Mexico's official name is the United Mexican States. There are 32 states, including a federal district. Below is a list of the state capital, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses, and then the capital of the state.
State (Abbr.) Capital Aguascalientes (Ags.) Aguascalientes Baja California (B.C.) Mexicali Baja California Sur (B.C.S.) La Paz Campeche (Camp.) Campeche Chiapas (Chis.) Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chihuahua (Chih.) Chihuahua Coahuila (Coah.) Saltillo Colima (Col.) Colima Distrito Federal (D.F.) Mexico City Durango (Dgo.) Durango Guanajuato (Gto.) Guanajuato Guerrero (Gro.) Chilpancingo Hidalgo (Hgo.) Pachuca Jalisco (Jal.) Guadalajara Mexico (Mex.) Toluca Michoacán (Mich.) Morelia Morelos (Mor.) Cuernavaca Nayarit (Nay.) Tepic Nuevo León (N.L.) Monterrey Oaxaca (Oax.) Oaxaca Puebla (Pue.) Puebla Querétaro (Qro.) Querétaro Quintana Roo (Q.R.) Chetumal San Luis Potosí (S.L.P.) San Luis Potosí Sinaloa (Sin.) Culiacán Sonora (Son.) Hermosillo Tabasco (Tab.) Villahermosa Tamaulipas (Tamps.) Ciudad Victoria Tlaxcala (Tlax.) Tlaxcala Veracruz (Ver.) Jalapa Yucatán (Yuc.) Mérida Zacatecas (Zac.) Zacatecas