Mexicooo Baby
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Publicado: 3 de octubre de 2012
Overview
Mexico is a country located in North America and is bordered by the United States to the north, Belize and Guatemala to its south, the Gulf of Mexico to its east and the North PacificOcean to its west.
1,972,550 square kilometers
• Mexico is divided in 31 states and one federal district, mexico city.
*Green: the idependence movment
White: The purity of the catholicfaith
Red: The Spaniards that joined in the quest for independence and the blood of the national heroes.
The implied shield-symbolize the Aztec heritage: According to a legend, the gods hadadvised the Aztecs that the place where they should be establish their city was to be identified when they saw an eagle, perched on a perched on a prickly pear tree, devouring a snake. They saw thismythical eagle on a marshy lake that is now the zócalo or main plaza in Mexico City.
HISTORY
* Mexico was conquered by Spain. It was archive by Hernan Cortez in the name of king Carlos l of Spainand for the Spanish empire between 1519 and 1521. On 13 August last year, the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan fell to Spanish conquerors, after two years of bitter war efforts, political andconspiratorial, which participated with the Spanish invaders, previously subjugated peoples by, in an effort to rebel-leveraging circumstantial alliance newcomers-subjugation conditions in which they lived.*16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
Mexico's Independence from Spain started in 1810 and ended in 1821. The movement went through several leaders, including FatherMiguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria Morelos. Along the way, patriots and royalists battled it out all over Mexico.
PEOPLE
* Spanish
• There is no official religion in Mexico, as theconstitution guarantees separation of church and state. However, more than nine-tenths of the population are at least nominally affiliated with Roman Catholicism.
•
• Roman Catholicism 82.1%
•...
Mexico is a country located in North America and is bordered by the United States to the north, Belize and Guatemala to its south, the Gulf of Mexico to its east and the North PacificOcean to its west.
1,972,550 square kilometers
• Mexico is divided in 31 states and one federal district, mexico city.
*Green: the idependence movment
White: The purity of the catholicfaith
Red: The Spaniards that joined in the quest for independence and the blood of the national heroes.
The implied shield-symbolize the Aztec heritage: According to a legend, the gods hadadvised the Aztecs that the place where they should be establish their city was to be identified when they saw an eagle, perched on a perched on a prickly pear tree, devouring a snake. They saw thismythical eagle on a marshy lake that is now the zócalo or main plaza in Mexico City.
HISTORY
* Mexico was conquered by Spain. It was archive by Hernan Cortez in the name of king Carlos l of Spainand for the Spanish empire between 1519 and 1521. On 13 August last year, the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan fell to Spanish conquerors, after two years of bitter war efforts, political andconspiratorial, which participated with the Spanish invaders, previously subjugated peoples by, in an effort to rebel-leveraging circumstantial alliance newcomers-subjugation conditions in which they lived.*16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
Mexico's Independence from Spain started in 1810 and ended in 1821. The movement went through several leaders, including FatherMiguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria Morelos. Along the way, patriots and royalists battled it out all over Mexico.
PEOPLE
* Spanish
• There is no official religion in Mexico, as theconstitution guarantees separation of church and state. However, more than nine-tenths of the population are at least nominally affiliated with Roman Catholicism.
•
• Roman Catholicism 82.1%
•...
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