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Regions of Mexico

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:

  1. 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)
  1. Central
  • Aguascalientes (AGS)
  • Colima (COL)
  • Guanajuato (GTO)
  • Jalisco (JAL)
  • México (MEX)
  • Michoacán (MICH)
  • Nayarit (NAY)
  • Querétaro (QRO)
  • San Luis Potosí (SLP)
  1. South Pacific
  • Guerrero (GRO)
  • Oaxaca (OAX)
  • Chiapas (CHIS)
  1. Gulf
  • Campeche (CAMP)
  • Tabasco (TAB)
  • Veracruz (VER)
  1. Yucatán Peninsula
  • Yucatán (YUC)
  • Quintana Roo (ROO)
  1. East
  • Hidalgo (HGO)
  • Morelos (MOR)
  • Puebla (PUE)
  • Tlaxcala (TLAX)
  1. Federal District
  • Mexico City (CDMX)

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