Mexico

Website: Mexico-MX.net

United Mexican States ~ Estados Unidos Mexicanos

The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century.

North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the USA and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the USA

Geographic coordinates: 23 00 N, 102 00 W

Borders: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km

Climate:  varies from tropical to desert

Population:  107,449,525 (July 2006 est.)

Nationality:  noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican

Languages: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

Capital: Mexico (Distrito Federal)

Administrative divisions: 31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas

Independence: 16 September 1810 (from Spain)

National holiday: Independence Day, 16 September (1810)

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