Mexico

Mexico (Spainish: México ; ), offeecially the Unitit Mexican States (, ), is a federal republic in the soothrenmist portion o North Americae. It is mairchit tae the north bi the Unitit States; tae the sooth an wast bi the Paceefic Ocean; tae the sootheast bi Guatemala, Belize, an the Caribbean Sea; an tae the east bi the Gulf o Mexico.Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, 3rd ed., Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, Merriam-Webster; p. 733 Kiverin awmaist , the naition is the fift lairgest kintra in Americae bi tot aurie an the 13t lairgest independent state in the warld.

Wi an estimatit population o ower 120 million fowk, the kintra is the elevent maist populous state an the maist populous Spaingie-speakin state in the warld, while bein the seicont maist populous naition in Laitin Americae efter Brazil. Mexico is a federation compreesin 31 states an Mexico Ceety, a special federal entity that is also the caipital ceety an its maist populous ceety. Ither metropolises in the state include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, an Tijuana.

Mexico haes the 15t lairgest nominal GDP an the 11t lairgest bi purchasin pouer parity. The Mexican economy is strangly airtit tae thae o its 1994 North American Free Tred Greement (NAFTA) pairtners, espeshally the Unitit States. In 1994, Mexico becam the first Laitin American member o the Organisation for Economic Co-operation an Development (OECD). It is clessifee'd as an upper-middle income kintra bi the Warld Bank an a newly industrialised kintra bi several analysts. The kintr is conseedert aith a regional pouer an a middle pouer, an is eften identifee'd as an emergin global pouer. Due tae its rich cultur an history, Mexico ranks first in Americae an seivent in the warld for nummer o UNESCO Warld Heritage Steids. Mexico is an ecologically megadiverse kintra, rankin fowert in the warld for its biodiversity. Mexico haes mony tourists: in 2016, it wis the aicht maist-veesitit kintra in the warld, wi 35 million internaitional arrivals. Mexico is a member o the Unitit Naitions (UN), the Warld Trade Organisation (WTO), the G8+5, the G20, the Unitin for Consensus group o the UN, an the Paceefic Alliance tred bloc. Bi 2050, Mexico coud potentially acome the warld's fift or seivent lairgest economy.

Pre-Columbian Mexico dates tae aboot 8000 BC an is identifee'd as ane o seiven cradles o ceevilisation an wis hame tae mony advanced Mesoamerican ceevilisations sic as the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, an Aztec afore first contact wi Europeans. In 1521, the Spaingie Empire conquered an colonised the territory frae its poleetically pouerfu base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan (pairt o Mexico Ceety), that wis admeenistert as the viceryalty o New Spain. Three centuries later, the territory becam a naition state follaein its recogneetion in 1821 efter the colony's Mexican War o Unthirldom. The post-unthirldom period wis tumultuous, chairacterised bi economic inequality an mony intense poleetical chynges. The Mexican–American War (1846–1848) led te a territorial cession o the extant northren territories tae the Unitit States. The Pastry War, the Franco-Mexican War, a ceevil war, twa empires, an the Porfiriato occurred in the 19t century. The Porfiriato wis endit bi the stairt o the Mexican Revolution in 1910, that culminatit wi the promulgation o the 1917 Constitution an the emergence o the kintra's current poleetical seestem as a democratic republic.
 Entidades federativas de México Name  ificial abbreviated coat Capital Largest City surface (km²) population (2020) Densidad de población (hab/km²) Orden de creación Fecha de creación Ubicación Aguascalientes Ags. frameless|58x58px Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 05618 01425607237.23 0 1819121405/02/1857 80px Baja California B. C. frameless|72x72px Mexicali Tijuana 071446 0376902050.86 0 1819121416/01/1952 80px Baja California Sur B. C. S. frameless|60x60px La Paz La Paz 073922 07984478.62 0 1819121408/10/1974 80px Campeche Camp. frameless|76x76px San Francisco de Campeche San Francisco de Campeche 057924 92836314.20 0 1819121429/04/1863 80px Chiapas Chis. frameless|64x64px Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tuxtla Gutiérrez 073289 0554382865.45 0 1819121414/09/1824 80px Chihuahua Chih. frameless|57x57px Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez 0247455 0374186913.77 0 1819121406/07/1824 80px Ciudad de México CDMX frameless|60x60px — Iztapalapa 01485 092099445960.27 0 1819121430/01/2016 80px Coahuila de Zaragoza5 Coah. frameless|52x52px Saltillo Saltillo 0151563 0314677120.16 0 1819121407/05/1824  80px Colima Col. frameless|74x74px Colima Colima 05625 0731391115.65 0 1819121409/12/1856 80px Durango Dgo. frameless|50x50px Victoria de Durango Victoria de Durango 0123451 0183265013.23 0 1819121422/05/1824 80px Guanajuato Gto. 50px Guanajuato León de los Aldama 030608 06166934179.25 0 1819121420/12/1823 80px Guerrero Gro. frameless|50x50px Chilpancingode los Bravo Acapulco de Juárez 063621 0354068553.26 0 1819121427/10/1849 80px Hidalgo Hgo. 60px  Pachuca de Soto Pachuca de Soto 020813 03082841128.05 0 1819121416/01/1869 80px Jalisco Jal. frameless|71x71px Guadalajara Zapopan 078599 0834815193.52 0 1819121423/12/1823 80px México Méx. Toluca de Lerdo Ecatepec de Morelos 022357 016992418678.80 0 1819121420/12/1823 80px Michoacán de Ocampo Mich. 73x73px Morelia Morelia 058643 0474884674.20 0 1819121422/12/1823 80px Morelos Mor. 50px Cuernavaca Cuernavaca 04893 01971520363.22 0 1819121417/04/1869 80px Nayarit Nay. 50px Tepic Tepic 027815 0123545639.01 0 1819121426/01/1917 80px Nuevo León N. L. 50px Monterrey Monterrey 064220 0578444272.46 0 1819121407/05/1824 80px Oaxaca Oax. 50px Oaxaca de Juárez Oaxaca de Juárez 093793 0413214840.54 0 1819121421/12/1823 80px Puebla Pue. 50px Puebla de Zaragoza Puebla de Zaragoza 034290 06583278168.56 0 1819121421/12/1823 80px Querétaro Qro. 50px Santiago de Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro 011684 02368467156.45 0 1819121423/12/1823 80px Quintana Roo Q. R. 50px Chetumal Cancún 042361 0185798531.29 0 1819121408/10/1974 80px San Luis Potosí S. L. P. 50px San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 060983 0282225542.40 0 1819121422/12/1823 80px Sinaloa Sin. 50px Culiacán Rosales Culiacán Rosales 057377 0302694348.24 0 1819121414/10/1830 80px Sonora6 Son. 50px Hermosillo Hermosillo 0179503 0294484014.83 0 1819121410/01/1824 80px Tabasco Tab. 75x75px Villahermosa Villahermosa 024738 0240259890.49 0 1819121407/02/1824 80px Tamaulipas Tamps. 50px Ciudad Victoria Reynosa 080175 0352773540.77 0 1819121407/02/1824 80px Tlaxcala Tlax. 50px Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl 04016 01342977291.32 0 1819121409/12/1856 80px Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Ver. 50px Xalapa-Enríquez Veracruz 071820 08062579106.42 0 1819121422/12/1823 80px Yucatán7 Yuc. 50px Mérida Mérida 039612 0232089849.37 0 1819121423/12/1823 80px Zacatecas Zac. 50px Zacatecas Zacatecas 075539 0162213819.73 0 1819121423/12/1823 80px

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