Federation Maps and Fact Sheets

Mexico
A federation since 1917
Official Website of the federal government of Mexico (Spanish)

Constituent entities

• 31 states: Aguascalientes; Baja California; Baja California Sur; Campeche; Coahuila; Colima; Chiapas; Chihuahua; Durango; Estado de México; Guanajuato; Guerrero; Hidalgo; Jalisco; Michoacán; Morelos; Nayarit; Nuevo León; Oaxaca; Puebla; Querétaro; Quintana Roo; San Luis Potosí; Sinaloa; Sonora; Tabasco; Tamaulipas; Tlaxcala; Veracruz; Yucatán; Zacatecas and the Federal District of México.
  • Map of the states and Federal District
  • Official Websites of state and Federal District Governments (Spanish)
  • State Constitutions (Spanish)

Constitutional distribution of powers

• Constitution of Mexico, in particular: (Spanish)
  • Powers of the Congress (Article 73)
  • The States and the Federal District (Articles 115 to 122)
    (Source: Mexican Embassy in Ottawa)

Legislative institutions

• Federal: Bicameral Congress composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The 31 states and the Federal District each elect 4 Senators.
  • Fact sheet on the Senate
  • Official Website of the Senate (Spanish)
  • Official Website of the Chamber of Deputies (Spanish)
• States: Unicameral legislatures (Legislaturas Locales)
  • State Legislatures: from state governments official Websites (Spanish)

Official language: Spanish

Other links of interest

• Basic Facts about Mexico
• Brief history of Mexico (French)