Municipalities of Mexico
Ranking Municipality State Population
1 Ecatepec Mexico 1,677,678
2 Tijuana Baja California 1,641,570
3 León Guanajuato 1,578,626
4 Puebla Puebla 1,576,259
5 Guadalajara Jalisco 1,460,148
6 Juárez Chihuahua 1,391,180
7 Zapopan Jalisco 1,332,272
Ranking of municipalities -- By population
Data from the 2015 Intercensal Survey by INEGI . [ 5 ]
Municipalities (municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative divisions of Mexico, where the first-level administrative division is the state (Spanish: estado). As of the establishment of two new municipalities in Chiapas in September 2017, there are 2,448 municipalities in Mexico, not including the 16 delegaciones of Mexico City. The internal political organization and their responsibilities are outlined in the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution and detailed in the constitutions of the states to which they belong. are distinct from , a form of Mexican locality; some municipalities as large as states, while cities can be measured in city blocks.