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1 – Mexico City. 2 - Tijuana. 3 – León. 4 – Puebla. 5 - Ecatepec de Morelos. 6 – Juárez. 7 - Zapopan. 8 - Guadalajara. 9 - Monterrey. 10 - Nezahualcóyotl. The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in Mexico (municipalities) according to the 2020 Mexican National Census.
Municipalities are further divided into localities in the structural hierarchy of administrative divisions of Mexico. As of December 2024, there are 2,462 municipalities in Mexico. [1] In Mexico, municipalities should not be confused with cities (Spanish: ciudades). Cities are locality-level divisions that are administered by the municipality.
This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Mexican National Census. [1]According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), a locality is "any place settled with one or more dwellings, which may or may not be inhabited, and which is known by a name given by law or tradition". [2]
The Metropolitan area of Puebla or Greater Puebla is the fourth largest agglomeration in Mexico with a population of 3.199 million. [2] This agglomeration includes 10 municipalities of the state of Puebla, and 13 municipalities of the state of Tlaxcala. It does not include the city of Tlaxcala.
Map of Mexico with Guerrero highlighted. Guerrero is a state in Southwest Mexico that is divided into 85 municipalities. [1] [2] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Guerrero is the 13th most populous state with 3,540,685 inhabitants and the 14th largest by land area spanning 63,803.42 square kilometres (24,634.64 sq mi).
Map of Mexico with State of Mexico highlighted Municipalities of Mexico State by code.. Mexico is a state in central Mexico that is divided into 125 municipalities.According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the most populated state with 16,992,418 inhabitants and the 8th smallest by land area spanning 22,351.8 square kilometres (8,630.1 sq mi).
Map of Mexico with Guanajuato highlighted. Guanajuato is a state in North Central Mexico that is divided into 46 municipalities. [1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Guanajuato is the sixth most populous state with 6,166,934 inhabitants and the 22nd largest by land area spanning 30,691.61 square kilometres (11,850.10 sq mi).
One of the first studies on a methodology to define and quantify the metropolitan areas in Mexico was published by El Colegio de México in 1978. In Luis Unikel's book "Urban Development in Mexico: Diagnosis and Future Implications", a metropolitan area was designated as "the territorial area that includes the political and administrative units from a central city, and any contiguous, urban ...