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Mexico

Location & Flag of Mexico

Mexican National Anthem

Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is a country in North America, lying between the United States of America to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast. Its extensive coastlines include the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Mexico has nice and warm weather, unique food, art and archeology, pyramids, museums, Haciendas, 6,000 miles of shoreline, superb architecture and 21st century cities, weather from snow mountains in the Sierras, to rainy jungles in the Southeast and desert in the Northwest, lots of golf courses throughout the country, excellent fishing, world top destinations like Acapulco, Cancun, Cozumel, Los Cabos, and Patzcuaro. Mexico is ranked 7th major destination for foreigner visitors, according to WTO.

Quick Facts
Capital; Mexico City (Distrito Federal)
Government; Federal republic
Currency; Mexican peso (MXN)
Area; 1,972,550 sq km
Population; 106,202,903 (July 2006 est.)
Language; Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
Religion; Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Electricity; 127V/60Hz
Calling Code; +52
Internet TLD; .mx
Time Zone; UTC −6 to UTC −8

Understand

Mexico is one of the most popular tourist countries on earth. Much of the tourist industry is centered around the beach resorts as well as the altiplano in the central part of the country. Visiting the northern interior allows visitors to get off the beaten path a bit. American tourists tend to predominate on the Baja peninsula and the more modernized beach resorts (Cancún, Puerto Vallarta), while European tourists congregate around the smaller resort areas in the south like Playa del Carmen and colonial towns San Cristobal de las Casas.

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