According to the Law on the Political and Administrative Classification of Population Centres in the State of Chiapas, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
Ciudades (cities): At least 10,000 inhabitants, and adequate urban infrastructure.
Villas (towns): At least 5,000 inhabitants.
Pueblos (villages): At least 2,500 inhabitants
Rancherías, colonias, parajes, cantones and riberas (hamlets and neighbourhoods): At least 300 inhabitants.
To serve as a municipal seat, a settlement must be either a city or town. The granting of all settlement statuses is a function of the State Congress.
According to Article 6 of the Organic Law of the Free Municipality of the State of Durango,[permanent dead link] the state categorises its settlements as follows:
According to the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Puebla,[1] the state classifies its settlements in terms of their populations and their provision of certain basic public services (schools, clinics, abattoirs, graveyards, etc.):
Ciudad (city): Census population of at least 20,000.
Villa (town): Census population of at least 10,000.
Pueblo (village): Census population of at least 2,500.
Ranchería (hamlet): Census population of at least 500, and at least 5km from the nearest city, town or village.
Comunidad (community): Up to 500 inhabitants, and at least 5km from the nearest larger settlement.
Barrio (neighbourhood): Collection of houses structured as blocks (manzanas) that may be part of a town, village, hamlet, or community.
Sección (section): Collection of blocks, neighbourhoods, colonias, communities, or hamlets that individually or collectively total more than 1,000 inhabitants.
Under Art. 7 of the law, municipal seats may not have a classification lower than that of a town (villa).
According to the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Querétaro, the state classifies its settlements in terms of their populations and their provision of certain basic public services (schools, clinics, abattoirs, graveyards, etc.):
Ciudad (city): Census population of at least 30,000, or a municipal seat irrespective of size.
Villa (town): Census population of at least 7,000.
Pueblo (village): Census population of at least 2,000.
Ranchería (hamlet): Census population of at least 500.
Caserío (rural community): Rural settlement of up to 500 inhabitants.
According to article 9 of the Organic Municipal Law of the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
Ciudad (city): more than 20,000 inhabitants, wherein certain medical and police services are available and infrastructure is in place.
Villa (town): more than 6,500 inhabitants, wherein certain medical and police services are available and infrastructure is in place.
Pueblo (village): more than 1,000 inhabitants, with certain basic services.
According to article 9 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Tabasco, the state classifies its settlements in terms of their population and their provision of certain basic public services:
According to the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Tlaxcala, the state classifies its settlements in terms of their population and their provision of certain basic public services:
Ciudad (city): At least 20,000 inhabitants.
Villa (town): At least 10,000 inhabitants.
Pueblo (village): At least 1,000 inhabitants.
Colonia (neighbourhood): At least 300 inhabitants.
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