What are some facts about mexico?

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Well the person who answer before me , he is quite ok...

But ,,,,
There is also a state named Mexico in the country described below, as well as a city called Mexico City
United Mexican States

Official flag Official Coat of Arms

National information
National motto: none
National anthem: Himno nacional mexicano (Mexican national song)
About the people
Official languages: Spanish. And all the 62 native languages are official languages too.
Population: (# of people)
- Total: 104,907,991 (ranked 11)
- Density: 54 per kmÂ²
Geography / Places

Here is the country on a map of the world.
Capital city: Mexico City
Largest city: Mexico City
Area
- Total: 1,972,550 (ranked 13)
- Water: n/a kmÂ² (2.5%)
Politics / Government
Established: Grito de Dolores (1810)
Treaty of CÃ³rdoba, (1821)
Leaders: President Felipe CalderÃ³n Hinojosa
Economy / Money
Currency:
(Name of money) Mexican Peso (MXN)
International information
Time zone: -05:00 to -07:00
Telephone dialing code: 52
Internet domain: .MX
Mexico is a big country in North America. North of Mexico are the United States, south of Mexico are Guatemala and Belize. Mexico is between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

People living in Mexico or who are from there are called Mexicans. Most Mexican people speak Spanish. There are also Mexicans who speak Native American languages, like Nahuatl, Maya, and Zapotec. The capital of Mexico is Mexico City.

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Before the Europeans came, many great Native American cultures existed in Mexico. The earliest was the Olmec culture. The Olmecs are famous for the large stone heads they made. On the Yucatan peninsula lived the Mayans. The Mayans lived in city states ruled by kings. The Mayans were most powerful between 200 and 900 A.D. Another powerful culture was the one of Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan was a very large city, one of the largest that time. After Teotihuacan declined the Toltecs became powerful. Toltec influence has been found from the southern parts of the U.S. all the way to Costa Rica. A famous Toltec ruler was Quetzalcoatl. The Toltec culture declined too, and it was succeeded by the Aztecs. The Aztecs called their own empire Mexico. A famous Aztec king was Montezuma II.

In 1519 the Spanish explorer HernÃ¡n CortÃ©s came to Mexico. The Aztecs thought he was the returned Quetzalcoatl, so they did not want to fight against him. Cortes allied himself with the enemies of the Aztecs. In 1521 they conquered the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. The Aztec Empire became part of Spain. It was called New Spain.

In 1810 the Mexican priest Miguel Hidalgo started the Mexican war of independence. In 1821 the Spanish finally retreated and Mexico became independent. The first leader of independent Mexico was Agustin de Iturbide, he became emperor. But the Mexicans were not happy with him, and in 1823 the country became a republic.

A man who was very important in Mexico in the early 19th century was Antonio LÃ³pez de Santa Anna. He was the president of Mexico 11 times. When he was president Texas declared independence (1836). In this war the famous Battle of the Alamo took place. Between 1846 and 1848 there was war between Mexico and the United States again. In this war Mexico lost many areas. After this war Santa Anna was sent away to Venezuela.

Between 1858 and 1861 there was war again, between liberals and conservatives. The liberal Benito Juarez won the war and became president afterwards. Juarez stayed president until France invaded Mexico and made Maximilian of Habsburg emperor. But Maximilian was very unpopular. He was executed in 1867, and Juarez became president again.

Conservatives thought Juarez had too much power. In 1876 they ousted him, and made Porfirio Diaz, a general who had won a battle against the French, president. Porfirio Diaz made the country wealthier, but the poor people became poorer. The poor were so unhappy they started the Mexican Revolution in 1910.

The next 10 years the country was in chaos. There were many presidents who ruled for a short time and all kinds of people fought against each other. Famous people from this period are Emilio Zapata, Pancho Villa and Francisco Madero. When Ãlvaro ObregÃ³n became president in 1920 the fighting calmed down.

In 1929 President Plutarco ElÃas Calles founded the National Mexican Party, PNM. The party was later renamed Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. The party would rule for a very long time. Most PRI presidents weren't popular, it was said that they were only president to become richer themselves. An exception was president LÃ¡zaro CÃ¡rdenas. He was president between 1934 and 1940.

After several decades more and more people became unhappy with the PRI. In 1968 security forces shot at protesters, this caused several hundred deaths and became kn

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fACTS; Mexico City is the largest city in the world, there are more than twenty million people living there.
Mexicans have a very extensive culture, the first natives were the Aztecs in central america, Mayans in south East, Olmecs, toltecs, Zapotecas, Chichimecas, etc...
The reason why in Mexico they speak spanish, is because Mexico was concuerd (I dont know how to spell it ) by the Spanish Hernan Cortes
Texas was part of mexico as well as Nuevo Mexico California and Arizona.
you can find blond people in Mexico, since is a mix culture also with French and Spanish.
mexico imported the onion to the world as well as the seed of cofee and Potatoes.
Mexico City has a castle called Castle of Chapultepec because it was governed by a emperor of Austria called Maximiliano de Hasburgo with his wife Carlota.
Mexico independence day is 15 of september.

Quik con leche

They are good people and cook good a hot sauce food,tacos and nachos,good beer and beutyful beaches. oh!! and a grat weather and the best prices on earth.

Catherine :[

DO YOUR HOMEWORKS BY YOURSELF

Rocksen

They speak Spanish...

Good Luck :)

RoVale

Knowing Spanish is mandatory in that country. I've been told this by several Mexican nationals.

Rishathra

If you go to Puerto Vallarta during the off season you cannot go more than 30 feet down the street without someone trying to sell you a time share condo.

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