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Capital Mexico : |
Mexico (Distrito Federal) .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Mexico :
| Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km .
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| Climate Mexico :
| varies from tropical to desert .
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| Life expectancy Mexico :
| 74.94 years .
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| Fertility rate Mexico :
| 2.49 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Mexico :
| federal republic .
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| Population Mexico :
| 104,959,594 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Mexico :
| 1,972,550 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Mexico :
| 15,958,700 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Mexico :
| 28.125 million (2003) .
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| International Country Code Mexico :
| 52.
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| Sex ratio total Mexico :
| 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Mexico ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Mexico ratio 15 64 :
| 0.94 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Mexico ratio 65 :
| 0.84 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Mexico :
| $-9.15 billion (2003) |
| HIV Mexico :
| 0.3% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Mexico :
| 40% (2003 est.) |
| Literacy Mexico :
| 92,20% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Mexico :
| 1,60% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Mexico :
| 35.6% (2002) |
| Inflation Mexico :
| 4.5% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Mexico :
| 3.3% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2003) |
| Internet Users Mexico :
| 10.033 million (2002) |
| Location Mexico :
| Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US |
| Geographic Coordinates Mexico :
| 23 00 N, 102 00 W |
| Religion Mexico :
| nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% |
| Administrative region Mexico :
| 31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas |
| Terrain Mexico :
| high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert |
| Elevation extremes lowest Mexico :
| Laguna Salada -10 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Mexico :
| Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m |
| Natural resources Mexico :
| petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber |
| Land use arable land Mexico :
| 12,99% |
| Land use permanentcrops Mexico :
| 1,31% |
| Irrigated land Mexico :
| 65,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Mexico :
| 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 |
| Environment current issues Mexico :
| scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural fresh water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; raw sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; deteriorating agricultural lands; serious air and water pollution in the national capital and urban centers along US-Mexico border; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion |
| Geography note Mexico :
| strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico |
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Divisions
Aguascalientes
Baja California
Baja California Sur
Campeche
Chiapas
Chihuahua
Coahuila de Zaragoza
Colima
Distrito Federal
Durango
Guanajuato
Guerrero
Hidalgo
Jalisco
Mexico
Michoacan de Ocampo
Morelos
Nayarit
Nuevo Leon
Oaxaca
Puebla
Queretaro de Arteaga
Quintana Roo
San Luis Potosi
Sinaloa
Sonora
Tabasco
Tamaulipas
Tlaxcala
Veracruz-Llave
Yucatan
Zacatecas
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