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Officially United Mexican States, republic (1995 est. pop. 93,986,000), 753,665 sq mi (1,952,500 sq km), S North America. It borders on the United States in the north, on the Gulf of Mexico (including its arm, the Bay of Campeche) and the Caribbean Sea in the east, on Belize and Guatemala in the southeast, and on the Pacific Ocean in the south and west. Mexico is divided into 31 states and the Federal District, which includes most of the country's capital and largest city, Mexico City.

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United Mexican States Estados Unidos Mexicanos [1][2](Spanish)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "Himno Nacional Mexicano" Mexican National Anthem
National seal: Seal of the United Mexican States
Capital (and largest city)		Mexico City 19°03′N 99°22′W
Official language(s)		Spanish [3][4]
Recognised national languages		62 Indigenous Amerindian languages[5]
Ethnic groups		- Mestizo 70%[6] - White 15%[6] - Indigenous 9.8%[7] - Other 1%[6]
Demonym		Mexican
Government		Federal presidential constitutional republic[8]
-	President	Felipe Calderón (PAN)
-	Secretary of the Interior	José Francisco Blake Mora
-	Supreme Court President	Juan Silva Meza
Legislature		Congress
-	Upper House	Senate
-	Lower House	Chamber of Deputies
Independence		from Spain
-	Declared	September 16, 1810
-	Recognized	September 27, 1821
Area
-	Total	1,972,550 km2 (14th) 761,606 sq mi
-	Water (%)	2.5
Population
-	2010 census	112,322,757[9] (11th)
-	Density	57/km2 (142nd) 142/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2011 estimate
-	Total	$1.629 trillion[10] (11th)
-	Per capita	$15,113[11] (58th)
GDP (nominal)		2011 estimate
-	Total	$1.041 trillion[10] (13th)
-	Per capita	$9,489[10] (58th)
Gini (2008)		51.6[12] (high)
HDI (2010)		0.750[13] (high) (56th)
Currency		Peso (MXN)
Time zone		Official Mexican Timezones(UTC−8 to −6)
-	Summer (DST)	varies (UTC−7 to −5)
Drives on the		right
ISO 3166 code		MX
Internet TLD		.mx
Calling code		+52

The United Mexican States^[14] (Spanish:  Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)), commonly known as Mexico (pronounced ⁱ/ˈmɛksɨkoʊ/; Spanish: México [ˈmexiko] ( listen)),^[15] is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico.^[16] Covering almost two million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi),^[2] Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the thirteenth largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of over 112 million,^[9] it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.

In Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans. In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory from its base in México-Tenochtitlan, which was administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This territory would eventually become Mexico as the colony independence was recognized in 1821. The post-independence period was characterized by economic instability, the Mexican-American War and territorial cession to the United States, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship. The latter led to the Mexican Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time that an opposition party won the presidency from the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Mexico has one of the world's largest economies, and is considered both a regional power and middle power.,^[17][18] In addition, Mexico was the first Latin American member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD (since 1994), and a firmly established upper-middle income country.^[19] Mexico is considered a newly industrialized country^{[20][21][22][23]} and an emerging power.^[24] It has the thirteenth largest nominal GDP and the eleventh largest by purchasing power parity. The economy is strongly linked to those of its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, especially the United States.^[25][26] Mexico ranks fifth in the world and first in the Americas by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites with31,^[27][28][29] and in 2007 was the tenth most visited country in the world with 21.4 million international arrivals.^[30]

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Most of Mexico is highland or mountainous and less than 15% of the land is arable; about 25% of the country is forested. Most of the Yucatán peninsula and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the southeast is lowland, and there are low-lying strips of land along the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of California

 In the south the deserts yield to the broad, shallow lakes of a region, comprising the Valley of Mexico, known as the Anáhuac and famous for its rich cultural heritage. South of the Anáhuac, which includes Mexico City, is a chain of extinct volcanoes, including Citlaltépetl , or Orizaba (18,700 ft/5,700 m, the highest point in Mexico), Popocatépetl , and Iztaccihuatl . To the south are jumbled masses of mountains and the Sierra Madre del Sur.

People in Mexico

The great majority of the population are of mixed Spanish and indigenous descent and speak Spanish, the official language, as their first language. Various Mayan dialects are also spoken. Since 1920 the population of Mexico has had a very high rate of growth, almost entirely the result of natural increase; from 1940 to 1990 the population grew from 19.6 million to 81.1 million.

*Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Copyright (c) 2003.-

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Santiago de Querétaro Es la capital del estado mexicano de Querétaro de Arteaga y cabecera del municipio de Querétaro. Se encuentra localizado a 51 kms. de Vergel de la Peña. La ciudad fue fundada el 25 de julio de 1531. Su gentilicio es queretano. El nombre colonial original fue "Santiago de Querétaro", que después de la Independencia de México quedó solamente en "Querétaro" o "Ciudad de Querétaro". Sin embargo, después de su nombramiento en 1996 como Queretaro, Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad, se retomó el nombre original de "Santiago de Querétaro", aunque muy pocas personas fuera del Estado la identifican con su nombre completo. El nombre original en purépecha era "K'eretarhu" o lugar de la gran ciudad, mientras su nombre otomí es "Ndämxei" o lugar del juego de pelota. La ciudad, con 1,500,000 hab. en el 2009, impulsada por su ubicación estratégica, así como por ser uno de los principales destinos de la inversión industrial en el país. Ha sido considerado en 2009 como el 2o. Lugar en Mexico con mejor calidad de vida del pais. queretaro real estate En el 2011 la palabra Queretaro, se considero la mas bonita del Español. Se localiza en la parte media de la región Centro de México. Cuenta con una interesante herencia étnica y cultural procedente de la integración de sus pueblos prehispánicos con las costumbres europeas, la cual le llevará en un recorrido por sus principales pueblos y ciudades. En la Ciudad de Querétaro, su capital, podrá observar los hermosos ejemplos de arquitectura barroca que le valieron para ser considerada como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO: los Templos de San Felipe Neri y Santa Rosa de Viterbo*, construidos en cantera y decorados en su interior con valiosos retablos, así como el Teatro de la República**, célebre recinto en el cual fue promulgada la constitución que actualmente rige al país. En esta entidad también podrá visitar Juriquilla, que cuenta con exclusivos campos de golf, o Bernal, en cuyos alrrededores se encuentra un famoso y enorme monolito ideal para practicar la escalada y el rappel. queretaro real estate  TRAVEL?

*El Acueducto

*Templo de Santa Rosa de Viterbo