List of capitals in Mexico
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The following is a list of Mexican state capitals.
| State | Capital | Admission to Union |
Population (2005) | Area |
| 1. Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | 1835 | 1,051,000 | 5,625 km² (2,171.8 sq mi) |
| 2. Baja California | Mexicali | 1952 | 2,842,000 | 71,546 km² (27,624.1 sq mi) |
| 3. Baja California Sur | La Paz | 1974 | 517,000 | 73,943 km² (28,549.6 sq mi) |
| 4. Campeche | Campeche | 1858 | 751,000 | 57,727 km² (22,288.5 sq mi) |
| 5. Chiapas | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | 1824 | 4,256,000 | 73,681 km² (28,448.4 sq mi) |
| 6. Chihuahua | Chihuahua | 1824 | 3,238,000 | 247,487 km² (95,555.3 sq mi) |
| 7. Coahuila | Saltillo | 1824 1 | 2,475,000 | 151,445 km² (58,473.2 sq mi) |
| 8. Colima | Colima | 1857 | 562,000 | 5,627 km² (2,172.6 sq mi) |
| 9. Durango | Durango | 1824 | 1,489,000 | 123,367 km² (47,632.3 sq mi) |
| 10. Guanajuato | Guanajuato | 1824 | 4,893,000 | 30,621 km² (11,822.8 sq mi) |
| 11. Guerrero | Chilpancingo | 1858 | 3,116,000 | 63,618 km² (24,563 sq mi) |
| 12. Hidalgo | Pachuca | 1869 | 2,334,000 | 20,856 km² (8,052.5 sq mi) |
| 13. Jalisco | Guadalajara | 1824 | 6,652,000 | 78,630 km² (30,359.2 sq mi) |
| 14. México | Toluca | 1824 | 14,161,000 | 22,333 km² (8,622.8 sq mi) |
| 15. Michoacán | Morelia | 1824 | 3,988,000 | 58,667 km² (22,651.5 sq mi) |
| 16. Morelos | Cuernavaca | 1869 | 1,605,000 | 4,892 km² (1,888.8 sq mi) |
| 17. Nayarit | Tepic | 1917 | 943,000 | 27,862 km² (10,757.6 sq mi) |
| 18. Nuevo León | Monterrey | 1824 ² | 4,164,000 | 64,203 km² (24,788.9 sq mi) |
| 19. Oaxaca | Oaxaca | 1824 | 3,522,000 | 93,343 km² (36,039.9 sq mi) |
| 20. Puebla | Puebla | 1824 | 5,391,000 | 34,251 km² (13,224.4 sq mi) |
| 21. Querétaro | Querétaro | 1824 | 1,593,000 | 11,658 km² (4,501.2 sq mi) |
| 22. Quintana Roo | Chetumal | 1974 | 1,134,000 | 42,535 km² (16,422.9 sq mi) |
| 23. San Luis Potosí | San Luis Potosí | 1824 | 2,412,000 | 61,165 km² (23,615.9 sq mi) |
| 24. Sinaloa | Culiacán | 1831 ³ | 2,610,000 | 57,331 km² (22,135.6 sq mi) |
| 25. Sonora | Hermosillo | 1831 ³ | 2,384,000 | 179,516 km² (69,311.5 sq mi) |
| 26. Tabasco | Villahermosa | 1824 | 2,013,000 | 24,747 km² (9,554.9 sq mi) |
| 27. Tamaulipas | Ciudad Victoria | 1824 ² | 3,020,000 | 80,148 km² (30,945.3 sq mi) |
| 28. Tlaxcala | Tlaxcala | 1857 | 1,061,000 | 3,997 km² (1,543.3 sq mi) |
| 29. Veracruz | Xalapa | 1824 | 7,081,000 | 71,856 km² (27,743.8 sq mi) |
| 30. Yucatán | Mérida | 1824 4 | 1,803,000 | 39,340 km² (15,189.3 sq mi) |
| 31. Zacatecas | Zacatecas | 1824 | 1,357,000 | 75,416 km² (29,118.3 sq mi) |
[edit] Footnotes
1Joined the federation under the name of Coahuila and Texas. In 1833 the district of Bexar seceded constitutionally from the state to form the separate state of Texas which became an independent republic in 1836, and the name of the state was shortened to Coahuila. Briefly, in 1856 Nuevo León annexed Coahuila in a referendum and declared its independence from Mexico. After the defeat of the separatist forces, Coahuila separated from Nuevo León.
²Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Coahuila declared their independence form Mexico and formed a de facto independent country for 250 days, after which the separatist forces were defeated and they rejoined the federation.
³In 1824 this state joined the Union as the state of Sonora and Sinaloa, though its own constitution chose the name "Estado de Occidente". In 1830 the state was divided in two to form the separate states of Sonora and Sinaloa, which, after ratifying their own constitutions joined the federation in 1831.
4The Intendencia of Yucatán joined the Mexican Empire and then the federation in 1824. It became an independent republic in two occasions (1841-1843 and 1846-1848). This state comprised the territories of Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatán.
