‘Mexico States’ Archives
Mexico State Morelos
Set in the center of the country and surrounded by complex mountain ranges, lies the state of Morelos, which enjoys one of the mildest climates in the country. It borders on the Federal District and the states of Mexico, Puebla and Guerrero. Despite its small size, it boasts numerous attractions. This territory was dominated by the [...]
Mexico State Baja California
Baja California is set in the far northeast of Mexico. Its shores are washed by the Pacific Ocean (to the west) and by the Sea of Cortés (to the east). It borders on Sonora to the northeast, Baja California Sur to the south and the North American state of California to the north. The region was formerly inhabited by nomadic groups that [...]
Mexico State Veracruz
Veracruz, the state with the longest coastline on the Gulf of Mexico, is virtually synonymous with enjoyment, music, dancing, magic and witchcraft. It is set in the east of the country, and borders on Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco. Its climate varies according to the region and ranges from hot and [...]
Mexico State Durango
The state of Durango, nestling in the Sierra Madre Occidental, is surrounded by Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Jalisco and Nayarit. Its surroundings are full of spectacularly beautiful natural formations that have served as the setting for several films on the Wild West. Its landscape includes forests, canyons, valleys, rivers, [...]
Mexico State Nayarit
On the Pacific coast, surrounded by the states of Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas and Jalisco, lies the attractive state of Nayarit. Its origins are to be found in the Cora and Huichol groups that settled in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental. In ancient times, it was a major transit area and legend has it that the group that would [...]
Mexico State Distrito Federal
Despite being the smallest state in Mexico, the Federal District, the country's capital, is the largest and most complex city in the world. Its combination of history, culture and entertainment makes it an extremely attractive city. Architectural traces of its pre-Hispanic and vice-regal past are interspersed with modern buildings. Its [...]
Mexico State Oaxaca
The land of mescal, the Guelaguetza and a magical cuisine, Oaxaca is located in the south of Mexico, borders on Guerrero, Puebla, Veracruz and Chiapas and has a spectacular Pacific coastline. Its scenery contains natural contrasts that make it unusually attractive. It is surrounded by the Sierra Madre Oriental, which leads into the Nudo [...]
Mexico State Tamaulipas
In the extreme northeast of Mexico, bounded by Nuevo León. San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, the Gulf of Mexico and Texas, lies the state of Tamaulipas, whose name is derived from the Huastec Tamaholipa, "place where people pray a lot," referring to the mission churches. However, neither the Conquest nor the subsequent evangelization was to have [...]
Mexico State Yucatan
The legendary land of the Maya is located in the north of the peninsula after which it is named and which it shares with Campeche and Quintana Roo; it is washed by the Gulf of Mexico in the north. Yucatán forms part of the Mayan world, vestiges of which can be found throughout its territory, particularly in Chichén Itzá and along the Puuc [...]
Mexico State Nuevo Leon
This state, located in the northeast of Mexico, borders on the states of Coahuila, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas: to the north, it borders on Texas. Its climate is extreme: cold most of the year and cool and rainy in the summer in the highlands, cool in the south with extreme temperatures in the desert. It was occupied by nomadic [...]
