Mexico

Mexico


     Mexico, the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is

bordered on the north by the United States of America; on the south by Belize

and Guatemala; on the east by the United States of America, Gulf of Mexico, and

the Caribbean Sea; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

     Mexico's borders stretch approximately 1,958,201 square kilometers or

756,066 square miles. That figure includes 5,363 square kilometers or 2,071

square miles of  outlying islands.  From north to south its longest distance is

1,250 miles.  From east to west its longest distance is 1,900 miles.  Mexico's

coast line covers about 6,320 miles.

     Most of Mexico is just an immense elevated plateau, flanked by mountain

ranges that fall sharply off to narrow coastal plains in the West and East.

Much of Mexico's Central Plateau is a continuation of the great plains through

the southwestern United States.  The highest point in all of Mexico is Mount

Onzaba (Citlaltepetl).  It is 18,707 feet above sea level.  Mexico's lowest

point is near Mexicali.  This area near Mexicali is thirty-three feet below sea

level.

     The capital of Mexico is Mexico City.  The metropolitan area of Mexico

City is home to about 14,987,051 people of Mexico's total population of about

93,670,000, according to a 1990 census.  Although most of Mexico's population is

from Mexico City, which is the biggest city in the world, Mexico's other cities

include Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Puebla.  Most of Mexico's population lives

in urban areas, about seventy-five percent, and the population density is about

forty-eight people per square kilometer, or one-hundred and twenty-four people

per square mile.

     Mexico's official language is Spanish, although another language that is

fairly widely spoken is Native American.  Mexico's ethnic groups can be broken

down into three major groups: Mestizo, Native American, and European.  Mestizo's

are people of mixed European and Native American ancestry.  Mestizo's make up

about sixty percent of Mexico's population, while Native American's makes up

about thirty percent, and European's make up about nine percent.  There are many

religions being practiced in Mexico, but the biggest by far is Roman Catholicism,

which is practiced by about ninety percent of Mexico's population.  The other

fairly big religion, while nowhere near as widely practiced, is Protestantism,

practiced by about five percent of all people currently going to church in

Mexico.

     Most of Mexico's big Cities lies within the Tropic of Cancer.  Mexico

City averages about fifty-four degrees Fahrenheit and twelve degrees Celsius in
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