Mexico is divided into 32 federal entities: 31 states and 1 federal district (Mexico City). The country can be divided into several regions, although the specific divisions might vary depending on the source.

Here’s a common regional division with the respective states and their abbreviations:
- North
 
- Baja California (BC)
 - Baja California Sur (BCS)
 - Chihuahua (CHH)
 - Coahuila (COAH)
 - Durango (DGO)
 - Nuevo León (NL)
 - Sinaloa (SIN)
 - Sonora (SON)
 - Tamaulipas (TAM)
 - Zacatecas (ZAC)
 
- Central
 
- Aguascalientes (AGS)
 - Colima (COL)
 - Guanajuato (GTO)
 - Jalisco (JAL)
 - México (MEX)
 - Michoacán (MICH)
 - Nayarit (NAY)
 - Querétaro (QRO)
 - San Luis Potosí (SLP)
 
- South Pacific
 
- Guerrero (GRO)
 - Oaxaca (OAX)
 - Chiapas (CHIS)
 
- Gulf
 
- Campeche (CAMP)
 - Tabasco (TAB)
 - Veracruz (VER)
 
- Yucatán Peninsula
 
- Yucatán (YUC)
 - Quintana Roo (ROO)
 
- East
 
- Hidalgo (HGO)
 - Morelos (MOR)
 - Puebla (PUE)
 - Tlaxcala (TLAX)
 
- Federal District
 
- Mexico City (CDMX)
 
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