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The intrastate regions (Spanish : regiones), and sometimes districts (Spanish : distritos) are collections of municipalities in a Mexican state that are grouped together to support the administration of the state government and are not regulated by the Constitution of Mexico. The reasons for such a grouping include simplicity of administration and keeping statistics, politics, as well as geographic relationship (such as being part of a particular valley.)
Intrastate regions exist in the following 11 states:
Jalisco groups its 125 municipalities into 12 regions. [1] [2]
Code | Region | Municipalities | |
---|---|---|---|
01 | Norte | North | 10 |
02 | Altos Norte | Highlands North | 8 |
03 | Altos Sur | Highlands South | 12 |
04 | Ciénega | Swamp | 9 |
05 | Sureste | Southeast | 10 |
06 | Sur | South | 12 |
07 | Sierra de Amula | Amula mountain | 14 |
08 | Costa Sur | Coast South | 6 |
09 | Costa-Sierra Occidental | Coast-Western Mountain | 8 |
10 | Valles | Valleys | 12 |
11 | Lagunas | Lagoons | 12 |
12 | Centro | Central | 12 |
The State of Mexico groups its 125 municipalities into 20 regions, and they are numbered by Roman numerals. [3]
Code | Region | Municipalities |
---|---|---|
I | Amecameca | 13 |
II | Atlacomulco | 14 |
III | Chimalhuacán | 4 |
IV | Cuautitlán Izcalli | 3 |
V | Ecatepec | 2 |
VI | Ixtlahuaca | 6 |
VII | Lerma | 7 |
VIII | Metepec | 4 |
IX | Naucalpan | 5 |
X | Nezahualcóyotl | 1 |
XI | Otumba | 10 |
XII | Tejupilco | 11 |
XIII | Tenancingo | 10 |
XIV | Tepotzotlán | 7 |
XV | Texcoco | 4 |
XVI | Tlalnepantla | 1 |
XVII | Toluca | 2 |
XVIII | Texcoco | 4 |
XIX | Valle de Bravo | 12 |
XX | Zumpango | 5 |
Oaxaca groups its 570 municipalities into 30 districts, and then into 8 regions. [4] [5]
Region | District | Municipalities | |
---|---|---|---|
Costa | Jamiltepec | 24 | 50 |
Juquila | 12 | ||
Pochutla | 14 | ||
Istmo | Juchitán | 22 | 41 |
Tehuantepec | 19 | ||
Mixteca | Coixtlahuaca | 13 | 155 |
Huajuapan | 28 | ||
Juxtlahuaca | 7 | ||
Nochixtlán | 32 | ||
Silacayoapam | 19 | ||
Teposcolula | 21 | ||
Tlaxiaco | 35 | ||
Sierra de Flores Magón | Cuicatlán | 20 | 45 |
Teotitlán | 25 | ||
Sierra de Juárez | Ixtlán | 26 | 68 |
Mixe | 17 | ||
Villa Alta | 25 | ||
Sierra Sur | Miahuatlán | 32 | 70 |
Putla | 10 | ||
Sola de Vega | 16 | ||
Yautepec | 12 | ||
Papaloapan | Choapam | 6 | 20 |
Tuxtepec | 14 | ||
Valles Centrales | Centro | 21 | 121 |
Ejutla | 13 | ||
Etla | 23 | ||
Ocotlán | 20 | ||
Tlacolula | 25 | ||
Zaachila | 6 | ||
Zimatlán | 13 |
Veracruz groups its 212 municipalities into 10 regions. [6]
Region | Municipalities |
---|---|
Huasteca Alta | 15 |
Huasteca Baja | 18 |
Totonaca | 15 |
Nautla | 11 |
Capital | 33 |
Mountains | 57 |
Sotavento | 12 |
Papaloapan | 22 |
Los Tuxtlas | 4 |
Olmeca | 25 |
Yucatán groups its 106 municipalities into 7 regions. [7]
Code | Region | Municipalities | |
---|---|---|---|
I | Poniente | West | 10 |
II | Noroeste | Northwest | 19 |
II | Centro | Central | 15 |
IV | Litoral centro | Littoral central | 16 |
V | Noreste | Northesst | 9 |
VI | Oriente | East | 20 |
VII | Sur | South | 17 |