List of cities in Mexico facts for kids

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This article contains lists of most populous cities as well as municipalities of Mexico.

Most populous cities

This is a list of cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2010 Mexican national census.

Veracruz and Naucalpan are cities whose area is divided between two municipalities; the list gives the population of each part of the city separately. Mexico City contains all of the federal entity's area, including rural areas with relatively small populations. The Mexico City's population, according to the localities in its municipalities, is 8,810,393 urban (99.54%) and 40,687 rural (0.46%). All other localities are officially classified as solely urban by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). All of the map links are of the same scale.

‡ These cities extend beyond the borders of a single municipality.

Most populous municipalities

1 – Mexico City.

2 - Ecatepec de Morelos.

3 - Tijuana.

5 - Guadalajara, Jalisco.

6 – León, Guanajuato.

7 – Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

10 - Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico.

11 - Mexicali, Baja California.

12 - Culiacan, Sinaloa.

13 - Naucalpan de Juárez.

14 - Mérida, Yucatán.

16 - Chihuahua, Chihuahua.

18 - Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes.

19 – Acapulco, Guerrero.

20 – Hermosillo, Sonora.

21 – San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.

22 - Morelia, Michoacán.

23 – Saltillo, Coahuila.

The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in Mexico as of the 2010 census. As defined by the Mexico's Census Bureau the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in Spanish, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Ciudades más pobladas de México para niños