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Mexico Our Neighbor to the South

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North America, you say? Yes, Mexico is part of North America Here you can see some of Mexicos main cities.

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Mexicos flag was adopted in 1968, but it has been used since independence in 1821

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The flag has the coat of arms to make it different from Italys flag. Red, white and green are the colors of the national liberation army in Mexico. The emblem in the middle is a drawing based on the Aztec pictogram for Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City, and which was the center of the Aztec empire. It recalls the legend that inspired the Aztecs to settle on what was a lake-island. Mexicos FlagItalys Flag

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1,178,625 square miles: Total area of Mexico Thanks, Google Maps!

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Mexico is slightly less than three times the size of Texas Thanks, Google Maps!

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Mexicos climate varies from tropical to desert Yucatn Peninsula, MexicoBaja California, Mexico

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Mexicos Natural Resources: petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber

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Agricultural Products: corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products, wood products

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Industries: food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism

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El Dinero: el Peso Mexicano

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.mx Internet users: 22.812 million (2007)

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Natural Hazards: tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts.

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Population: 111,211,789 (July 2009 est.) Country Comparison to the world: 12

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Urban population: 77% of total population (2008) Rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

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Ethnic Groups for Mexicans: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%

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Spanish and indigenous languages are spoken in Mexico. Indigenous languages include various Mayan languages and Nahuatl. I suppose there could be some parrot language, too.

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The United States, a Shared Name conventional long form: United Mexican States conventional short form: Mexico local long form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos local short form: Mexico

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Mexico is a federal republic. Mexico is a Federal Democratic Republic. There are 31 states and the Federal District (D.F. like Washington D.C.). The Government is divided into three powers Ejecutivo (Executive), Legislativo (Legislative) and Judicial (Judicial). The first in power is the President, the second is divided into the Senate chamber (one Senator for each state) and the Chamber of deputies (a predetermined number of people), and the third is the Supreme Court of Justice. The president is elected for a period of 6 years and is ineligible to run again. Mr. Felipe de Jess Caldern Hinojosa was elected in December of 2006 to preside until 2012. There are several parties in Mexico. The one who has 35% of the votes is the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the second with 30% of votes is National Action Party (PAN), and the rest are smaller parties.

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16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain): FREEDOM

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President Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa (since 1 December 2006)

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Diplomatic representation in the US: Ambassador Arturo SARUKHAN Casamitjana Washington, D.C.

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Diplomatic representation from the US: Ambassador Antonio O. GARZA, Jr. Mexico City, Mexico

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S, we have problemas. DrugsDisplaced Persons

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Y, we have very famous people, too! Frida KahloDiego Rivera, her husband

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The Father of our Country Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo

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More Famous Mexicans Fernando Valenzuela, baseball Don Benito Jurez, past President of Mexico Pancho Villa, a Mexican Robin Hood George Lopez, actor in American T.V. Sal Hernndez, from Caifanes rock group

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Adis, Amigos. Thanks to: Google Images, the CIA World Fact Book, Wikipedia, and Google itself for supplying the information and images used within this Power Point Presentation. All information was current as of 10/2009. Gracias.