Acapulco, Mexico City

CAPITAL CITY OF Mexico: Mexico
LANGUAGE OF Mexico: Spanish
CURRENCY OF Mexico: Mexican peso (MXN)
COMMENTS ABOUT Mexico:
The United Mexican States, is a country located in North America, bounded on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean
Cities : Mexico City (capital), Acapulco, Cancun, Cabo San Lucas, Guanajuato, Merida, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, San Miguel de Allende
Best Places : Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Ek Balam, Tajin, Teotihuacan
Eat :Chicharron, Enchiladas, Tacos, Tamales, Tortas, Quesadillas, Mole, Pozole, Gorditas, Guacamole, Tostadas, Huaraches, Sopes, Carnitas, Chile en nogada, Barbacoa, Tortas ahogadas, Panuchos, Sopa de Tortilla, Chilaquiles
Drink :Absinth, Tequila, Pulque, Mezcal, Tepache, Tuba
Electricity : 120V/60Hz Calling code : +52 Time zone : (UTC-8 to -6) The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) was sworn in on 1 December 2000 as the first chief executive elected in free and fair elections.
CLIMATE OF Mexico: The Tropic of Cancer effectively divides the country into temperate and tropical zones. Land north of the twenty-fourth parallel experiences cooler temperatures during the winter months. South of the twenty-fourth parallel, temperatures are fairly constant year round and vary solely as a function of elevation.
RELIGION OF Mexico: nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
POPULATION OF Mexico: 104,959,594 (July 2004 est.)>>>
ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Mexico: Mexico has a free market economy with a mixture of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, increasingly dominated by the private sector. Recent administrations have expanded competition in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and airports. Per capita income is one-fourth that of the US; income distribution remains highly unequal. Trade with the US and Canada has tripled since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994. Real GDP growth was a weak -0.3% in 2001, 0.9% in 2002, and 1.2% in 2003, with the US slowdown the principal cause. Mexico implemented free trade agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and the European Free Trade Area in 2001, putting more than 90% of trade under free trade agreements. The government is cognizant of the need to upgrade infrastructure, modernize the tax system and labor laws, and provide incentives to invest in the energy sector, but progress is slow.