MEXICO
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Capital
GEOGRAPHY
mount el chichon
mount volcan de colima
mount nevado de toluca
Mexico is bordered by the United States to the north and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. Mexico is about one-fifth the size of the United States. Baja California in the west is an 800-mile (1,287-km) peninsula that forms the Gulf of California.
major cities
Name Population
1 Mexico City , Mexico City 12,294,193
2 Iztapalapa , Mexico City 1,820,888
3 Ecatepec de Morelos , México 1,806,226
4 Guadalajara , Jalisco 1,640,589
language
Food
famos
people from
mexico
Seasons
Mexico's Seasons: Dry and Wet. Mexico has two major seasons each year, dry and wet, and does not have a four-season cycle of spring,summer, fall, and winter. The dry season lasts from October through April, and the wet season lasts from May through September.
sports
religion
Roman Catholicism
Mexico - Religion. Roman Catholicism is the main religion in Mexico; 88 percent of the population five years of age and older identified themselves as Roman Catholic in the 2000 census. Protestants and Evangelicals were the second largest religious group, accounting for approximately 5 percent of the population.
History
Nahuatl (Nāhuatlācah [naːwaˈt͡ɬaːkaʔ]) 2,445,9691,659,029
(Yucatec) Maya (Maya'wiinik) 1,475,575892,723
Zapotec (Binizaa 777,253505,992
Mixtec (Tu'un savi) 726,601510,801
Beginning with the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus and continuing for over three centuries, theSpanish Empire would expand across half of South America, most of Central America and the Caribbean Islands, and much of North America (including present day Mexico, Florida and the Southwestern and Pacific Coastal
In the early 19th century, Napoleon's occupation of Spain led to the outbreak of revolts all across Spanish America. On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launched the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores, or “Cry of Delores.”
indigidous group
Indigenous peoples of Mexico (Spanish: pueblos indígenas de México), Native Mexicans (Spanish: nativos mexicanos), orMexican Indians (Spanish: indios mexicanos) are those who are part of communities that trace their roots back to populations and communities that existed in what is now Mexico prior to the arrival of Europeans.
According to the (Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, or CDI in Spanish) and the (official census institute), there are 25,694,928 indigenous people in Mexico,of many different ethnic groups, which constitute 21.5% of Mexico's population.
natural resources
exploration
Goverment
Touristic places
Mexico is one of the world’s most popular vacation destinations with over 20 million foreign visitors a year. Famous for its tequila, the Aztecs and the Mayas, Salma Hayek, Day of the Dead, drug wars, Lucha libre, Corona beer and the beach resorts on the Pacific and Caribbean side, Mexico can offer something for every sort of traveler. A list of the most amazing tourist attractions in Mexico: