Abstract

PALACIOS MORA, Celia  and  GERONIMO MENDOZA, Leticia. Municipal geographical characterization in the local political-electoral regionalization of the State of Mexico. Pap. poblac [online]. 2019, vol.25, n.101, pp.243-280.  Epub June 26, 2020. ISSN 2448-7147.  https://doi.org/10.22185/24487147.2019.101.29.

Districting is the process in which the uninominal Constituencies of a country are defined, which aims in achieving the political representation of its citizens. It is developed with a certain periodicity according to the availability of census data. The main criteria in districting is balance of the population, this is why other factor intervene such as geographical continuity, compactness and municipal integrity. This last factor plays a very important role due to the municipality being the main element in giving political and geographical identity of the population. This article shows the development of an algorithm whose applicacion allows to classify the municipalities which make the State of Mexico, and it can be applied in any state seeking to preserve the identity of it´ s municipalities.

Keywords : Districting; algorithm; uninominal constituencies; municipal typification.

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