The Territories of Mexico are part of the history of 19th and 20th century independent

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

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territories A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...

(''territorios'') for areas too lightly populated to be states, or for political reasons. The 1824 Constitution of Mexico defined four territories. Seven others were created later in the 19th and early 20th centuries. {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Date !Territory !Change !Legal source , - , width=80px, 1824-10-04 , Alta California Territory , created , 1824 Constitution of Mexico , - , 1824-10-04 ,

Baja California Territory Baja California Territory (Territorio de Baja California) was a Mexican territory from 1824 to 1931, that encompassed the Baja California Peninsula of present-day northwestern Mexico. It replaced the Baja California Province (1773–1824) of ...

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Bravo Territory The Bravo Territory () was a federal territory of Mexico that existed between 1914 and 1917. It was created by the decree of 17 June 1914 issued by the Congress of the United Mexican States which amended articles 43 and 44 of the Constitution of ...

, created from parts of Chihuahua , , - , 1824-10-04 , , created , 1824 Constitution of Mexico , - , 1914-07-04 ,

Jiménez Territory The Jiménez Territory () was a federal territory of Mexico that existed between 1914 and 1917. It was created by the decree of 17 June 1914 issued by the Congress of the United Mexican States that amended articles 43 and 44 of the Constitution ...

, created from parts of Chihuahua , , - , 1914-07-04 ,

Morelos Territory The Morelos Territory () was a federal territory of Mexico that existed between 1914 and 1917. It was created by the decree of 17 June 1914 issued by the Congress of the United Mexican States which amended articles 43 and 44 of the Constitution o ...

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Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...

, , - , 1824-10-04 , Nuevo México Territory , created , 1824 Constitution of Mexico , - , 1824-11-24 ,

Tlaxcala Territory Tlaxcala Territory ( es, Territorio de Tlaxcala) was a territory of Mexico, from 1824 to 1857.https://archivos.juridicas.unam.mx/www/bjv/libros/1/8/32.pdf The capital was Tlaxcala City. The territory was located in East-Central Mexico, in the ...

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Puebla State Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

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Aguascalientes Territory Aguascalientes was a federal territory of Mexico, lasting from 1835 and 1857. History In 1834 President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was taking measures against federalism and moving the country towards a more centralized system. Politicians ...

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Zacatecas State , image_map = Zacatecas in Mexico (location map scheme).svg , map_caption = State of Zacatecas within Mexico , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type ...

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Campeche District Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

of Yucatán State. , , - , 1884-12-12 ,

Tepic Territory Tepic Territory was a territory created out of the northwestern territory of the state of Jalisco, which later became present-day Nayarit.http://www.ceaamer.edu.mx/new/der4/dc/modulo5_2.pdf History The territory was created by decree of Preside ...

, created from parts of Jalisco State. , by decree of President Manuel González , - , 1902-11-24 , , created from part of Yucatán State. , by decree of President Porfirio Díaz , - , 1930-12-30 ,

Norte de Baja California Territory The Territory of Baja California Norte was a Mexican federal territory that existed from 1931 to 1952. Its former area currently comprises the Mexican state of Baja California, located in the northern part of the Baja California peninsula. Hi ...

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