Mexico

LOCATION: IT is located in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

CAPITAL: The capital of Mexico is Mexico City.

TOTAL AREA: The total area of Mexico is 1,972,550 sq km.

CLIMATE: The climate of Mexico varies from tropical to desert.

TERRAIN: Mexico has high, rugged mountains, low close plains, high plateaus, and desert.

NATURAL RESOURCES:

Some natural resources are petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, and timber.

RAIL ROADS: The total railroads are 24,500 km.

HIGHWAYS: The total number of highways are 242,300 km.

INLAND WATERWAYS: It has 2,900 km of navigatable rivers and coastal canals.

AIRPORTS: The total number of airports are 2,055.

TOTAL POPULATION: The total is approximately 98,552,776(est. July 1998).

RELIGIONS: 89% of the people are Roman Catholic, while 6% are Protestant.

LANGUAGE: The languages of Mexico are Spanish, and various Mayan dialects.

Info: Hundreds of years ago, Indians of Mexico built large cities, developed a calendar, invented a counting system, and used a form of writing. The last Indian empire in Mexico- that of the aztec- fell to Spanish invaders in 1521. For the next 300 years, Mexico was a Spanish colony. The Spaniards took Mexico's riches, and the Indians remained poor and uneducated. But the Spaniards also introduced many changes in farming, government, industry, and religion.

By:Trevor, Jonathon

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