Random city generator Random city in Mexico
766 places from Tijuana to Cancún
The Mexico list holds 766 places that GeoNames counts at 10,000 people or more, in all 31 states and Mexico City. 141 are big cities with 100,000 or more, a higher share than in most European countries, and 15 are above a million. 324 are smaller than 20,000, such as Pajacuarán in Michoacán or Opopeo, a town in the same state.
The State of Mexico, which wraps around the capital, has the most entries: 78, with 21 big cities. Veracruz follows with 71, Jalisco with 58 and Puebla with 51. Baja California has only five, but four of them are big: Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada and Rosarito. Mexico City itself has 18 entries, because several of its boroughs are listed as places of their own.
Many official names are long, like Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza or Santiago de Querétaro. The list shows the form GeoNames and Wikidata give, so some cities appear with their full name.
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Drawing a random Mexican city
- Click Draw a city and read the name, the state and the population.
- In Filters, keep only one state, such as Oaxaca or Quintana Roo, or only one size.
- Want several stops for a trip from the border to the Yucatán? Set How many to the number you need. Every result goes into History.
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Questions about random cities in Mexico
Why does Mexico City appear more than once?
GeoNames lists some of its boroughs separately, and Iztapalapa and Gustavo A. Madero have over a million people each. If you only want the capital once, choose another state.
Are beach towns on the list?
Yes, if they have 10,000 residents: Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlán are all in. Quintana Roo, the Caribbean coast, has eight places.
Does it choose cities by size?
No. Every place has the same chance. Since 141 of the 766 are big, a little under one draw in five is a city above 100,000.
Is there a version in Spanish?
Yes, the Spanish edition has a page for random cities in Mexico with the same list and Spanish texts. Pick Español in the language menu.
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