Settlement classification in Mexico


's states classify their settlements in a variety of fashions:

[Aguascalientes]

Under Article 106 of the Municipal Law of the State of Aguascalientes, the state defines its settlements as follows:

[Baja California Sur]

According to Article 10 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Baja California Sur, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Article 12 of the Organic Municipalities Law of the State of Campeche, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
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:
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.

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According to Article 13 bis of the Municipal Code of the State of Chihuahua, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Article 22 of the Municipal Code for the State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Article 13 of the Organic Law of Free Municipalities of the State of Colima, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Article 6 of the Organic Law of the Free Municipality of the State of Durango, the state categorises its settlements as follows:
According to Article 23 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Guanajuato, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Article 1 of the Law number 59, territorial division of the state, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Article 20 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Hidalgo, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Chapter II of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Jalisco, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Article 9 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Mexico, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
Elevating a settlement to a city status is a function of the State Congress. The lower statuses can be granted by municipal authorities.

[Michoacán]

According to Article 1 of the Organic Law of the Territorial Division of Michoacán, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to Article 23 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Morelos, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
Under the Law of Political Categories for Settlements in the State of Nayarit, the state classifies its settlements as follows:

[Oaxaca]

According to the Municipal Law of the State of Oaxaca, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
According to the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Puebla, the state classifies its settlements in terms of their populations and their provision of certain basic public services :
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 :
According to the Organic Municipal Law of the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
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:
According to article 12 of the Organic Municipal Law of the Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa, the state classifies its settlements as follows:

[Tabasco]

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 Article 13 of the Municipal Code for the State of Tamaulipas, the state classifies its settlements as follows:
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:
According to Article 11 of the Organic Law of the Free Municipality of the State of Veracruz, the state categorises its settlements as follows:
According to Article 12 of the Government Law of the Municipality of the State of Yucatán, the state categorises its settlements as follows:
According to Article 25 of the Organic Law of the Municipality of the State of Zacatecas, the state categorises its settlements as follows: