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Destinations in Mexico (Map of Mexico States)

Below are listed alphabetically the 31 States, and the 1 Federal District (DF), or CDMX, or Mexico City. Population numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand, as of 2018.

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Destinations in Mexico - States Listed Alphabetically

Aguascalientes

Area: 2,169 square miles (5,618 sq km);

capital: Aguascalientes

population: 1,300,000)

Aguascalientes is the little yellow state on the map

Baja California

area: 27,585 square miles (71,446 sq km);

population: 3,122,408;

capital: Mexicali

Baja is south of California and next to Sonora to the East (with Gulf of California in between)

Baja California Sur

area: 28,541 square miles (73,922 sq km);

population: 558,425;

capital: La Paz

Baja Sur is south of Baja California and West of Sonora and Sinaloa with the Gulf of California in between)

Campeche

area: 22,365 square miles (57,924 sq km);

population: 791,322;

capital: San Francisco de Campeche

Campeche lies on the Yucatan Peninsula

Chiapas

area: 28,297 square miles (73,289 sq km);

population: 5,200,000;

capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Chiapas Southern Most State in Mexico

Chihuahua

area: 95,543 square miles (247,455 sq km)

population: 3,376,062

Capital: Chihuahua

Chihuahua borders Texas (Green on Map)

Coahuila

area: 58,519 square miles (151,503 sq km);

population: 2,900,000;

capital: Saltillo

Coahuila on Map borders Texas

Colima

area: 2,172 square miles (5,625 sq km);

population: 597,043;

capital: Colima

Colima borders Jalisco and Michoacan (small red state on the map)

Durango

area: 47,665 square miles (123,451 sq km);

population: 1,800,000;

capital: Victoria de Durango

Durango is South of Chihuahua and Coahuila (in purple)

Guanajuato

area: 11,818 square miles (30,608 sq km);

population: 5,800,000;

capital: Guanajuato

Guanajuato just south of San Luis Potosi (in purple)

Guerrero

area: 24,564 square miles (63,621 sq km);

population: 3,500,000;

capital: Chilpancingo de los Bravo

Guerrero is between Michoacan and Oaxaca on the Pacific Coast

Hidalgo

area: 8,049 square miles (20,846 sq km);

population: 2,900,000;

capital: Pachuca de Soto

Hidalgo is the blue state west of Veracruz on the map

Jalisco

area: 30,347 square miles (78,599 sq km);

population: 8,000,000;

capital: Guadalajara

Jalisco is green on the map, north of Colima and Michoacan

México

area: 8,632 square miles (22,357 sq km);

population: 17,000,000;

capital: Toluca de Lerdo

Mexico State on the Map in Green

Mexico City- D.F.*

*Mexico City is a Federal District – not a state.

Mexico City’s population is included in Mexico State.

Est Population 9,000,000

Mexico City on Map in Orange within Mexico State in Green. Square Symbol Represent the D.F.

Michoacán

area: 22,642 square miles (58,643 sq km);

population: 4,600,000;

capital: Morelia

Michoacan (Orange) is bordered by Colima to the north and Guerrero to the south.

Morelos

area: 1,889 square miles (4,893 sq km);

population: 1,900,000;

capital: Cuernavaca

Morelos on Map in Red (shows the capital “Cuernavaca”)

Nayarit

area: 10,739 square miles (27,815 sq km);

population: 1,200,0;

capital: Tepic

Nayarit is south of Sinaloa and north of Jalisco in Blue

Nuevo León

area: 24,795 square miles (64,220 sq km);

population: 5,200,000;

capital: Monterrey

Nuevo Leon borders Texas with a sliver of land in Blue (between Coahuila and Tamaulipas)

Oaxaca

area: 36,214 square miles (93,793 sq km);

population: 4,000,000;

capital: Oaxaca de Juárez

Oaxaca on map (blue) between Guerrero and Chiapas on the coast, south of Veracruz and Puebla

Puebla

area: 13,239 square miles (34,290 sq km);

population: 6,200,000;

capital: Puebla de Zaragoza

Puebla on Map (orange) to the west of Veracruz (purple) and north of Oaxaca (blue)

Querétaro

area: 4,511 square miles (11,684 sq km);

population: 2,100,000;

capital: Santiago de Querétaro

Queretaro on Map in Orange

Quintana Roo

area: 16,356 square miles (42,361 sq km);

population: 1,500,000;

capital: Chetumal

Quintana Roo on Map in Purple at the end of the Yucatan Peninsula

San Luis Potosí

area: 23,545 square miles (60,983 sq km);

population: 2,479,450;

capital: San Luis Potosí

San Luis Potosi in Red on the Map

Sinaloa

area: 22,153 square miles (57,377 sq km);

population: 3,000,000;

capital: Culiacan Rosalesф

Sinaloa on Map in Gold

Sonora

area: 69,306 square miles (179,503 sq km);

population: 2,900,000;

capital:Hermosillo

Sonora on the Map in Blue borders Arizona

Tabasco

area: 9551 square miles (24,738 sq km);

population: 2,045,294;

capital: Villahermosa

Tabasco on the Map in Green, on the Yucatan Peninsula

Tamaulipas

area: 30,956 square miles (80,175 sq km);

population: 3,174,134;

capital: Ciudad Victoria

Tamaulipas on Map in Green borders Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico

Tlaxcala

area: 1,541 square miles;

population: 1,200,000;

capital: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl

Tlaxcala on map in Fuscia in fuchsia

Veracruz

area: 27,730 square miles (71,820 sq km);

population: 8,000,000;

capital: Xalapa-Enriquez

Veracruz in purple has Gulf of Mexico to the North Northeast and Oaxaca to the south

Yucatán

area: 15,294 square miles (39,612 sq km);

population: 2,100,000;

capital: Mérida

Yucatan State in orange at the top of the Yucatan Peninsula

Zacatecas

area: 29,166 square miles (75,539 sq km);

population: 1,600,000;

capital: Zacatecas

Zacatecas on the map in Fushia

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