MEXICO

Did you know that:

Mexico City was built on a lake?

Mexico introduced chocolate to the world?

Mexico is the most populous Spanish speaking country in the world?

Salma Hayek is the first Mexican movie star to reach success in the U.S. since Dolores Del Río in the twenties?

The language spoken is Spanish?

The currency is the peso Mexicano?

In the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, the Aztecs used the poinsettia leaves to dye fabric for clothing and the sap for medicinal purposes, including to help control fevers?

Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett, an amateur botanist and first United States ambassador to Mexico, introduced the plant that became known as the poinsettia to this country?

Mexico has 31 states?

Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year because it's built on top of an underground reservoir. Wells are drawing out more and more water for the city's growing population of more than 15 million people?

Mexico City is the oldest capital city in the Americas?

Mexico covers almost two million square kilometers. It is the fourteenth largest country in the world,and the fifth largest in the Americas. It is also the most populated Spanish speaking country in the entire world.

Mexico consists of a federation of thirty one states and one federal district. The district, Mexico City, is one of the most populated cities on a global level. Mexico has a population of about one hundred and three million people.

Mexico has two mountain ranges crossing it to its north and south. The Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierr Madre Occidental cross Mexico to the north and the south respectively. These ranges are a extenstion of the Rocky Mountain. The country is crossed by a Trans-Mexican volcanic belt from the east and west at the center. Mexico also has a fourth mountain range that runs from Michoacan to Oaxaca, the Sierra Madre De Sur.

In Mexico, areas with elevation up to a thousand meters have a yearly temperature between twenty four degrees Celcius to twenty eight degrees Celcius. These temperatures remain high throughout the year, give or take a five degrees Celcius difference between the summer and winter temperatures.

Petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber

Topography deals with surface features of a region, including its landforms and rivers, lakes, etc., and with man-made features such as canals, bridges, and roads. According to this definition, the topography of a region includes its? mountains

Did you know Mexico is actually the fifth largest state in the United States.  New Mexico also has approximately 20 million acres of forested land.

Some of the best national wildlife parks of Venezuela are also located along its coastline. CARIBBEAN COAST OF MEXICO; Mexico’s coastline comes under the state of Quintana Rou, and with the support of the government, it has been converted into a hub of tourism in Mexico. 

Modern Mexico is the world's most populous Spanish speaking country, ... Land Statistics; Coastline 5,797 miles (9,330 km) ; Land Areas; (land) 742,490 sq miles ( 1,923,040 sq km) ; (water) 19,116 sq miles (49,510 sq km) ; (TOTAL) 761,606 sq miles (1,972,550 sq km) ; Land Area (all countries) here. 

      People

Nationality: Noun and adjective--Mexican(s).

Population (July 2009 est.): 111,211,789.

Annual growth rate (2009 est.): 1.13%.

Ethnic groups: Indian-Spanish (mestizo) 60%, Indian 30%, Caucasian 9%, other 1%.

Religions (2000 census): Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6%, other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1%.

Language: Spanish.

Education: Years compulsory--11 (note: preschool education was made mandatory in Dec. 2001). Literacy--91.4%.

Health (2009): Infant mortality rate--18.42/1,000. Life expectancy--male 73.25 years; female 79 years.

Work force (2008 est., 45.5 million): Agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishing--21.0%; services--32.2%; commerce--16.9%; manufacturing--18.7%; construction--5.6%; transportation and communication--4.5%; mining and quarrying--1.0%.

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

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