Ok, so today I needed to get the mexican states and municipalities to use in some Plone dictionaries, so I got that from the SEPOMEX site.

I processed it a little and I got a very simple python file.

I has two dictionaries, the first one called states has a dictionary of normalized id’s and names, for example:

from states import states
print states['distrito_federal']

and you’ll get something like:

Distrito Federal

The other dictionary is the one with the municipalities, you can use it like this:

from states import data
print data['distrito_federal']['miguel_hidalgo']

And you should get something like Miguel Hidalgo.

Of your you can traverse it with something like:

for m in data['distrito_federal'].keys():
    print m

That way you can get every municipality key.

And of course you know.. it’s python and it should be pretty simple to convert it to mysql, csv, or another format you might be using..

So have fun!

If you think that might be helpful you can download it here:

Mexican States and Municipalities