Mexico
Central AmericaNorth America
A country of ancient pyramids, volcanoes and spicy food, between two oceans. You will find Mexico in Central America. The capital is Mexico City. About 128 million people live in the country.
- Capital
- Mexico City
- People
- 128 million
- Size
- 2,000,000 km²
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Mexico City was built on the spot where Tenochtitlan stood, the island capital of the Aztecs.
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The Maya and the Aztecs were drinking chocolate long before anyone in Europe had heard of cocoa.
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More people speak Spanish in Mexico than in any other country.
Compare with
Size
Mexico2,000,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit the United Kingdom into Mexico about 8.2 times.
People
Mexico128 millionUnited Kingdom67 millionAbout 1.9 times as many people live in Mexico as in the United Kingdom.
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- Mexico City
- Guadalajara
- Monterrey
- Puebla City
- Tijuana
- Toluca
- León de Los Aldama
- Ciudad Juárez
- Torreón
- Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
- San Luis Potosí
- Mérida
- Santiago de Querétaro
- Mexicali
- Aguascalientes City
- Ciudad Madero Tamaulipas
- Cuernavaca
- Culiacán
- Chihuahua City
- Saltillo
- Acapulco de Juárez
- Morelia
- Hermosillo
- Veracruz
- Cancun
- Matamoros
- Oaxaca de Juárez
- Tlaxcala
- Mazatán
- Reynosa
- Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Durango
- Xalapa
- Villahermosa
- Gómez Palacio
- Guanajuato
- Juarez
- Orizaba
- Nuevo Laredo
- Irapuato
- Pachuca
- Tepic
- Ciudad Obregon
- Coatzacoalcos
- Ciudad Victoria
- Uruapan
- Ensenada
- Poza Rica
- Zumpango
- Los Mochis
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Neighbours
3 countries border Mexico.
Belize
Guatemala
United StatesNearby countries
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
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