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| States of Mexico |
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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. |
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| 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 |
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The Distrito Federal has an extension of 1,499 square kilometers. |
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Population of the Mexican States rounded off to the thousands. |
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| 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 |
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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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