Mexico is divided into 31 states (estados) and 1 Federal District (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City.
States and their capital cities:
- Aguascalientes - Aguascalientes
- Baja California (Norte) - Mexicali
- Baja California Sur - La Paz
- Campeche - Campeche
- Chiapas - Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Chihuahua - Chihuahua
- Coahuila - Saltillo
- Colima - Colima
- Durango - Durango
- Federal District
- Guanajuato - Guanajuato
- Guerrero - Chilpancingo
- Hidalgo - Pachuca
- Jalisco - Guadalajara
- México - Toluca
- Michoacán - Morelia
- Morelos - Cuernavaca
- Nayarit - Tepic
- Nuevo León - Monterrey
- Oaxaca - Oaxaca
- Puebla - Puebla
- Querétaro - Querétaro
- Quintana Roo - Chetumal
- San Luis Potosí - San Luis Potosí
- Sinaloa - Culiacán
- Sonora - Hermosillo
- Tabasco - Villahermosa
- Tamaulipas - Ciudad Victoria
- Tlaxcala - Tlaxcala
- Veracruz - Xalapa
- Yucatán - Mérida
- Zacatecas - Zacatecas