Is Mexico divided into provinces, states, or regions?
The United Mexican States, or or commonly Mexico. The United Mexican States are a federation of thirty-one free and sovereign states which form a Union that exercises jurisdiction over the Federal District and other territories. Each state has its own constitution and congress, as well as a judiciary, and its citizens elect by direct voting, a governor (gobernador) for a six-year term, as well as representatives (diputados locales) to their respective state congresses, for three-year terms. The 31 states and the Federal District are collectively called “federal entities”, and all are equally represented in the Congress of the Union. Mexican states are also divided into municipalities (municipios), the smallest official political entity in the country, governed by a mayor or “municipal president” (presidente municipal), elected by its residents by plurality. Municipalities can be further subdivided into non-autonomous boroughs or in semi-autonomous auxiliary presidencies. Mexico – See m
