Mexico

Mexico
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This article is about the country in North America. For other uses, see Mexico (disambiguation).

United Mexican States
Estados UnidosMexicanos [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′N99°22′W
National languages Spanish (de facto) and 68 indigenous languages
Ethnic groups (2010) Indigenous peoples (14.86%)[3]
Demonym Mexican
Government Federal presidential
constitutionalrepublic[4]
 -  President Felipe Calderón
 -  Secretary of the Interior Alejandro Poiré
 -  Supreme Court President Juan Silva Meza
 -  President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto
Legislature Congress
 -  Upperhouse 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
 -  2011 estimate 113,910,608 [5] (11th)
 -  Density 57/km2 (142nd)
142/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate
 -  Total $1,661 trillion[6] 
 -  Per capita $14,609[6] 
GDP(nominal) 2011 estimate
 -  Total $1.154 trillion[6] 
 -  Per capita $10,153[6] 
Gini (2008) 48.3[7] (high) 
HDI (2011) 0.770[8] (high) (57th)
Currency Peso (MXN)
Time zone Official MexicanTimezones (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
Mexico (i/ˈmɛksɨkoʊ/; Spanish: México, IPA: [ˈmexiko] (listen)),[9] officially the United Mexican States[10] (Spanish:  Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States ofAmerica; 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.[11] Covering almost two million square...