‘Mexico States’ Archives
Mexico State San Luis Potosi
Set midway between the northeast and center of the country, San Luis Potosí is one of the states with the greatest number of neighbors: Jalisco, Zacatecas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Querétaro and Guanajuato. Geographically, it is divided into the Huasteca Potosina, the Middle Zone and the High Tableland. Its [...]
Mexico State Mexico
In the heart of Mexico, surrounded by eight states, lies the state of Mexico, one of the most complex and varied in the country. The scenery varies from arid landscapes to fertile land in the warm valleys of the south, dotted with imposing volcanoes. The climate is equally diverse, ranging from semi-tropical in the south, to cold or cool in [...]
Mexico State Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo is one of the youngest states in the country as well as the furthest east, meaning that it is the first Mexican state to see the sun come up every day. It is located in the Yucatán Peninsula, which it shares with Campeche and Yucatán, to the south it is separated from Belize and Guatemala by the Bay of Chetumal and Río Hondo, [...]
Mexico State Aguacalientes
The state of Aguacalientes is located midway between the center and west of Mexico, and is completely surrounded by the states of Jalisco and Zacatecas. It was the land of the fearless Chichimecs that fiercely resisted the Spanish conquistadors. Paradoxically, yet perhaps because of its numerous gold veins, Aguascalientes is one of Mexico?s [...]
Mexico State Zacatecas
The name Zacatecas comes from the Nahuatl, zacatl meaning grass and co meaning place: "place where the grass is plentiful." It is located in the northern central region of Mexico and is bounded by Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Durango. The region was originally inhabited by sedentary communities yet by the time the [...]
Mexico State Sinaloa
Although this state is located in the northeast of Mexico, culturally speaking, it has more in common with the west. It is surrounded by Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango and Nayarit, and has a beautiful, broad Pacific shoreline as well as a coastline along the Sea of Cortés. In ancient times, it was occupied by groups of hunter-gatherers that [...]
Mexico State Michoacan
The state of Michoacán encompasses the west central and Pacific areas and is surrounded by Colima, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, the state of Mexico, Guerrero and the Pacific. Because of its abundance of lakes, Michoacán has been called "the land of fishermen." Its surroundings are a pleasant combination of different types of landscape, [...]
Mexico State Sonora
The large, prosperous state of Sonora is located in the northeast of the country. It is bounded by Chihuahua and Sinaloa and in the far northeast, it joins Baja California. It borders on Arizona to the north and is washed by the Gulf of California in the west. Its unusual landscape ranges from beaches to valleys and from plains to mountains [...]
Mexico State Puebla
Puebla is located in the central part of the country and surrounded by the states of Mexico, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Guerrero and Morelos. Its surroundings are dominated by mountain ranges with enormous volcanoes such as Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl while forests and fertile cropland, as well as rivers, lakes, springs and [...]
Mexico State Queretaro
The state of Querétaro has numerous historical, cultural and natural attractions. It is located in the center of the country and bounded by Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, the state of Mexico and Michoacán. Its surroundings consist mainly of mountain ranges and low hills, with fertile valleys in the south. Querétaro is synonymous with art, [...]
