Settlement classification in Mexico

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Mexico's states classify their settlements in a variety of fashions:

[edit] Aguascalientes

Under Article 106 of the Municipal Law of the State of Aguascalientes,[1] the state defines its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): Census population in excess of 15,000 inhabitants.
Villa (town): Census population of over 1,000.
Poblado (village): Census population of between 500 and 1,000.
Ranchería (hamlet): All other settlements.

[edit] Baja California

[edit] Baja California Sur

According to Article 10 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Baja California Sur,[2] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): A settlement with more than 12,000 inhabitants, or a municipal seat irrespective of population.
Villa (town): More than 5,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): More than 2,000 inhabitants.
Congregación (congregation): More than 200 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): Fewer than 200 inhabitants.

[edit] Campeche

According to Article 12 of the Organic Municipalities Law of the State of Campeche,[3] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): A settlement with at least 5,000 inhabitants.
Villa (town): At least 2,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): At least 1,000 inhabitants.
Congregación (congregation): Fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, but with facilities for a rural school and municipal offices.

[edit] Chiapas

According to the Law on the Political and Administrative Classification of Population Centres in the State of Chiapas,[4] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudades (cities): At least 10,000 inhabitants, and adequate urban infrastructure.
Villas (towns): At least 5,000 inhabitants.
Pueblos (villages): At least 2,500 inhabitants
Rancherías, colonias, parajes, cantones and riberas (hamlets and neighbourhoods): At least 300 inhabitants.

To serve as a municipal seat, a settlement must be either a city or town. The granting of all settlement statuses is a function of the State Congress.

[edit] Chihuahua

According to Article 13 bis of the Municipal Code of the State of Chihuahua,[5] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): More than 8000 inhabitants.
Poblado (town): More than 2500 inhabitants.
Comunidad (community): More than 500 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): More than 100 inhabitants.

[edit] Coahuila

According to Article 22 of the Municipal Code for the State of Coahuila de Zaragoza,[6] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): More than 20,000 inhabitants, or a municipal seat irrespective of size.
Villa (town): More than 7,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): More than 2,500 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): More than 1,000 inhabitants.
Caserío (rural hamlet): Up to 1,000 inhabitants, in rural areas.

[edit] Colima

According to Article 13 of the Organic Law of Free Municipalities of the State of Colima,[7] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): Census population in excess of 10,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (town): Census population in excess of 2,000 inhabitants.
Ranchería (village): All other settlements.

[edit] Durango

According to Article 6 of the Organic Law of the Free Municipality of the State of Durango,[8] the state categorises its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): At least 6,000 inhabitants.
Villa (town): At least 4,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): At least 1,000 inhabitants.

[edit] Guanajuato

According to Article 23 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Guanajuato,[9] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): At least 20,000 inhabitants.
Villa (town): At least 7,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): At least 2,500 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): At least 500 inhabitants.
Caserío (rural hamlet): Less than 500 inhabitants, in rural areas.

[edit] Guerrero

[edit] Hidalgo

According to Article 20 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Hidalgo,[10] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): More than 25,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (town): More than 10,000 inhabitants.
Villa (village): More than 5,000 inhabitants.
Comunidad (community) or congregación (congregation): More than 500 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): Fewer than 500 inhabitants.

[edit] Jalisco

According to Chapter II of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Jalisco,[11] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): At least 50,000 inhabitants.
Delegación municipal (municipal borough): At least 2,500 inhabitants.
Poblado (town): All others.

[edit] Estado de México

According to Article 9 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Mexico,[12] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): More than 15,000 inhabitants.
Villa (town): Between 5,000 and 15,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): Between 1,000 and 5,000 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): Between 500 and 1,000 inhabitants.
Caserío (small hamlet): Fewer than 500 inhabitants.

Elevating a settlement to a city status is a function of the State Congress. The lower statuses can be granted by municipal authorities.

[edit] Michoacán

[edit] Morelos

According to Article 23 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Morelos,[13] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): More than 25,000 inhabitants, and appropriate urban infrastructure.
Villa (town): More than 15,000 inhabitants, and appropriate urban infrastructure.
Pueblo (village): More than 7,000 inhabitants, and appropriate urban infrastructure.
Ranchería (hamlet): More than 3,000 inhabitants, and appropriate urban infrastructure.
Congregación (congregation): Fewer than 3,000 inhabitants.

[edit] Nayarit

Under the Law of Political Categories for Settlements in the State of Nayarit,[14] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): At least 3,000 inhabitants, of whom 75% are active in commerce, industry, or professions or trades.
Villa (town): At least 1,500 inhabitants, of whom 50% are active in commerce, industry, or professions or trades.
Pueblo (village): At least 700 inhabitants, of whom at least 10% are active in commerce, industry, or professions or trades.
Congregación (congregation): At least 300 inhabitants
Ranchería (hamlet): At least 90 inhabitants.
Hacienda (estate): Number irrelevant, homes tied to an estate.
Rancho (homestead): All others.

[edit] Nuevo León

[edit] Oaxaca

According to the Municipal Law of the State of Oaxaca,[15] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): at least 20,000 inhabitants.
Villa (town): at least 18,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): at least 15,000 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): at least 10,000 inhabitants.
Congregación (small hamlet): a permanent rural or ejidal settlement of at least 5,000 people engaged in agriculture.
Nucleo rural (rural community): at least 500 inhabitants.

[edit] Puebla

According to the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Puebla,[16] the state classifies its settlements in terms of their populations and their provision of certain basic public services (schools, clinics, abbatoirs, graveyards, etc.):

Ciudad (city): Census population of at least 20,000.
Villa (town): Census population of at least 10,000.
Pueblo (village): Census population of at least 2,500.
Ranchería (hamlet): Census population of at least 500, and at least 5 km from the nearest city, town or village.
Comunidad (community): Up to 500 inhabitants, and at least 5 km from the nearest larger settlement.
Barrio (neighbourhood): Collection of houses structured as blocks (manzanas) that may be part of a town, village, hamlet, or community.
Sección (section): Collection of blocks, neighbourhoods, colonias, communities, or hamlets that individually or collectively total more than 1,000 inhabitants.

[edit] Querétaro

According to the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Querétaro,[17] the state classifies its settlements in terms of their populations and their provision of certain basic public services (schools, clinics, abbatoirs, graveyards, etc.):

Ciudad (city): Census population of at least 30,000, or a municipal seat irrespective of size.
Villa (town): Census population of at least 7,000.
Pueblo (village): Census population of at least 2,000.
Ranchería (hamlet): Census population of at least 500.
Caserío (rural community): Rural settlement of up to 500 inhabitants.

[edit] Quintana Roo

According to the Organic Municipal Law of the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo,[18] the state classifies its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): more than 10,000 inhabitants, or a municipal seat irrespective of size.
Villa (town): more than 5,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): more than 2,000 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): more than 500 inhabitants.
Congregación (small hamlet): fewer than 500 inhabitants

[edit] San Luis Potosí

[edit] Sinaloa

[edit] Sonora

[edit] Tabasco

[edit] Tamaulipas

[edit] Tlaxcala

According to the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Tlaxcala,[19] the state classifies its settlements in terms of their population and their provision of certain basic public services:

Ciudad (city): At least 20,000 inhabitants.
Villa (town): At least 10,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): At least 1,000 inhabitants.
Colonia (neighbourhood): At least 300 inhabitants.
Ranchería (hamlet): Fewer than 300 inhabitants.

[edit] Veracruz

According to Article 11 of the Organic Law of the Free Municipality of the State of Veracruz,[20] the state categorises its settlements as follows:

Ciudad (city): 30000+ inhabitants
Villa (town): 10000+
Pueblo (village): 5000+
Ranchería (large hamlet): 500-2000
Caserío (small hamlet): up to 500

[edit] Yucatán

[edit] Zacatecas

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