ISO 3166-2:MX is the entry for Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization . It defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions . The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation...

 standard

Standardization

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 published by the International Organization for Standardization

International Organization for Standardization

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

s or states) of all countries

Country

A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...

 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names...

.

Currently for Mexico, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 federal district and 31 states

States of Mexico

The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...

. The capital of the country Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 forms the Mexican Federal District and has special status equal to the states.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is MX, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code of Mexico. The second part is three letters.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

Subdivision names are sorted in traditional Spanish alphabetical order: a-c, ch, d-l, ll, m-n, ñ, o-z.

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Code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category
MX-DIF		federal district
MX-AGU	Aguascalientes	state
MX-BCN	Baja California	state
MX-BCS	Baja California Sur	state
MX-CAM	Campeche	state
MX-COA	Coahuila	state
MX-COL	Colima	state
MX-CHP		state
MX-CHH		state
MX-DUR	Durango	state
MX-GUA	Guanajuato	state
MX-GRO	Guerrero	state
MX-HID	Hidalgo	state
MX-JAL	Jalisco	state
MX-MEX		state
MX-MIC	Michoacán	state
MX-MOR	Morelos	state
MX-NAY	Nayarit	state
MX-NLE	Nuevo León	state
MX-OAX	Oaxaca	state
MX-PUE	Puebla	state
MX-QUE	Querétaro	state
MX-ROO	Quintana Roo	state
MX-SLP	San Luis Potosí	state
MX-SIN	Sinaloa	state
MX-SON	Sonora	state
MX-TAB	Tabasco	state
MX-TAM	Tamaulipas	state
MX-TLA	Tlaxcala	state
MX-VER	Veracruz	state
MX-YUC	Yucatán	state
MX-ZAC	Zacatecas	state

See also

• Subdivisions of Mexico
• FIPS region codes of Mexico