Mexico

Fast Facts

OFFICIAL NAME: United Mexican States

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic of federated states

CAPITAL: Mexico City

POPULATION: 120,286,655

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish

People and Culture

Mexico is the product of a rich Indian heritage, three centuries of Spanish rule, and a shared border with the world's richest country, the United States. Today, most Mexicans are mestizos, which means they have a mix of Indian and Spanish blood.

MONEY: Peso

AREA: 758,449 square miles (1,964,375 square kilometers)

MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Sierra Madre

MAJOR RIVERS: Rio Grande, Yaqui

Mexico is a land of extremes, with high mountains and deep canyons in the center of the country, sweeping deserts in the north, and dense rain forests in the south and east.

Mexico