Mexico

• Capital: Mexico City
• Major Cities
  • Monterrey
  • Guadalajara
  • Puebla
  • Tijuana
  • Cancun
• Major Geographical Features
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Bay of Campeche
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Gulf of Tehuanepec
  • Gulf of California
  • Rio Grande
  • Baja California
  • Yucutan Peninsula
  • Sierra Madre Occidenals (Mountains)
  • Sierra Madre Orientals (Mountains)
  • Sierra Madre del Sur (Mountains)
• Official Name: United Mexican States
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Languages:
  • Spanish
  • Mayan
  • Nahuatl
• 1994: Economic crisis causes the severe devaluation of the peso
• Independence: 1810 from Spain
• Government: federal republic
• Currency: Mexican peso
• 3 Texases are slightly larger than Mexico
• Literacy: 91%
• Climate: Tropical desert
• The Tropic of Cancer passes through Mexico
• Exports
  • Silver
    • Mexico produces the most silver in the world
  • Oil and Natural Gas
    • makes up 1/3 of government revenues