Mexico Administrative Boundaries for 32 States and 2,457 Municipalities

2,457 municipal-level boundaries provide detailed subnational coverage for Mexico. The dataset is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection, contributed and quality-assured by OCHA humanitarian offices. Its boundaries were created on 23 June 2020 and reviewed for accuracy on 20 December 2024.

Use Cases

• Map humanitarian response areas based on administrative divisions.
• Conduct spatial analysis of demographic or economic indicators by state.
• Create choropleth maps for data aggregated at the municipal level.
• Integrate administrative units into a larger geospatial data pipeline.

Strengths

• Contains 32 Admin 1 (state) and 2,457 Admin 2 (municipality) boundaries.
• Quality assured and published by OCHA FIS and HDX, indicating a humanitarian data standard.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, SHP, and GEODATABASE.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC), OCHA Field Information Services (FIS), and HDX.

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, configured, and published.

Time Range

Boundaries created 23 June 2020; dataset reviewed 20 December 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:04:17.783609; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mexico, subnational administrative levels 0-2.