Mexico
“Our Neighbor
to the South”
North America, you say?
Yes, Mexico is part of
North America
Here you can see some of
Mexico’s main cities.
Mexico’s flag was adopted in 1968, but
it has been used since independence
in 1821
The flag has the coat of arms to make it different from Italy’s flag. Red, white and
green are the colors of the national liberation army in Mexico. The emblem in the
middle is a drawing based on the Aztec pictogram for Tenochtitlan, which is now
Mexico City, and which was the center of the Aztec empire. It recalls the legend that
inspired the Aztecs to settle on what was a lake-island.
Mexico’s Flag
Italy’s Flag
1,178,625 square miles:
Total area of Mexico
Thanks, Google Maps!
Mexico is slightly less than three times
the size of Texas
Thanks, Google Maps!
Mexico’s climate varies
from tropical to desert
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Baja California, Mexico
Mexico’s Natural Resources:
petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead,
zinc, natural gas, timber
Agricultural Products:
corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit,
tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products, wood products
Industries:
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel,
petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles,
consumer durables, tourism
El Dinero: el Peso Mexicano
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Internet users: 22.812 million (2007)
Natural Hazards:
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.
Population:
111,211,789 (July 2009 est.)
Country Comparison to the world: 12
Urban population: 77% of total population (2008)
Rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change
(2005-10 est.)
Ethnic Groups for Mexicans: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%,
Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Spanish and indigenous languages are spoken in
Mexico. Indigenous languages include various Mayan
languages and Nahuatl.
I suppose there could be some parrot language, too.
The United States, a Shared Name
• conventional long form: United Mexican
States
• conventional short form: Mexico
• local long form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos
• local short form: Mexico
Mexico is a federal republic.
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Mexico is a Federal Democratic
Republic. There are 31 states and the
Federal District (D.F. like Washington
D.C.). The Government is divided into
three powers Ejecutivo (Executive),
Legislativo (Legislative) and Judicial
(Judicial). The first in power is the
President, the second is divided into
the Senate chamber (one Senator for
each state) and the Chamber of
deputies (a predetermined number of
people), and the third is the Supreme
Court of Justice.
The president is elected for a period of
6 years and is ineligible to run again.
Mr. Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa
was elected in December of 2006 to
preside until 2012.
There are several parties in Mexico.
The one who has 35% of the votes is
the Institutional Revolutionary Party
(PRI), the second with 30% of votes is
National Action Party (PAN), and the
rest are smaller parties.
16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September
1821 (recognized by Spain): FREEDOM
President Felipe de Jesus CALDERON
Hinojosa (since 1 December 2006)
Diplomatic representation in the US:
Ambassador Arturo SARUKHAN
Casamitjana
Washington, D.C.
Diplomatic representation from the US:
Ambassador Antonio O. GARZA, Jr.
Mexico City, Mexico
Sí, we have problemas.
Drugs
Displaced Persons
Y, we have very famous people, too!
Frida Kahlo
Diego Rivera, her husband
The “Father of our Country”
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo
More Famous Mexicans
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Fernando Valenzuela, baseball
Don Benito Juárez, past President of Mexico
Pancho Villa, a Mexican “Robin Hood”
George Lopez, actor in American T.V.
Saúl Hernández, from Caifanes rock group
Adiós, Amigos.
• Thanks to: Google
Images, the CIA World
Fact Book, Wikipedia,
and Google itself for
supplying the
information and images
used within this Power
Point Presentation. All
information was current
as of 10/2009.
• Gracias.