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About Mexico

A little background information about Mexico.

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The United Mexican States or in spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos.  Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Western Hemishepe and Mexicos economy is one of the 15 largest in the world.  Mexico City (the capital of Mexico) is one of the largest cities in the world.  In Latin America, only Brazil has a larger population than Mexico.

Mexico is bordered by the United States on the north, the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean Sea on the east, and Guatemala and Belize to the south.  Mexico has two major mountain ranges.  They are the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental.  Mexico features many things.  From volcanic peaks to snow-capped mountians.  They also have tropical rain forests and internationally known beaches.

Mexico has 31 states for its size that is not a lot.  The 31 mexican states are Aguascalientes, Baja California, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, and Zacatecas.