List of Mexican states by area

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The following table lists Mexico's 31 federated entities, ranked by total continental surface. [1]

RankStateland (km2)land (sq mi) % of total
1 Chihuahua 247,412.695,526.5
2 Sonora 179,354.769,249.2
3 Coahuila 151,594.858,531.1
4 Durango 123,364.047,631.1
5 Oaxaca 93,757.636,200.0
6 Tamaulipas 80,249.330,984.4
7 Jalisco 78,595.930,346.0
8 Zacatecas 75,275.329,064.0
9 Baja California Sur 73,909.428,536.6
10 Chiapas 73,311.028,305.5
11 Veracruz 71,823.527,731.2
12 Baja California 71,450.027,587.0
13 Nuevo León 64,156.224,770.8
14 Guerrero 63,595.924,554.5
15 San Luis Potosí 61,138.023,605.5
16 Michoacán 58,598.722,625.1
17 Campeche 57,484.922,195.0
18 Sinaloa 57,365.422,148.9
19 Quintana Roo 44,705.217,260.8
20 Yucatán 39,524.415,260.5
21 Puebla 34,309.613,247.0
22 Guanajuato 30,606.711,817.3
23 Nayarit 27,856.510,755.5
24 Tabasco 24,730.99,548.7
25 México 22,351.88,630.1
26 Hidalgo 20,821.48,039.2
27 Querétaro 11,690.64,513.8
28 Colima 5,626.92,172.6
29 Aguascalientes 5,615.72,168.2
30 Morelos 4,878.91,883.8
31 Tlaxcala 3,996.61,543.1
32 Ciudad de México 1,494.3577.0

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References

  1. "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental" (in Spanish). INEGI. January 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2021.