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Mexico
The United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)), commonly known as Mexico (English: /ˈmɛksɪkoʊ/) (Spanish: México (help·info) [ˈmexiko]), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the...
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Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza (pronounced /tʃiːˈtʃɛn iːˈtsɑː/; from Yucatec Maya: Chi'ch'èen Ìitsha', "At the mouth of the well of the Itza") is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán...
Acapulco
Acapulco (Officially known as Acapulco de Juárez) is a city, and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 kilometres (190 mi) southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay. It is a...
Area:
- 1,882.6 km² (726.88 mi² )
Chiapas
Chiapas is the southernmost state of Mexico, located towards the southeast of the country. Chiapas is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the north, Veracruz to the northwest, and Oaxaca to the west. To the east Chiapas borders Guatemala, and to...
Area:
- 74,211 km² (28653 mi² )
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Mexico City
The Mexican Federal District, known in Spanish as Distrito Federal (D.F.), is an area within Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexican states, but an independent self-governing city-state and the seat of the Federal Government. The core of the...
Area:
- 9,560 km² (3691 mi² )
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Yucatán
Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. The Yucatan peninsula includes three states: Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of...
Area:
- 38,402 km² (14827 mi² )
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Monterrey
Monterrey (Spanish pronunciation: [monteˈrei] ( listen)) (also known as "Sultana del Norte" (Sultan of the North), is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It has the third largest metropolitan area in Mexico, after...
Area:
- 860 km² (332 mi² )
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Baja California Peninsula
The Baja California peninsula (Spanish: Península de Baja California, meaning Lower California peninsula) is a peninsula in western Mexico. It extends some 1250 km (775 miles) from Mexicali, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja...
Alta California
Alta California (Upper California) was formed when Spain separated the Dominican Missions from the Franciscan Missions in approximately 1769 with the founding of the first Alta California mission in San Diego. Separate administrations were created...
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the United Mexican States. Veracruz is borderd by Tamaulipas to the north, the Gulf to the east, Tabasco to the southeast, Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south and...
Area:
- 71,699 km² (27683 mi² )
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Mérida
Mérida (T'hó' or Ichkanzihóo (the original name), in Modern Maya) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about 35 km (22 miles) from the Gulf of...
Zacatecas
Zacatecas is a city in Mexico, the capital of the state of Zacatecas. It was founded 1548, two years after the nearby discovery of silver, and became an officially-recognized city in 1584. Its population as of the 2005 census was 122,889. Zacatecas...
Guadalajara
Guadalajara (English pronunciation: /ˌɡwɑːdələˈhɑrə/, Spanish: [waðalaˈhaɾa]) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of the state and in the...
Area:
- 187.9 km² (72.55 mi² )
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacan is an enormous archaeological site in the Basin of Mexico, containing some of the largest pyramidal structures built in the pre-Columbian Americas. Apart from the pyramidal structures, Teotihuacan is also known for its large residential...
Sonora
Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico with an area of 182,052 square kilometers, making it around the size of Syria. It is surrounded by the states of Baja California and the Sea of Cortez to the west, Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south,...
Area:
- 182,052 km² (70290.7 mi² )
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States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Federal District, a territory which does...
Iztaccíhuatl
Iztaccíhuatl (alternative spellings include Ixtaccíhuatl, or either variant spelled without the accent) (Nahuatl pronunciation: [istakˈsiwatɬ] or, as spelled with the x, [iʃtakˈsiwatɬ]), is the third highest mountain in Mexico, after the Pico de...
Popocatépetl
Popocatépetl is an non-active volcano and, at 5,426 m (17,800 ft), the second highest peak in Mexico after the Pico de Orizaba (5,636 m/18,490 ft). Popocatépetl is linked to the Iztaccíhuatl volcano to the north by the high saddle known as the Paso...
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez and formerly known as Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez has an estimated population of 1.5 million people. It stands on the Rio Grande ...
Area:
- 188 km² (72.6 mi² )
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Mexico City International Airport
Mexico City International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México or AICM), also called Benito Juárez International Airport (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. It...
Tijuana
Tijuana (pronounced /ˌtiː.əˈwɑːnə/; Spanish pronunciation: [tiˈxwana]), is the largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California, situated on the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to its sister city of San Diego, California. Tijuana is the westernmost...
Area:
- 637 km² (246 mi² )
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General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport
General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport (IATA: TIJ, ICAO: MMTJ) in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, is Mexico's second northernmost airport after Mexicali International Airport. Tijuana's Airport is a busy modern airport, which handled...
Zacatecas
Zacatecas state of Mexico is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango, to the north by Coahuila, to the east by San Luis Potosí, to the south by Aguascalientes and Guanajuato and to the southwest by Jalisco...
Area:
- 73,252 km² (28283 mi² )
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Hermosillo
Hermosillo, formerly named Santísima Trinidad del Pitic (Holy Trinity of Pitic) is the largest city and capital of the Mexican state of Sonora, and is located in the center of the state, 167 miles (270 kilometers) from the border with the United...
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Xalapa
Xalapa-Enríquez, commonly Xalapa or Jalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the year 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which it serves...
Area:
- 118.45 km² (45.734 mi² )
Oaxaca
The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca (Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca, Spanish pronunciation: [w̯aˈxaka] ( listen)) is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (the Isthmus...
Area:
- 93,952 km² (36275 mi² )
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Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (Spanish pronunciation: [kwaˈwila ðe saɾaˈɣosa]), is one of Mexico's 31 component states. It is located in the north of the country.
To the north, Coahuila accounts for a 512 kilometers (318 mi) stretch of the...
Area:
- 149,982 km² (57908.4 mi² )
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Tula
Tula, formally, Tula de Allende is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 305.8 km² (118.07 sq mi), and as of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 93,296, with 28...
Area:
- 305.8 km² (118.1 mi² )
Coatepec
The municipality of Coatepec is found in the central region of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Its north latitude is 19° 27', west longitude is 96° 58', altitude of 1200.00 m, and surface of 255.81 km². It represents the 0.338% of the current state....
Chihuahua
Chihuahua is a state in northern Mexico with a mainland area of 247,087 square kilometers (95,400.8 sq mi), slightly bigger than the United Kingdom. It is surrounded by the states of Sonora to the west, Sinaloa to the south-west, Durango to the...
Area:
- 244,938 km² (94571.1 mi² )
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Puebla
The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. It is located to the east of Mexico City and west of the port of Veracruz, on the main route between the two....
Area:
- 546 km² (211 mi² )
Aguascalientes
The city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes in western central Mexico. It stands on the banks of the Río Aguascalientes, 1888 meters above sea level, at 21°51′N 102°18′W / 21.85°N 102.3°W / 21.85; -102.3. It is the...
Area:
- 385 km² (149 mi² )
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Guanajuato
The Mexican city of Guanajuato is the capital of the state of the same name. It is located at 21°02′N 101°28′W / 21.033°N 101.467°W / 21.033; -101.467, 370 km (230 miles) northwest of Mexico City, at an elevation of 1,996 m (6,550 ft) above sea...
Izamal
Izamal is a small city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, 72 km (about 40 miles) east of state capital Mérida. Izamal was continuously occupied throughout most of Mesoamerican chronology; in 2000, the city's estimated population was 15,000 people....
Chetumal
Chetumal (Chactemàal which means: "Place of the red wood" Modern Maya) (coordinates: 18°30′N 88°18′W / 18.5°N 88.3°W / 18.5; -88.3) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo and...
Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo (Spanish pronunciation: [kinˈtana ˈro]) is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula. It borders the States of Yucatán and Campeche to the north and west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the nation of Belize to...
Area:
- 50,212 km² (19387 mi² )
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Bacalar
Bacalar is a town in Othón P. Blanco municipality in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, about 40 km north of Chetumal, at 18.67°N, 88.38°W. In the 2005 census the town had a population of 9,833 people.
The name most likely derives from Mayan: b'ak...
Puerto Juárez
Puerto Juárez is a town in Benito Juárez municipality, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
It is in the north-east of the Yucatán Peninsula, on the shore of the Caribbean Sea, It is 2 km from Cancún. A regular ferry service runs to nearby Cancún...
Campeche
Campeche (Ahk'ìin Pech in Modern Maya) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located at 19°51′N 90°32′W / 19.85°N 90.53°W / 19.85; -90.53, on the shore of the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico. The city's population at the...
Champotón
Champotón is a small city and municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche, located at 19°21′N 90°43′W / 19.35°N 90.72°W / 19.35; -90.72, about 60 km south of the city of Campeche where the small Champotón river meets the coast of the Gulf of...
Area:
- 6,088.28 km² (2350.7 mi² )
Escárcega
Escárcega is a small city in the Mexican state of Campeche, located at 18°37′N 90°44′W / 18.62°N 90.74°W / 18.62; -90.74 in the central part of the state. The population of the city at the 2005 census was 27,214 people, the fourth-largest...
Ciudad del Carmen
Ciudad del Carmen is a city in the south west of the Mexican state of Campeche. Ciudad del Carmen is located at 18°38′N 91°50′W / 18.63°N 91.83°W / 18.63; -91.83 on the south west of Carmen Island, which stands in the Laguna de Términos on the...
Dzitbalché
Dzitbalché is a large town in the extreme northern part of the Mexican state of Campeche. It is located at 20.32°N 90.05°W, within the municipality of Calkiní. At the 2005 census the population was 10,951 inhabitants, the sixth-largest community in...
Bolonchen
Bolonchén or Bolonchén de Rejón (Bolon Che'e'en in Modern Maya) is a town in the Mexican state of Campeche, about 120 km East from the state capital, Campeche, Campeche, in the municipality of Hopelchén. The name "Bolonchén" means "Nine Wells" in...
Tabasco
Tabasco is a state in Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the west, Chiapas to the south, and Campeche to the north-east. To the east Tabasco borders with the Petén department of Guatemala, and to the north with the Bay of Campeche ...
Area:
- 25,267 km² (9755.6 mi² )
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Villahermosa
Villahermosa (Spanish: Beautiful Village) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Tabasco, and the municipal seat of the Centro municipality. Villahermosa reported a population of 658,524 in the 2005 census, whereas its Centro municipality had...
Area:
- 61.17552 km² (23.62 mi² )
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Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Tuxtla Gutiérrez is a municipality and the capital city of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is the seat of the local public administration, the local authorities, and of the federal government delegations in the state. It covers more than 40% of the...
Area:
- 412.4 km² (159.2 mi² )
San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Cristóbal de las Casas is a municipality (municipio) and city in the central highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is located in the Highlands of Chiapas at an elevation of approximately 2100 m (6890 ft) above mean sea level. The city...
Area:
- 483.99108 km² (186.87 mi² )
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Comitán
Comitán (formally: Comitán de Domínguez, for Belisario Domínguez) is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is the seat of government of the municipality of the same name.
It is located in the east-central part of Chiapas, near...
Tapachula
Tapachula is a municipio (municipality) and city with a hot, humid climate in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is located in southern part of the state on the Soconusco coastal plain, near the border with Guatemala, at 14.91° N 92.27° W. In the 2005...
Area:
- 303 km² (117 mi² )
Oaxaca
The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name (Oaxaca). It is located in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the...
Area:
- 85.48 km² (33 mi² )
Cozumel
Cozumel (Mayan: Island of the Swallows) (Kùutsmil in Modern Maya) is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, opposite the Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatan Channel. Cozumel is one of the nine...
Area:
- 488.384 km² (188.566 mi² )
Tzintzuntzan
The Tzintzuntzan archeological site was the ceremonial center of the ancient P'urhépecha capital of the same name. The name comes from the P’urhépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place of hummingbirds". After being in Pátzcuaro for the first...
Michoacán
Michoacán (Spanish pronunciation: [mitʃoaˈkan], from Nahuatl Michhuacān "place of the fishermen"), formally Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. It borders the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west, Guanajuato and...
Area:
- 59,928 km² (23138 mi² )
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Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality located in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is located in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha...
Guerrero
The State of Guerrero is a state in the southern meridional region of Mexico. With an area of 64,282 square kilometers (24,819.4 sq mi), it occupies about 3.3% of Mexican territory. It borders the Pacific Ocean to the south (500 km), Michoacán to...
Area:
- 64,281 km² (24819 mi² )
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Chilpancingo
Chilpancingo (formally Chilpancingo de los Bravo), also known as Ciudad Bravo, is the capital, and second-largest city of the state of Guerrero, Mexico. It is located at 17°33′0″N 99°30′0″W / 17.55°N 99.5°W / 17.55; -99.5. In the 2005 census the...
Morelos
Morelos is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. Morelos has an area of about 4,941 square kilometers (1,907.7 sq mi), making it the second-smallest of the country's states. Morelos is bordered by Mexico State to the north-east and north-west,...
Area:
- 4,950 km² (1911 mi² )
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Jalisco
Jalisco (Spanish pronunciation: [xalisko]) is one of the 31 Mexican states that, together with the Mexican Federal District, form the 32 federal entities of Mexico.
Jalisco is located in central-western Mexico. It is bordered by the states of...
Area:
- 79,085 km² (30535 mi² )
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Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta (Spanish pronunciation: [pwerto βaʎarta]) is a Mexican resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas. The 2005 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 177,830 making it the fifth-largest city in the state of...
Saltillo
Saltillo is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. The city is located about 400km south of the U.S. state of Texas, and 90km west of Monterrey, Nuevo León.
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