Municipalities of Mexico map & data
Mexico has 791 municipalities in this layer, spread over 19 states. The most are in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (240), Yucatan (223) and Tlaxcala (118) - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave alone holds 30% of them. The largest include Ciudad de México, Cancún and Ensenada.
Municipalities by state
| State | Areas | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 240 | 30% |
| Yucatan | 223 | 28% |
| Tlaxcala | 118 | 15% |
| Queretaro de Arteaga | 115 | 15% |
| Sinaloa | 37 | 4.7% |
| Quintana Roo | 18 | 2.3% |
| Distrito Federal | 11 | 1.4% |
| Guanajuato | 8 | 1.0% |
| Baja California | 6 | 0.8% |
| Campeche | 3 | 0.4% |
| Mexico | 3 | 0.4% |
| Tabasco | 2 | 0.3% |
| Baja California Sur | 1 | 0.1% |
| Coahuila de Zaragoza | 1 | 0.1% |
| Durango | 1 | 0.1% |
| Jalisco | 1 | 0.1% |
| Sonora | 1 | 0.1% |
| Tamaulipas | 1 | 0.1% |
| Zacatecas | 1 | 0.1% |
Largest municipalities in Mexico
- Ciudad de MéxicoDistrito Federal · pop. 9209944 · 616.5 km²
- CancúnQuintana Roo · pop. 888797 · 449.2 km²
- EnsenadaBaja California · 380.7 km²
- DurangoDurango · pop. 518709 · 247.6 km²
- Playa del CarmenQuintana Roo · pop. 149923 · 205.2 km²
- La Honda Mennonite CommunityZacatecas · 170.7 km²
- Culiacán RosalesSinaloa · 138.7 km²
- Santiago de QuerétaroQueretaro de Arteaga · pop. 804663 · 126.8 km²
- TulumQuintana Roo · pop. 33374 · 98.3 km²
- Zona Urbana de CelayaGuanajuato · 67.7 km²
- CelayaGuanajuato · 67 km²
- Puerto MorelosQuintana Roo · pop. 19205 · 58.1 km²
- Los MochisSinaloa · pop. 298009 · 12 m · 56.8 km²
- Piedras NegrasCoahuila de Zaragoza · pop. 173959 · 52.9 km²
- Ciudad MujeresQuintana Roo · pop. 8062 · 50.3 km²
- San Miguel de CozumelQuintana Roo · pop. 79535 · 45.2 km²
- ChablekalYucatan · pop. 5034 · 45.1 km²
- KomchénYucatan · pop. 5598 · 39.8 km²
- CaucelYucatan · pop. 8823 · 36.3 km²
- KanasínYucatan · pop. 77240 · 29.4 km²
- Ciudad AventurasQuintana Roo · 24.5 km²
- GuamúchilGuamúchil · Sinaloa · 23.3 km²
- CholulYucatan · pop. 11745 · 23.2 km²
- Santa Clara de JuárezMexico · 21.2 km²
- SitpachYucatan · pop. 2226 · 20.6 km²
- TiziminYucatan · pop. 46971 · 20 m · 19.7 km²
- ValladolidYucatan · pop. 48973 · 19.2 km²
- San Miguel de AllendeGuanajuato · 18.1 km²
- TetlaTlaxcala · 17.4 km²
- HunucmáYucatan · pop. 28412 · 16.3 km²
- UmánYucatan · pop. 39611 · 15.8 km²
- KantunilkinQuintana Roo · 14.5 km²
- PapalotlaTlaxcala · 14.5 km²
- Alfredo V. BonfilQuintana Roo · pop. 14900 · 13.8 km²
- OxkutzcabYucatan · pop. 26175 · 13.8 km²
- Motul de Carrillo PuertoYucatan · pop. 23240 · 13.5 km²
- ZacatelcoTlaxcala · 13.3 km²
- San Andrés AhuashuatepecTlaxcala · 13.3 km²
- TlaxcoTlaxcala · 13.1 km²
- San Pablo del MonteTlaxcala · 12.7 km²
What's in this layer
Every municipality in the layer comes with its name, outline (polygon), area in km², the region it belongs to and a source ID. Local government areas: cities, towns, communes and municipalities with their official boundaries.
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How many municipalities are there in Mexico?
This layer holds 791 municipalities in Mexico, the most of them in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave. The data is refreshed every 6 months; this release is from November 2026.
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