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Mexican cities: interesting facts

I would like to give these places on the map a bit of colour and life, and we can all learn a bit about them. Can you match each clue to the correct city?
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Last updated: June 22, 2024
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This crime hotbed is nonetheless the world's most-visited border city. Over 50 million people cross the border annually.
The largest city in Guanajuato state (but not the capital), its name comes from the word "Legion".
Residents of this megacity set a world record by making a 70-metre-long enchilada.
This popular resort in Quintana Roo state is a major money-laundering centre.
A sailor from this colourful-sounding village was blown off course and adrift for over a year, a world record, before striking land 6,000 miles away in the Marshall Islands.
This provincial capital (of the state of the same name) was dogged for a long time by property crime.
The stadium of this Mexico City suburb hosted matches in the 1986 World Cup.
In June 2024, a man was killed by accidental electrocution in his jacuzzi in this northern seaside resort.
The Zona Romántica area in this resort has a "Beach of the Dead" (Playa de los Muertos).
A city famous for cliff diving, its entire police force was disarmed by the army in 2018, due to suspicions that it had been infiltrated by drug gangs.
This Yucatan state capital, whose suburbs include Kanasin and Uman,has the oldest cathedral in the mainland Americas.
This is Mexico's largest port, and has the same name as its state (whose capital is Xalapa).
This metropolis in Jalisco is over ten times larger than the Spanish town it was named after.
A ventriloquist with a Chucky doll was arrested in this northern Coahuila town for terrorising people on the street for money.
This major city's full name has "...de Zaragoza" appended to it (formerly "...de los Angeles") and "Heroica" added at the start in ceremonial situations.
Acapulco
Cancun
Chihuahua
Costa Azul
Guadalajara
Leon
Merida
Mexico City
Monclova
Nezahualcoyotl
Puebla
Puerta Vallarta
Puerto Peñasco
Tijuana
Veracruz
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