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Mexico is divided into states which states have names from spanish?
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Those would be:
Sonora
Durango
Jalisco
Tamaulipas
Baja California (Norte and Sur)
Zacatecas
Veracruz
Nuevo Leon
Guerrero
San Luis Potosi
Puebla
Guanajuato
Queretaro
Aguascalientes
The other states come from native American names (i.e: Chihuahua, Oaxaca, Yucatan) or honoring important people from Mexico's past (Morelos, Quintana Roo).
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