data is required please visit the Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática of Mexico.




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