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Government Administrative Divisions

Mexico Administrative Divisions

Mexico is a federated union of 32 sovereign and independent states (estados) united under a central government. Also included in the union is the Mexican national capital, Mexico City, which is governed as a separate political entity comparable to a state. The 31 states are further subdivided into 2,448 municipalities (municipios). Mexico City is subdivided into 16 municipalities called alcaldias.

The states have their own constitutions, and the national constitution grants them a limited amount of power over their own internal political organization. States share some responsibilities with the federal government including primary education, health care, poverty alleviation, social protection, and water management. Specific state responsibilities include land use planning, regional transportation, municipal affairs, and more.

The municipalities are autonomous entities with elected council-style governments led by a municipal president (presidente municipal) who heads the council (aynutameniento) along with a chairman (cabildo) and selected trustees (regidores). Municipalities are generally responsible for local-level urban planning and development, utilities such as water distribution and waste removal, public transport, local roads and market infrastructure, parks, and public safety. Municipalities share some responsibilities with the states and can delegate duties to them according to agreement.

#	State/City	Flag	Capital City	# of Municipalities
1	Aguascalientes		Aguascalientes	11
2	Baja California		Mexicali	5
3	Baja California Sur		La Paz	5
4	Campeche		San Francisco de Campeche	11
5	Chiapas		Tuxtla Gutiérrez	124
6	Chihuahua		Chihuahua	67
7	Coahuila		Saltillo	38
8	Colima		Colima	10
9	Durango		Victoria de Durango	39
10	Guanajuato		Guanajuato	46
11	Guerrero		Chilpancingo de los Bravo	81
12	Hidalgo		Pachuca	84
13	Jalisco		Guadalajara	125
14	México		Toluca de Lerdo	125
15	Michoacán		Morelia	113
16	Morelos		Cuernavaca	33
17	Nayarit		Tepic	20
18	Nuevo León		Monterrey	51
19	Oaxaca		Oaxaca de Juarez	570
20	Puebla		Puebla de Zaragoza	217
21	Querétaro		Santiago de Querétaro	18
22	Quintana Roo		Chetumal	11
23	San Luis Potosí		San Luis Potosí	58
24	Sinaloa		Culiacán	18
25	Sonora		Hermosillo	72
26	Tabasco		Villahermosa	17
27	Tamaulipas		Ciudad Victoria	43
28	Tlaxcala		Tlaxcala	60
29	Veracruz		Xalapa	212
30	Yucatán		Mérida	106
31	Zacatecas		Zacatecas	58
32	Mexico City		--	16 (alcaldias)