Northern Mexico
Northern Mexico (Spanish: el Norte de México, pronounced [el ˈnoɾte ðe ˈmexiko] ), commonly referred as The North (Spanish: El Norte), is an informal term for the northern cultural and geographical area in Mexico. Depending on the source, it contains some or all of the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and northern Zacatecas There is no specific border that separates the northern states from the southern states in Mexico.