Mexico
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The United Mexican States or Mexico is a country located in North America, bordered by the United States to the north, and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in Latin America and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.

Estados Unidos Mexicanos

(Flag of Mexico)
(Mexican Coat of Arms)

National motto: None, though sufragio efectivo – no reelección (Spanish: effective suffrage - no re-election) is widely in use on government document.

Official language
Spanish

Capital and largest city
Mexico City

President
Vicente Fox Quesada

Population
Ranked 11th
104,907,991

Independence
- Declared
- Recognized
From Spain
September 16, 1810
September 27, 1821


Currency
Mexican peso (MXN)

Time zone
UTC -6 to -8

National anthem
Mexicanos, al grito de guerra

Federal District
The "Distrito Federal" or Federal District is a special political division in Mexico where the national capital, Mexico City, is located. It has limited local rule, only recently have its citizens been able to elect its Head of Government (officially, neither a mayor nor a governor), and members of a Legislative Assembly. Mexico City's metropolitan area overflows the limits of the Federal District.

Important cities
The following is a list of the biggest Metropolitan Areas of Mexico in order of population:

Mexico City (24.9 million)

Guadalajara, Jalisco (4.7 million)

Monterrey, Nuevo León (3.6 million)

Puebla, Puebla (2.6 million)

Tijuana, Baja California (1.3 million)

León, Guanajuato (1.2 million)

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (1.2 million)

Toluca, México (1.2 million)

Torreón, Coahuila (1.1 million)

 

Further reading
James D. Cockcroft, Mexico's Hope: An Encounter with Politics and History, 320 pages, Monthly Review Press 1999, ISBN 0853459258 - leftist view of mexican history

Enrique Krauze, Mexico: Biography of Power. A history of Modern Mexico 1810-1996, 896 pages - Perennial 1998, ISBN 0060929170 - standard work by a renowned mexican author

Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon, Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2004, hardcover, 608 pages, ISBN 0374226687 - recent history since the massacre of 1968 told by two journalists

Joanne Hershfield, David R. Maciel, Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers, SR Books 1999, ISBN 0842026827 - comprehensive survey

Michael C. Meyer, William H. Beezley, editors, The Oxford History of Mexico, 736 pages, Oxford University Press 2000, ISBN 0195112288 - 20 essays - covers also cultural history

Info retrieved from wikipedia.org

 

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