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administrative territorial entity of Mexico

vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-mexico · PHY.PLC

Let an agent explain the administrative hierarchy of Mexico and its levels and terms, identify units with official codes and names, describe historical changes, and support geographic, statistical and governance questions.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the administrative hierarchy of Mexico and its levels and terms, identify units with official codes and names, describe historical changes, and support geographic, statistical and governance questions.

A unit of territorial administration in Mexico at any level, including the thirty-one states and Mexico City as federative entities, the municipalities and the boroughs of Mexico City, localities, and neighbourhood units such as colonias, together with historical districts and territories; the Mexican system is federal, with municipalities as the basic local government, and units are coded and named by the national statistics institute.

What it is for: Administrative units of Mexico.

It can be explain the hierarchy; identify units; describe historical changes; support geographic questions.

Distinguishing features

Federal structure

Municipal base

Colonias and localities

Official codes

What it looks like

Not physical; administrative areas on maps.

How it is recognised

Mexican state, municipality, borough, locality or colonia

Federal system with municipalities as local government

Other countries have their own hierarchies

Related models

is a kind of - category

administrative territorial entity of a single country

is related to - a comparable national hierarchy

administrative territorial entity of Indonesia

is related to - a comparable federal unit

U.S. state

is related to - colonial administration preceding the modern system

viceroy

In practice

Families and kinds

federative entities

municipalities and boroughs of Mexico City

localities

colonias and neighbourhood units

historical districts and territories

Standards and regulation

Mexican constitution and state constitutions

National statistics institute codes

Municipal law

Failure modes and hazards

Outdated municipality lists

Confusing colonias with official units

Confusing Mexico City boroughs with municipalities

Also called

colonia of MexicoColonias of State of MexicoMexico City colonialocality of Mexicofederative entity of Mexicodistrict of Mexicomunicipality of Mexicoterritorial demarcation of Mexico Citydepartment of Mexicointrastate region of Mexicosubregion of Tabascoregion of Oaxacaregion of Tabascoregion of Guerreroregion of Jaliscomunicipality of Tamaulipasmunicipality of Sonora

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The Mexican hierarchy.

Geography.

Levels

Levels and terms.

Levels

Levels.

  1. What are the levels of administration in Mexico, and what do state, municipality, borough, locality and colonia mean? definition
  2. Which level or unit is meant? boundary

Capital

Mexico City.

Capital

Capital.

  1. How is Mexico City organised as a federative entity with boroughs? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Mexico City? action
Identify Identifying units.

Reference.

Codes

Codes and names.

Codes

Codes.

  1. What are the official codes and names of a given unit, according to the statistics institute? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

Lookup

Locating a place.

Lookup

Lookup.

  1. Which state, municipality and locality does this place belong to? action
  2. Which entry fits a specific state? action
History History and governance.

Governance.

History

Historical development.

History

History.

  1. How did the current divisions develop from colonial and nineteenth-century territories and districts? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Mexican history? action

Governance

Municipal governance.

Governance

Governance.

  1. How are municipalities governed, and what powers do states hold? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Mexican federalism? action
Learn Data and teaching.

Education.

Data

Statistical data.

Data

Data.

  1. How are administrative units used in Mexican census and statistical data? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can the Mexican administrative system be taught? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each level be a separate entry?
  • How should official code lists be linked?
  • How should historical changes be tracked?
Draft as JSON