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Mexico State

Mexico State, often referred to locally as Edomex, is one of the federal entities of the country of the same name in , surrounding on three sides.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tequixquiac and Toluca.

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is a town in the north of the State of Mexico. It is known mainly for the sanctuary of the Lord of the Chapel, patron saint of this place and the main reason for visiting the municipality within the so-called religious tourism, this occurs between January and February.

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was a pre-Columbian cultural center and is now the capital of Mexico State. The city has several tourist attractions that are due to its great cultural and artistic heritage, some of the attractions are its traditional portals, the Cosmovitral botanical garden, the annual Alfeñique Fair on the occasion of the Day of the Dead festival and the International Festival of Cinema.

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, also known as the City of the Gods, is an archeological site 40 km northeast of . Náhuatl for "the place where men became gods", is home to some of the largest ancient pyramids in the world.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Ecatepec and Amecameca.

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is a suburb of , lying just across the state line in Mexico State. Although densely populated and well positioned as an important transportation hub for northern Mexico City, it is not a particularly attractive area and has little in the way of culture or recreation to draw out-of-town visitors.

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de Juárez is a sleepy town of 31,000 people south of Mexico City, in the State of Mexico between Mexico City and the Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl volcanos of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

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is a city in Mexico State. Once an identifiable city in its own right, is now regarded as a suburb of . It is known mainly for its quaint streets and commerce, including a number of shops selling Mexican artesanias, particularly ceramic sculptures.

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is a historic pre-Hispanic city in Estado de Mexico. Once part of the triple alliance of Aztec power in the central valley, the city declined quickly after the Spanish conquest and today is an unremarkable suburb of with few remains of its former greatness.

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is a small city of about 40,000 souls in rural Mexico State. It is a historic town with a lot of colonial era charm and a mountain setting with scenic waterfalls.

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has a long and fascinating history, having been established by the Otomi indigenous people as early as 2500 B.C. The city is in Mexico State, 40 km northeast of .

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is a fascinating small town in Mexico State that is a popular weekend destination for people from Mexico City and Cuernavaca. It is a very old community famous for its Aztec temples, its colonial era small town feel with several historic churches…

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is a lively lakeside town in Mexico State, , about 150 km west of . Set on the shores of Lake Avándaro, it is a popular weekend retreat with marinas, sailing clubs, exciting adventure activities like paragliding, and beautiful natural resources, including one of Mexico's famous monarch butterfly sanctuaries.

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is a city of 11,000 in . Visitors come for the romantic colonial town center and for the thermal spas and mineral baths. It is recognized as one of Mexico's .

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Some people come to for its small-town charm, some for its fishing and water sports in the rivers and four nearby lakes, still others for its traditional leather craftsmen producing boots, jackets, and bags.

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, also known as de Degollado, is a small town of about 14,000 people in Estado de Mexico, about one hour southwest of Mexico City.

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is a small colonial era town in northwestern Mexico State that was once a hub of mining activity. Many visitors come for its colorful history and charming old-world atmosphere, but it also offers opportunities for outdoor recreation, particularly on Presa Brockman, a man-made lake, and the pine forests of nearby Rayon National Park.

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, officially referred to as de Gomez Farias, is a small town of fewer than 10,000 residents in rural Mexico State. Although the big city suburbs are steadily encroaching on the town, with a total population of 34,000 in 2010, it retains a rural character that is best exemplified by its love of animals, particularly the humble burro.

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is a small town in southern Mexico State. With its rich indigenous traditions and its wealth of natural attractions, the town is a popular weekend destination for city dwellers from .

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is a large, developed, urban park that straddles the boundary of and Mexico. It goes by several names, the only one of which nobody ever actually uses is its official name, Parque Nacional Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

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is a small city in the northwestern part of Mexico State. Although the town has a scenic colonial center, it is most popular as an outdoor weekend destination with rolling hills, idyllic waterfalls, and some mountain cliffs that are ideal for rockclimbers.

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is a popular recreation and tourist area 40 km from , the capitol of Mexico State in . The park extends over an area of 51,000 acres surrounding a large volcano with a 1.5 km wide caldera featuring two lakes in its basin.
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Mexico State

Latitude of center
19.4839° or 19° 29′ 2″ north
Longitude of center
-99.69° or 99° 41′ 24″ west
Population
17,000,000
Elevation
2,605 metres (8,547 feet)
Abbreviation
“MEX”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3523272
Wiki­data ID
Q82112
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mexico State” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Edomex”
  • Afrikaans: “Staat Meksiko”
  • Arabic: “ولاية مكسيكو”
  • Arabic: “ولايه مكسيكو”
  • Aragonese: “Estato de Mexico”
  • Aragonese: “Estau de Mexico”
  • Armenian: “Մեխիկո”
  • Asturian: “Edomex”
  • Asturian: “Estáu de Méxicu”
  • Asturian: “Méxicu (Estáu)”
  • Aymara: “Mïxiku Istadu”
  • Aymara: “Mïxiku suyu”
  • Balinese: “Méksiko (negara wagian)”
  • Balinese: “Méksiko”
  • Basque: “Estado de Mexico”
  • Basque: “Mexiko Estatua”
  • Basque: “Mexiko”
  • Basque: “Mexikoko estatu”
  • Basque: “Mexikoko estatua”
  • Bavarian: “México”
  • Belarusian: “Мехіка”
  • Belarusian: “Мэхіка”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Мехіка”
  • Bengali: “মেক্সিকো রাজ্য”
  • Bosnian: “Mexico”
  • Bosnian: “México”
  • Breton: “México / México”
  • Breton: “Stad Mec’hiko”
  • Bulgarian: “Мексико”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Mèxic”
  • Cebuano: “Estado de México”
  • Cebuano: “Estado sa Mehiko”
  • Chavacano: “Estado de Méjico”
  • Chechen: “Мехико (штат)”
  • Chechen: “Мехико”
  • Cherokee: “ᎠᏂᏍᏆᏂ”
  • Chinese: “México Chiu”
  • Chinese: “墨西哥州”
  • Cornish: “Stat Meksiko”
  • Cornish: “Stat Veksiko”
  • Corsican: “Edomex”
  • Corsican: “Messicu”
  • Corsican: “Statu di u Messicu”
  • Croatian: “Estado de México”
  • Croatian: “Meksiko”
  • Croatian: “Mexico”
  • Croatian: “México”
  • Czech: “Edomex”
  • Czech: “Estado de México”
  • Czech: “Estado Libre y Soberano de México”
  • Czech: “México”
  • Czech: “Mexiko”
  • Czech: “MX-MEX”
  • Czech: “Stát Mexico”
  • Danish: “Edomex”
  • Danish: “Estado de México”
  • Danish: “Mexico”
  • Danish: “México”
  • Dutch: “Edomex”
  • Dutch: “Estado de Mexico”
  • Dutch: “Estado de México”
  • Dutch: “Mexico”
  • Dutch: “Staat Mexico”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ولاية ميكسيكو”
  • Esperanto: “Estado de Mexico”
  • Esperanto: “Estado de México”
  • Esperanto: “Meksiko”
  • Esperanto: “Meksikoŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Meksikŝtato”
  • Estonian: “Mexico osariik”
  • Estonian: “México osariik”
  • Finnish: “México”
  • French: “Edomex”
  • French: “Estado de Mexico”
  • French: “Estado de México”
  • French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de México”
  • French: “Etat de Mexico”
  • French: “Etat de México”
  • French: “État de Mexico”
  • French: “État de México”
  • French: “Mexico”
  • French: “MX-MEX”
  • Galician: “Estado de México”
  • Georgian: “მეხიკო”
  • Georgian: “მეხიკოს შტატი”
  • German: “Bundesstaat Mexiko”
  • German: “México”
  • German: “MX-MEX”
  • Greek: “πολιτεία του Μεξικού”
  • Greek: “Πολιτεία του Μεξικού”
  • Guarani: “Tetãvore Méhiko”
  • Gujarati: “મેક્સિકો”
  • Hausa: “Jihar Mexico”
  • Hebrew: “מקסיקו”
  • Hindi: “मेक्सिको”
  • Hungarian: “México Szövetségi Állam”
  • Hungarian: “México”
  • Icelandic: “Mexíkó (fylki)”
  • Icelandic: “Mexíkó”
  • Iloko: “Estado ti Mehiko”
  • Indonesian: “Meksiko”
  • Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Meksiko”
  • Interlingua: “Stato Mexico”
  • Irish: “Meicsiceo”
  • Irish: “México”
  • Italian: “Messico”
  • Italian: “Stato del Messico”
  • Japanese: “メキシコ州”
  • Japanese: “メヒコ州”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆಕ್ಸಿಕೊ”
  • Korean: “메히코 주”
  • Korean: “멕시코주”
  • Ladino: “Estado de Meksiko”
  • Ladino: “Estado de Meshiko”
  • Latin: “Civitas Mexici”
  • Latvian: “Mehiko”
  • Limburgan: “Mexico (staot)”
  • Limburgan: “Mexico”
  • Lithuanian: “Meksikas”
  • Lithuanian: “Meksiko valstija”
  • Lombard: “Messich”
  • Lombard: “Méssich”
  • Macedonian: “Мексико”
  • Malay: “Mexico”
  • Marathi: “मेक्सिको”
  • Marathi: “मेशिको”
  • Marathi: “मेहिको”
  • Mazanderani: “مکزیک ایالت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “México Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “მეხიკოშ შტატი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Meksiko (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Meksiko”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado de Mexico”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado de México”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de México”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mexico”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “México”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delstaten México”
  • Norwegian: “México”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Edomex”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estat de Mexic”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estat de Mexico”
  • Ossetian: “Мехико (штат)”
  • Ossetian: “Мехико”
  • Ossetian: “Мехикойы штат”
  • Pampanga: “Mexico State”
  • Persian: “استادو د مخیکو”
  • Persian: “ایالت مخیکو”
  • Persian: “ایالت‌ مکزیک”
  • Persian: “ایالت مکزیک”
  • Persian: “مخیکو”
  • Piemontese: “Méssich”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Meksikoe Stait”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Stait o‘ Meksikoe”
  • Polish: “Meksyk”
  • Portuguese: “Estado do México”
  • Portuguese: “México, México”
  • Portuguese: “México”
  • Quechua: “Mishiku suyu”
  • Romanian: “Estado de México”
  • Romanian: “Mexic”
  • Romanian: “Mexico”
  • Romanian: “México”
  • Romansh: “Mexico”
  • Romansh: “Stadi da Mexico”
  • Russian: “Мехико”
  • Sardinian: “Istadu de su Mèssicu”
  • Sardinian: “Mèssicu”
  • Scots: “Estado de México”
  • Scots: “Mexico State”
  • Scots: “Mexico”
  • Scots: “State o Mexico”
  • Serbian: “Estado de México”
  • Serbian: “Meksiko”
  • Serbian: “Мексико”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Meksiko”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Mexico”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država México”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “México”
  • Sinhala: “මෙක්සිකෝ ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Sinhala: “මෙක්සිකෝ”
  • Slovak: “Mexiko”
  • Slovenian: “México”
  • Spanish: “Edomex”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Estado de México”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Méjico”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Mexico”
  • Spanish: “Estado de México”
  • Spanish: “Estado Libre y Soberano de México”
  • Spanish: “México”
  • Spanish: “Mexiquense”
  • Swahili: “Mexico”
  • Swedish: “Edomex”
  • Swedish: “Mexiko”
  • Tagalog: “Estado ng Mehiko”
  • Tagalog: “Estado ng México”
  • Tamil: “மெக்சிக்கோ மாநிலம்”
  • Tamil: “மெக்ஸிகோ”
  • Tatar: “Мехико (штат)”
  • Tatar: “Мехико”
  • Telugu: “మెక్సికో”
  • Thai: “รัฐเม็กซิโก”
  • Thai: “รัฐเมฆิโก”
  • Thai: “รัฐเมฮิโก”
  • Thai: “รัฐเมฮีโก”
  • Thai: “เอสตาโด เด เม็กซิโก”
  • Tumbuka: “México”
  • Turkish: “Meksika”
  • Ukrainian: “Мехіко”
  • Ukrainian: “Штат Мехіко”
  • Urdu: “اسٹیٹ میکسیکو”
  • Urdu: “ریاست میکسیکو”
  • Uzbek: “Mexiko”
  • Venetian: “Mèsego”
  • Venetian: “Mèsico”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang México”
  • Vietnamese: “Mexico”
  • Vietnamese: “México”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estado de México”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estado han Mehiko”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estado han Mexico”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mehiko”
  • Waray (Philippines): “México”
  • Welsh: “Mexico”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Mecsico”
  • Welsh: “talaith Mexico”
  • Western Panjabi: “ریاست میکسیکو”
  • Wu Chinese: “墨西哥州”
  • Yue Chinese: “墨西哥州”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlatilantli tlen Mexko”
  • “Mexihko Tlatilantli”
  • “Mexko Tlatilantli”
  • “Tlahko Mexihko”
  • “Tlahko Mexihko Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Tlahko Mexko”
  • “Tlahko Mexko Tlahtohkayotl”

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