Metropolitan areas o Mexico
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Metropolitan auries in Mexico hae been tradeetionally defined as the group o municipalities that hivily interact wi ilk ither, uisually aroond a core ceety.[1] In 2004, a joint effort atween CONAPO, INEGI an the Meenistry o Social Development (SEDESOL) greeit tae define metropolitan auries as ane o the follaein:[1]
- the group o twa or mair municipalities, in which a ceety wi a population o at least 50,000 is locatit whose urban aurie extends ower the limit o the municipality that oreeginally contained the core ceety incorporatin either physically or, unner its aurie o direct influence, ither adjacent predominantly urban municipalities, aw o which either hae a heich degree o social an economic integration or are relevant for urban politics an admeenistration; or
- a single municipality, in which a ceety o a population o at least ane million is locatit an fully contained (that is, it does no transcend the limits o a single municipality); or
- a ceety wi a population o at least 250,000 that forms a conurbation wi ither ceeties in the Unitit States.
Housomeivver, northwastren an sootheastren states are dividit intae a sma nummer o lairge municipalities whareas central states are dividit intae a lairge nummer o smawer municipalities. As such, metropolitan auries in the northwast uisually dae no extend ower mair nor ane municipality (an figurs uisually report population for the entire municipality) whareas metropolitan auries in the center extend ower mony municipalities.
A few metropolitan auries extend ayont the limits o ane state: Greater Mexico Ceety (Federal Destrict, Mexico an Hidalgo), Puebla-Tlaxcala (Puebla an Tlaxcala, but excludes the ceety o Tlaxcala), Comarca Lagunera (Coahuila an Durango), an Tampico (Tamaulipas an Veracruz).