Mexico holds the largest Spanish-speaking population in the world. Chocolate, maize, tomatoes and vanilla were all domesticated here before reaching anywhere else.
Mexico
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Easy learning about Mexico
The capital city of Mexico is Mexico City, capital city of Mexico.
Word: Tequila
Meaning: agave spirit
Administrative Divisions
32 states (estados)
- Aguascalientes
- Baja California
- Baja California Sur
- Campeche
- Chiapas
- Chihuahua
- Coahuila
- Colima
- Cuidad de Mexico
- Durango
- Guanajuato
- Guerrero
- Hidalgo
- Jalisco
- Mexico
- Michoacán
- Morelos
- Nayarit
- Nuevo Leon
- Oaxaca
- Puebla
- Queretaro
- Quintana Roo
- San Luis Potosi
- Sinaloa
- Sonora
- Tabasco
- Tamaulipas
- Tlaxcala
- Veracruz
- Yucatan
- Zacatecas
Where in the world is Mexico located?
Mexico is a Country of Continental Caribbean on the Latin America and the Caribbean located in the Central America sub-region in the continent of Americas, member of OPEC+.
Basic Information
Capital City: Mexico City, capital city of Mexico
Population: 131,946,900 (UN)
Area: 1,972,550 km² / 1,225,683 sq mi
People from Mexico are called: Mexicans
Geography
Latitude: 23.920° N
Longitude: 102.289° W
Geographical Subregion: Central America
Intermediary Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Continental Region: Americas
Climate
varies from tropical to desert
Global Indices
EF EPI Position: 87 (EF EPI)
EF EPI Score: 459 (EF EPI)
EF EPI Proficiency: Low Proficiency (EF EPI)
Global Peace Index Rank: 139 (GPI)
Global Peace Index Score: 2.65 (GPI)
Human Development
HDI Rank: 81 (UNDP)
HDI Value: 0.789
Mean Years of Schooling: 9.3
Expected Years of Schooling: 14.5
Life Expectancy at Birth: 75.1 Years
Religion
Most Predominant: Catholic
Second Most Predominant: Protestant
LGBTI Rights
Legal Status: Legal (ILGA)
Legal Mechanism: Legislative
Death Penalty: No
Maximum Prison Sentence: No
Physical Punishment: No
International Memberships
OPEC+
Technical Information
TLD: .mx
Calling Code: +52
MapGeo Name: Mexico
MapGeo Code: MX