Mexico Facts: Interesting Facts About Mexico

The United Mexican States are located in North America. Mexico, as it is popularly known shares its boundaries with the North Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and United States on the North. To the south east, it is surrounded by the Carribean Sea, Guatemala and Belize. The Gulf of Mexico is to it's east.

Mexico covers almost two million square kilometers. It is the fourteenth largest country in the world,and the fifth largest in the Americas. It is also the most populated Spanish speaking country in the entire world.

Mexico consists of a federation of thirty one states and one federal district. The district, Mexico City, is one of the most populated cities on a global level. Mexico has a population of about one hundred and three million people.

Mexico has two mountain ranges crossing it to its north and south. The Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierr Madre Occidental cross Mexico to the north and the south respectively. These ranges are a extenstion of the Rocky Mountain. The country is crossed by a Trans-Mexican volcanic belt from the east and west at the center. Mexico also has a fourth mountain range that runs from Michoacan to Oaxaca, the Sierra Madre De Sur.

In Mexico, areas with elevation up to a thousand meters have a yearly temperature between twenty four degrees Celcius to twenty eight degrees Celcius. These temperatures remain high throughout the year, give or take a five degrees Celcius difference between the summer and winter temperatures.

The low lying areas are humid and hot during the summer. They have a temperature averaging twenty degrees Celcius to twenty four degrees celcius. The larger cities in the Valley of Mexico has a year long average temperature of sixteen to eighteen degrees Celcius.

Another important fact about Mexico is its bio-diversity. It is known for its flora and fauna and is one of the seventeen mega-diverse countries in the world. It has a host of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and flora. It is therefore ranked second, first, fourth and fourth respectively.

Mexico has seven hundred and seven species of reptiles, four hundred and thirty eight species of mammals, two hundred and ninety species of amphibians, and about twenty six thousand species of flora.

It is also considered to be second in the world of ecosystems. Mexico houses about thirty four unaltered ecosystems and a number of parks and monuments. It also has seventeen sanctuaries and twenty six areas for protected flora and fauna.

Mexico has a democratic, representated and republican government. It is based on the congressional system in line with the 1917 Constitution. The constitution has three levels of the government: the Federal Union, the State Governments and the Municipal Governments. The three separate branches of the Government are the Judiciary, Legislative and the Executive. Mexico has a free market economy. It has the highest per capita income in all of Latin America. It is also the thirteenth largest economy worldwide.

Mexico City has hosted the nineteenth Olympic Games in 1968. It is the only Latin America country to do so. It has also hosted the FIFA World Cup twice, in 1970 and 1986.

The national sport of Mexico is the masculine Bull fighting. All the large cities in Mexico have bullrings. The largest bullring in the world is La Monumental in Mexico City. Apart from the national sport, the favorite sport of Mexico is football. It has two National First Division Leagues. Baseball comes a close second in the list of popular sport of Mexico.

Mexican cuisine is world famous. Some of the famous food divinations from this country are fajitas, quesadillas, enchiladas and the ever popular tacos.