Localities of Mexico

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The Constitution of Mexico has defined Mexico a federal republic of 32 federative entities (31 states and Mexico City), it also outlines that the federative entities to be divided into municipalities ({{langx|es|municipios}}) and boroughs ({{langx|es|demarcaciones territoriales}}). The divisions of municipalities and boroughs are regulated solely by constitutions and laws of the respective federative entities.

Among the states, settlement classification schemes vary. Common types of localities include:

• City ({{langx|es|Ciudad}}) — for more populous places,
• Town ({{langx|es|Villa}}) — for middle populous places, and
• Village ({{langx|es|Pueblo or Poblado}}) — for less populous places.

Other classifications include ranchería, congregación (población), or ejido.

Mexico City further divides its boroughs into neighborhoods ({{langx|es|colonias}}).

The federal government has established the National Institute of Statistics and Geography ({{langx|es|Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía}}, INEGI) to maintain the statistics and encoding of the administrative divisions across the country. The INEGI uses the term localities ({{langx|es|localidades}}) to collectively refer to these types of division. The INEGI's definition of localities is: "All places with one or more dwellings, who may be inhabited or not, and can be classed as urban or rural."{{Cite web |url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/geo/contenidos/geoestadistica/doc/manual_cartografia_censal.pdf |title=Manual de cartografía geoestadística |author=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía |access-date=15 November 2015}}

According to INEGI's data, there are in total 296,814 localities under the 2,478 municipalities in Mexico as of December 2024. [https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/ageeml/ Catálogo Único de Claves de Áreas Geoestadísticas Estatales, Municipales y Localidades]

{{main|List of cities in Mexico}}

Cities ({{langx|es|Ciudades}}) are usually the most populous localities within the state. Each city elects its own city mayor ({{langx|es|alcalde de la ciudad}}). Note that the term city mayor should not be confused with municipal president ({{langx|es|presidente municipal}}), leader of a municipality, the city's upper-level division.

Some larger cities are consolidated with its own municipality and form a single level of governance. Some of these cities are further divided into boroughs ({{langx|es|delegaciones}}) or neighborhoods ({{langx|es|colonias}}) in locality level.

• Administrative divisions of Mexico
• Settlement classification in Mexico

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Category:Subdivisions of Mexico

Category:Populated places in Mexico