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Territories of Mexico
Former type of political division in Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The territories of Mexico are part of the history of 19th and 20th century independent Mexico.[1][2] The country created territories (territorios) for areas too lightly populated to be states (estados), or for political reasons.
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