Mexican federal system

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The Mexican federal system is a form of government in which power is constitutionally divided between a central national authority and individual states, each with its own institutions and degree of autonomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal system ⓘ
form of government ⓘ
allocatesPowers concurrent powers ⓘ
exclusive federal powers ⓘ
residual state powers ⓘ
constitutionalAdoptionDate 1917-02-05 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
currentFrameworkFrom Constitution of 1917 ⓘ
disputeResolutionMechanism constitutional controversies before the Supreme Court ⓘ
divisionOfPowers separation of powers between executive, legislative, and judicial branches ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature mixed electoral system for Congress ⓘ
multi-party system ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1917-02-05 ⓘ
federalCapitalStatus Mexico City as a federal entity ⓘ
federalInterventionMechanism facultad de desaparición de poderes in states under certain conditions ⓘ
fiscalStructure federal tax collection with revenue-sharing to states ⓘ
guarantees state legislative, executive, and judicial institutions ⓘ
hasBranch executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
hasCentralAuthority federal government of Mexico ⓘ
hasNumberOfStates 31 states and Mexico City ⓘ
32 federal entities ⓘ
hasSubnationalUnits Mexican states ⓘ
linked to: States of Mexico
headOfGovernment President of Mexico ⓘ
headOfState President of Mexico ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ
includesEntity Aguascalientes ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
Baja California Sur ⓘ
Campeche ⓘ
linked to: Campeche state

Chiapas ⓘ
Chihuahua ⓘ
Coahuila ⓘ
Colima ⓘ
Durango ⓘ
Guanajuato ⓘ
Guerrero ⓘ
Hidalgo ⓘ
Jalisco ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ
Michoacán ⓘ
Morelos ⓘ
México state ⓘ
Nayarit ⓘ
Nuevo León ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ
Puebla ⓘ
linked to: Puebla (state)

Querétaro ⓘ
Quintana Roo ⓘ
San Luis Potosí ⓘ
Sinaloa ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
Tabasco ⓘ
Tamaulipas ⓘ
Tlaxcala ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
Yucatán ⓘ
linked to: Yucatán state

Zacatecas ⓘ
influencedBy 19th-century Mexican liberalism ⓘ
inspiredBy United States federal model ⓘ
keyReformPeriod Reform War and Constitution of 1857 ⓘ
linked to: Reform War
languageOfConstitution Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem civil law tradition ⓘ
legislature Congress of the Union ⓘ
limitsStatePowers supremacy of the federal constitution ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
municipalAutonomyRecognized yes ⓘ
municipalLevel municipios as basic units of local government ⓘ
predecessor unitary system under the Porfiriato ⓘ
stateAutonomyIn internal administration ⓘ
local legislation ⓘ
local taxation within constitutional limits ⓘ
subnationalConstitutions each state has its own constitution ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of the Republic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congress of Yucatán → isPartOf → Mexican federal system ⓘ
Congreso del Estado de Veracruz → partOf → Mexican federal system ⓘ
Rebellion of Zacatecas → follows → Federalist–centralist political conflict in Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Mexican federal system
Constitution of the State of Guanajuato → partOf → Mexican federal constitutional order ⓘ
linked to: Mexican federal system
Government of the State of Puebla → subdivisionOf → Mexican federal system ⓘ
Government of Tabasco → partOf → Federal system of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Mexican federal system