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There is a theory about the origin in náhuatl of Mexico word:
"Mexi" and the completion "co",
that means "Mexicas place" or
"Mexit" "Mexitl place."
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There isAlso
the theory that the word Mexico comes from
"Maxtli" (that talks about to
"moon" or "goddess of the
moon" and "xietli"
"center" that is interpreted like
"the one that this in the center of the
moon" or "in the center of mextli's
moon."
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Also it precedes his settler ancient the mexicas.
The Aztecas (or mexica) say that it is "place
where the sun and the moon are joined."
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1.
Aguscalientes
Capital:
Aguascalientes
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2.
Baja
California Norte
Capital:
Mexicalí
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3.
Baja
California Sur
Capital:
La Paz
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4.
Campeche
Capital:
Campeche
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5.
Coahuila
Capital:
Saltillo
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6.
Colima
Capital:
Colima
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7.
Chiapas
Capital:
Chiapas
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8.
Chihuahua
Capital:
Chihuahua
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9.
Distrito
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Durango
Capital:
Durango
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11.
Estado de México
Capital:
Toluca
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12.
Guanajuato
Capital:
Guanajuato
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13.
Guerrero
Capital:
Chilpancingo
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14.
Hidalgo
Capital:
Pachuca
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15.
Jalisco
Capital:
Guadalajara
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16.
Michoacán
Capital:
Morelia
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17.
Morelos
Capital:
Cuernavaca
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18.
Nayarit
Capital:
Tepic
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19.
Nuevo
León
Capital:
Monterrey
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20.
Oaxaca
Capital:
Oaxaca
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21.
Puebla
Capital:
Puebla
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22.
Querétaro
Capital:
Querétaro
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23.
Quintana
Roo
Capital:
Chetumal
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24.
San
Luis Potosí
Capital:
San Luis Potosí
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25.
Sinaloa
Culiacán
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26.
Sonora
Capital:
Hermosillo
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27.
Tabasco
Capital:
Villahermosa
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28.
Tamaulipas
Capital:
Ciudad Victoria
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29.
Tlaxcala
Capital:
Tlaxcala
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30.
Veracruz
Capital:
Jalapa
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31.
Yucatán
Capital:
Mérida
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32.
Zacatecas
Capital:
Zacatecas
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Presidential
House |
México |
Xochimilco,
México |
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It
has a rectangle divided in three vertical strips. The colors
mean Green, independence. White, purity, red, union. In the
white strip and to the center it has the National Shield.
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It has an eagle putting its left claw holding curved serpent.
Several leaf of prickly pear ramification themselves to the
sides. A branch of encino in the front. A branch of laurel in the opposite side.
Forms between both an inferior semicircle and they are unite
by means of a ribbon divided in three strips.
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| Oficial Name: |
United States
Mexicans |
Capital: |
México, D.F. |
| Language: |
Spanish (official) |
Currency: |
Mexican peso |
| Political Division: |
31 States and a
Federal District |
Population: |
104,959,594 (2004) |
| Area by km²: |
1,972,550 |
Coasts in km: |
9,330 |
| Holiday days: |
1.
January 1
2.
February 5
3.
Saint Thursday
4.
Saint Friday
5.
May1
6.
September 16
7.
November 2
8.
November 20
9.
December 12
10.
December 25 |
New
Year's
Constitution
Day
Saint
Thursday
Saint
Friday
Labor
Day
Independence
Day
Deceased
Day
Revolution
Day
Guadalupe
Virgin Day Christmas |
| Ports: |
Acapulco,
altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lázaro
Cárdenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Progresol, Salina Cruz,
Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz.
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| Desert: |
Sonora. Surface in
km²: 310,800.
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| Hydrography: |
The
main rivers are the Lerma, Santiago, Balsas, Yaqui and El
Fuerte (flowing of the Pacific). Bravo del Norte, Panuco,
Usumacinta, Papaloapan, Mexcalapa, Coatzacoalcos, Grijalva and
San Fernando (flowing of the Gulf of Mexico). Chapala is the
greatest lake of the country.
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| Climate: |
There
is variety of climates that depend generally on the altitude.
it is warm on the coast and valleys. In the plateaus and
north it is warmed up. North and northeast are arid. Southwest
is very humid.
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| Natural resources: |
Petroleum, silver,
copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, wood.
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| Industry: |
Salt,
silver machine and equipment, foods, drinks, tobacco,
chemistries, metals, minerals, papers products, textiles.
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| Agriculture: |
Sugar,
corn, oranges, wheat, tomatoes, bananas, mangoes, beans,
lemons, lime, avocados, cotton, watermelon, papayas, rice,
grapes, pinapple, carrots.
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| Cattle ranch: |
Ovine,
pig, birds, bovine, goats, ducks, horses, turkeys, donkeys.
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| Geographic: |
Mexico
shares the North border with The United States of North
America. To the south with Guatemala and Belize.
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| High volcanoes: |
Pico
de Orizaba or Citlaltepec (5,700 m/h). Popocatepetl
(5,465 m/h). Iztaccihuatl (5.286 m/h). Nevado de Toluca (4.680
m/h). Tacana (4.092 m/h).
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| History: |
The wars between 1810 and 1821 gave to Mexico its independence. In
1824 Guadalupe Victoria was the first president of Mexico. In
1861 Bénito Juárez, a native zapoteco was chosen president.
The mexican troops expelled to French soldiers thanks to Puebla's
battle in 1867. The country counts on 439 species of mammals.
705 of reptiles. 289 of amphibians. 35 of marine mammals and
1.061 of birds. In Coahuila's desert, in the region of Four
Ciénegas there are natural springs where there are eight
unique species of fish.
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ALFONSO
GARCIA ROBLES. He was born in 1922 in Zamora, México. He died
on September 2, 1991. The Nobel Peace Prize 1982 was
granted to him, "for his multiple diplomatic
managements in international organisms around the nuclear
disarmament." He shared it with Alva Myrdal (Sweden).
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OCTAVIO
PAZ. He wa born in 1914 in México City. He died on April 19,
1998. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 was granted to
him. "for impassioned writing with wide horizons,
characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic
integrity."
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MARIO
MOLINA HENRIQUEZ. He was born in March 19, 1943 in México
City (nationalized American). The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1995 was granted to him. "for his investigations in
atmospherie chemistry, particularly concerning the formation
and decomposition of ozone." He shared with Paul J.
Crutzen (Countries Low) and F. Sherwood Rowland (USA).
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DALIA. It is a plant of more of a meter of height with reddish
or purple stems. the leaves are opposite, simple and shaped in
triangular form with many petals of color purple, yellow or
pink in the base. They are cultivated in Cuernavaca, México.
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AHUEHUETE. This tree measures 41 meters of height. 14.36 meters of diameter. 36
meters of circumference and 54 meters of circumference with
deviousness. It has two thousand years of antiquity.
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GOLDEN
EAGLE. It is carnivorous or insectivorous. It flies fast. It has the superior jaw curved and
is big. The fingers finish in long and sharpened nails or claws.
The legs have much pressure that use to catch and to maintain
the prey.
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Guadalupe
Victoria
1824-1829 |
Vicente
Guerrero
1829-1829 |
José Ma.
Bocanegra
1829-1829 |
Pedro
Vélez
1829-1829 |
Anastacio
Bustamante
1830-1832 |
Melchor
Muzquiz
1832-1832 |
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Manuel
Gómez P.
1832-1833 |
Antonio
López de S.
1833-1833 |
Valentín
Gómez Farias
1833-1834 |
Antonio
López de S.
1834-1835 |
Miguel
Barragan
1835-1836 |
José Justo
Corro
1836-1837 |
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Anastacio
Bustamante
1837-1839 |
Antonio
López de S.
1839-1839 |
Nicolas
Bravo
1839-1839 |
Anastacio
Bustamante
1839-1841 |
Francisco J.
Echeverría
1841-1841 |
Antonio
López de S.
1841-1842 |
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Nicolas
Bravo
1842-1843 |
Antonio
López de S.
1843-1843 |
Valentin
Canalizo
1843-1844 |
Antonio
López de S.
1844-1844 |
José
Joaquín Herrera
1844-1844 |
Valentin
Canalizo
1844-1844 |
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José
Joaquín Herrera
1844-1845 |
Mariano
Paredes y A.
1846-1846 |
Nicolas
Bravo
1846-1846 |
José Mariano
Salas
1846-1846 |
Antonio
López de S.
1847-1847 |
Pedro
María Anaya
1847-1847 |
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Antonio
López de S.
1847-1847 |
Manuel de
la Peña
1847-1847 |
Pedro
María Anaya
1847-1848 |
Manuel de
la Peña
1848-1848 |
José
Joaquín Herrera
1848-1851 |
Mariano
Arista
1851-1853 |
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Juan
Bautista Ceballos
1853-1853 |
Manuel
Lombardini
1853-1853 |
Antonio
López de S.
1853-1855 |
Martín
carrera Sabat
1855-1855 |
Rómulo
Díaz de la V.
1855-1855 |
Juan
Álvarez Bénitez
1855-1855 |
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Ignacio
comonfort
1855-1857 |
Benito
Juárez García
1858-1861 |
Benito
Juárez García
1861-1865 |
Benito Juárez García
1865-1867 |
Benito Juárez García
1867-1872 |
Sebastian Lerdo de T.
1872-1879 |
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Porfirio Díaz Mory
1876-1876 |
José
Ma. Iglesias
1876-1877 |
Juan N.
Méndez
1876-1877 |
Porfirio Díaz Mory
1877-1880 |
Manuel
González
1880-1884 |
Porfirio Díaz Mory
1884-1911 |
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Francisco León de la B.
1911-1911 |
Francisco I. Madero
1911-1913 |
Pedro
Lascurain Paredes
1913-1913 |
Victoriano Huerta
1913-1914 |
Francisco Carvajal
1914-1914 |
Venustiano Carranza
1914-1920 |
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Eulalio
Gutiérrez
1914-1915 |
Roque
González Garza
1915-1915 |
Francisco Lagos Chazaro
1915-1915 |
Adolfo
de la Huerta
1920-1920 |
Alvaro
Obregon Salido
1920-1924 |
Plutarco Elias Calles
1924-1928 |
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Emilio
Portes Gil
1928-1930 |
Pascual
Ortiz Rubio
1930-1932 |
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
1932-1934 |
Lázaro
Cárdenas del Río
1934-1940 |
Manuel
Ávila Camacho
1940-1946 |
Miguel
Alemán Valdéz
1946-1952 |
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Adolfo
Ruíz Cortines
1952-1958 |
Adolfo
López Mateos
1958-1964 |
Gustavo
Díaz Ordaz
1964-1970 |
Luis
Echeverría Álvarez
1970-1976 |
José
López Portillo
1976-1982 |
Miguel
de la Madrid H.
1982-1988 |
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Carlos
Salinas de Gortari
1988-1994 |
Ernesto
Zedillo Ponce de L
1994-2000 |
Vicente
Fox Quezada
2000-2006 |
Felipe
Calderón Hinojosa
2006-2012 |
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