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Mexico - Travel guideMexico - OverviewThe site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) was sworn in on 1 December 2000 as the first chief executive elected in free and fair elections. More about Mexico Travel Guide |
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| Country full name : | conventional long form: United Mexican States conventional short form: Mexico local long form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos local short form: Mexico |
| Capital : | Mexico City |
| Religions : | nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% |
| Languages : | Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other |
| Location : | Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US |
| Geographic coordinates : | 23 00 N, 102 00 W |
| Area : | total: 1,972,550 sq km land: 1,923,040 sq km water: 49,510 sq km |
| Climate : | varies from tropical to desert |
| Population : | 107,449,525 (July 2006 est.) |
| Nationality : | noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican |
| Ethnic groups : | mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1% |
| Government type : | federal republic |
| 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 |
| Legal system : | mixture of US constitutional theory and civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Suffrage : | 18 years of age; universal and compulsory (but not enforced) |
| Internet code : | .mx |
| Calling code : | +52 |
| Time zone : | GMT/UTC -6 |
| Electricity : | 127V 60Hz |
| National holiday : | Independence Day, 16 September (1810) |
| Interesting link : | Mexico Travel Guide |
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