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MexicoComplete Name: United Mexican States Native Name: México ISO-Code: MEX Capital: Ciudad de México |
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ContentsThe federal states of Mexico and all localities of more than 200,000 inhabitants.
Federal States| Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | A-L (km2) | C 1980-06-04 | C 1990-03-12 | C 2000-02-14 | C 2005-10-17 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < | Aguascalientes | AGS | FSt | Aguascalientes | 5,589 | 519,439 | 719,659 | 944,285 | 1,065,416 |
| < | Baja California | BCN | FSt | Mexicali | 70,113 | 1,177,886 | 1,660,855 | 2,487,367 | 2,844,469 |
| < | Baja California Sur | BCS | FSt | La Paz | 73,677 | 215,139 | 317,764 | 424,041 | 512,170 |
| < | Campeche | CAM | FSt | Campeche | 51,833 | 420,553 | 535,185 | 690,689 | 754,730 |
| < | Chiapas | CHS | FSt | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | 73,887 | 2,084,717 | 3,210,496 | 3,920,892 | 4,293,459 |
| < | Chihuahua | CHI | FSt | Chihuahua | 247,087 | 2,005,477 | 2,441,873 | 3,052,907 | 3,241,444 |
| < | Coahuila (de Zaragoza) | COA | FSt | Saltillo | 151,571 | 1,557,265 | 1,972,340 | 2,298,070 | 2,495,200 |
| < | Colima | COL | FSt | Colima | 5,455 | 346,293 | 428,510 | 542,627 | 567,996 |
| < | Distrito Federal | D-F | FDist | Ciudad de México | 1,499 | 8,831,079 | 8,235,744 | 8,605,239 | 8,720,916 |
| < | Durango | DGO | FSt | Durango | 119,648 | 1,182,320 | 1,349,378 | 1,448,661 | 1,509,117 |
| < | Guanajuato | GTO | FSt | Guanajuato | 30,589 | 3,006,110 | 3,982,593 | 4,663,032 | 4,893,812 |
| < | Guerrero | GRO | FSt | Chilpancingo | 63,794 | 2,109,513 | 2,620,637 | 3,079,649 | 3,115,202 |
| < | Hidalgo | HGO | FSt | Pachuca | 20,987 | 1,547,493 | 1,888,366 | 2,235,591 | 2,345,514 |
| < | Jalisco | JAL | FSt | Guadalajara | 80,137 | 4,371,998 | 5,302,689 | 6,322,002 | 6,752,113 |
| < | México {Mexico} | MEX | FSt | Toluca | 21,461 | 7,564,335 | 9,815,795 | 13,096,686 | 14,007,495 |
| < | Michoacán (de Ocampo) {Michoacan} | MIC | FSt | Morelia | 59,864 | 2,868,824 | 3,548,199 | 3,985,667 | 3,966,073 |
| < | Morelos | MOR | FSt | Cuernavaca | 4,941 | 947,089 | 1,195,059 | 1,555,296 | 1,612,899 |
| < | Nayarit | NAY | FSt | Tepic | 27,621 | 726,120 | 824,643 | 920,185 | 949,684 |
| < | Nuevo León {Nuevo Leon} | NLN | FSt | Monterrey | 64,555 | 2,513,044 | 3,098,736 | 3,834,141 | 4,199,292 |
| < | Oaxaca | OAX | FSt | Oaxaca | 95,364 | 2,369,076 | 3,019,560 | 3,438,765 | 3,506,821 |
| < | Puebla | PUE | FSt | Puebla | 33,919 | 3,347,685 | 4,126,101 | 5,076,686 | 5,383,133 |
| < | Querétaro (de Arteaga) {Queretaro} | QRO | FSt | Querétaro | 11,769 | 739,605 | 1,051,235 | 1,404,306 | 1,598,139 |
| < | Quintana Roo | QTR | FSt | Chetumal | 50,350 | 225,985 | 493,277 | 874,963 | 1,135,309 |
| < | San Luis Potosí {San Luis Potosi} | SLP | FSt | San Luis Potosí | 62,848 | 1,673,893 | 2,003,187 | 2,299,360 | 2,410,414 |
| < | Sinaloa | SIN | FSt | Culiacán | 58,092 | 1,849,879 | 2,204,054 | 2,536,844 | 2,608,442 |
| < | Sonora | SON | FSt | Hermosillo | 184,934 | 1,513,731 | 1,823,606 | 2,216,969 | 2,394,861 |
| < | Tabasco | TAB | FSt | Villahermosa | 24,661 | 1,062,961 | 1,501,744 | 1,891,829 | 1,989,969 |
| < | Tamaulipas | TAM | FSt | Ciudad Victoria | 79,829 | 1,924,484 | 2,249,581 | 2,753,222 | 3,024,238 |
| < | Tlaxcala | TLA | FSt | Tlaxcala | 3,914 | 556,597 | 761,277 | 962,646 | 1,068,207 |
| < | Veracruz (-Llave) | VER | FSt | Xalapa-Enríquez | 72,815 | 5,387,680 | 6,228,239 | 6,908,975 | 7,110,214 |
| < | Yucatán {Yucatan} | YUC | FSt | Mérida | 39,340 | 1,063,733 | 1,362,940 | 1,658,210 | 1,818,948 |
| < | Zacatecas | ZAC | FSt | Zacatecas | 75,040 | 1,136,830 | 1,276,323 | 1,353,610 | 1,367,692 |
| Mexico | MEX | Ciudad de México | 1,967,183 | 66,846,833 | 81,249,645 | 97,483,412 | 103,263,388 |
Principal Cities
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Table of Cities| Name | Adm. | C C 1990-03-12 | C C 1995-11-05 | C C 2000-02-14 | C C 2005-10-17 | |
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| < | Acapulco (de Juárez) | GRO | 515,374 | 592,528 | 620,656 | 616,394 |
| < | Aguascalientes | AGS | 440,425 | 537,523 | 594,092 | 663,671 |
| < | Campeche | CAM | 150,518 | 178,160 | 190,813 | 211,671 |
| < | Cancún {Cancun} | QTR | 167,730 | 297,183 | 397,191 | 526,701 |
| < | Celaya | GTO | 214,856 | 251,724 | 277,750 | 310,413 |
| < | Chetumal (Othón P. Blanco) | QTR | 94,158 | 115,152 | 121,602 | 136,825 |
| < | Chihuahua | CHI | 516,153 | 613,722 | 657,876 | 748,518 |
| < | Chilpancingo (de los Bravo) | GRO | 97,165 | 123,475 | 142,746 | 166,796 |
| < | Chimalhuacán {Chimalhuacan} | MEX | 235,587 | 410,031 | 482,530 | 524,223 |
| < | Ciudad Apodaca | NLN | 103,364 | 212,118 | 270,369 | 393,195 |
| < | Ciudad de México [Mexico City] {Ciudad de Mexico} | D-F | 8,092,449 | ... | 8,391,517 | 8,463,906 |
| < | Ciudad Juárez {Ciudad Juarez} | CHI | 789,522 | 995,770 | 1,187,275 | 1,301,452 |
| < | Ciudad López Mateos {Ciudad Lopez Mateos} | MEX | 315,059 | 427,192 | 467,544 | 471,904 |
| < | Ciudad Obregón (Cajeme) {Ciudad Obregon} | SON | 219,980 | 244,028 | 250,790 | 270,992 |
| < | Ciudad Santa Catarina | NLN | 162,707 | 201,233 | 225,976 | 259,202 |
| < | Ciudad Victoria | TAM | 194,996 | 230,304 | 249,029 | 278,455 |
| < | Coatzacoalcos | VER | 198,817 | 222,027 | 225,973 | 234,174 |
| < | Colima | COL | 106,967 | 110,997 | 119,639 | 123,597 |
| < | Cuautitlán Izcalli {Cuautitlan Izcalli} | MEX | 313,238 | 401,119 | 433,830 | 477,872 |
| < | Cuernavaca | MOR | 279,187 | 311,095 | 327,162 | 332,197 |
| < | Culiacán {Culiacan} | SIN | 415,046 | 505,518 | 540,823 | 605,304 |
| < | Durango | DGO | 348,036 | 397,687 | 427,135 | 463,830 |
| < | Ecatepec (de Morelos) | MEX | 1,218,135 | 1,455,909 | 1,621,827 | 1,687,549 |
| < | Ensenada | BCN | 169,426 | 192,550 | 223,492 | 260,075 |
| < | General Escobedo | NLN | 96,962 | 174,486 | 230,556 | 295,131 |
| < | Gómez Palacio {Gomez Palacio} | DGO | 164,092 | 192,888 | 210,113 | 239,842 |
| < | Guadalajara | JAL | 1,650,042 | 1,633,053 | 1,646,183 | 1,600,894 |
| < | Guadelupe | NLN | 535,332 | 618,610 | 669,842 | 691,434 |
| < | Guanajuato | GTO | 73,108 | 69,970 | 74,874 | 70,798 |
| < | Hermosillo | SON | 406,417 | 504,009 | 545,928 | 641,791 |
| < | Irapuato | GTO | 265,042 | 299,604 | 319,148 | 342,561 |
| < | Ixtapaluca | MEX | 115,711 | 153,138 | 235,827 | 290,076 |
| < | La Paz | BCS | 137,641 | 154,314 | 162,954 | 189,176 |
| < | León {Leon} | GTO | 758,279 | 941,626 | 1,020,818 | 1,137,465 |
| < | Los Mochis (Ahome) | SIN | 162,659 | 188,349 | 200,906 | 231,977 |
| < | Los Reyes la Paz | MEX | 134,544 | 178,534 | 211,298 | 232,211 |
| < | Matamoros | TAM | 266,055 | 323,794 | 376,279 | 422,711 |
| < | Mazatlán {Mazatlan} | SIN | 262,705 | 302,808 | 327,989 | 352,471 |
| < | Mérida {Merida} | YUC | 523,422 | 612,261 | 662,530 | 734,153 |
| < | Mexicali | BCN | 438,377 | 505,016 | 549,873 | 653,046 |
| < | Monterrey | NLN | 1,068,996 | 1,088,023 | 1,110,909 | 1,133,070 |
| < | Morelia | MIC | 428,486 | 512,169 | 549,996 | 608,049 |
| < | Naucalpan (de Juárez) | MEX | 772,483 | 822,358 | 835,053 | 792,226 |
| < | Nezahualcóyotl {Nezahualcoyotl} | MEX | 1,255,456 | 1,233,681 | 1,225,083 | 1,136,300 |
| < | Nuevo Laredo | TAM | 218,413 | 273,797 | 308,828 | 348,387 |
| < | Oaxaca (de Juárez) | OAX | 212,818 | 242,247 | 251,846 | 258,008 |
| < | Pachuca (de Soto) | HGO | 174,013 | 209,996 | 231,602 | 267,751 |
| < | Puebla | PUE | 1,007,170 | 1,157,625 | 1,271,673 | 1,399,519 |
| < | Querétaro {Queretaro} | QRO | 385,503 | 469,542 | 536,463 | 596,450 |
| < | Reynosa | TAM | 265,663 | 320,458 | 403,718 | 507,998 |
| < | Saltillo | COA | 420,947 | 510,131 | 562,587 | 633,667 |
| < | San Francisco Coacalco (de Berriozábal) | MEX | 151,255 | 202,778 | 252,291 | 285,822 |
| < | San Luis Potosí {San Luis Potosi} | SLP | 489,238 | 586,585 | 629,208 | 685,934 |
| < | San Nicolás de los Garzas {San Nicolas de los Garzas} | NLN | 436,603 | 487,924 | 496,879 | 476,761 |
| < | Soledad Díez Gutiérrez (Soledad de Graciano Sanchez) {Soledad Diez Gutierrez} | SLP | 123,943 | 147,188 | 169,574 | 215,968 |
| < | Tampico | TAM | 272,690 | 278,933 | 295,442 | 303,635 |
| < | Tehuacán {Tehuacan} | PUE | 139,450 | 172,510 | 204,598 | 238,229 |
| < | Tepic | NAY | 206,967 | 254,551 | 265,817 | 295,204 |
| < | Tijuana | BCN | 698,752 | 966,097 | 1,148,681 | 1,286,187 |
| < | Tlalnepantla | MEX | 702,270 | 708,013 | 714,735 | 674,417 |
| < | Tlaquepaque | JAL | 328,031 | 434,710 | 458,674 | 542,051 |
| < | Tlaxcala (de Xicotencatl) | TLA | 50,486 | 63,335 | 73,213 | 15,777 |
| < | Toluca | MEX | 327,865 | 368,384 | 435,125 | 467,712 |
| < | Tonala | JAL | 151,190 | 250,058 | 315,278 | 374,258 |
| < | Torreón (La Laguna) {Torreon} | COA | 439,436 | 481,493 | 502,964 | 548,723 |
| < | Tuxtla Gutiérrez {Tuxtla Gutierrez} | CHS | 289,626 | 378,079 | 424,579 | 490,455 |
| < | Uruapan (del Progreso) | MIC | 187,623 | 215,449 | 225,816 | 238,975 |
| < | Veracruz | VER | 303,152 | 381,190 | 411,582 | 444,438 |
| < | Villahermosa | TAB | 261,231 | 301,238 | 330,846 | 335,778 |
| < | Villa Nicolás Romero {Villa Nicolas Romero} | MEX | 146,342 | 192,534 | 216,192 | 242,798 |
| < | Xalapa-Enríquez (Jalapa) {Xalapa-Enriquez} | VER | 279,451 | 324,081 | 373,076 | 387,879 |
| < | Xico (Valle de Chalco) | MEX | ... | 286,839 | 322,784 | 331,321 |
| < | Zacatecas | ZAC | 100,051 | 109,109 | 113,947 | 122,889 |
| < | Zapopan | JAL | 668,323 | 850,315 | 910,690 | 1,026,492 |