Factbook of Mexico

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Republic of the United Mexican States
República de el Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Mexico
México


 

Motto: None

Anthem: Himno Nacional Mexicano

Capital: Mexico City

Largest city: Mexico City

Languages:

- Spanish: 92.7%
- Indigenous: 6.5%
- Other: 0.8%

Ethnic Groups:
- Mestizo: 60%
- Amerindian: 30%
- White: 9%
- Other: 1%

Religion:
- Roman Catholic: 82.7%
- Protestant: 1.6%
- Jehovah's Witnesses: 1.4%
- Others: 9.6%
- None: 4.7%

Demonym: Mexican

 

Constitution: Political Constitution of the Republic of the United Mexican States

Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic
- President: Luis Alvaro Bourbon
- President of the Senate: Ernesto Cordero Arroyo
- President of the Chamber of Deputies: Francisco Vieyra
- President of the Tribunate: Francisco Terrete
- Chief Justice: Juan Silva Meza

 

Executive Cabinet:

- Secretary of the Interior: Miguel Angel Osorio
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs: José Antonio Meade
- Secretary of Finance: Luis Videgaray Caso
- Secretary of Defense: Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda
- Secretary of Navy: Roberto Soberon
- Secretary of Economy: Ildefonso Guajardo
- Secretary of Public Relations: George Lopez
- Secretary of Communications and Transportation: Gerardo Ruiz Esparanza
- Secretary of Labor: Alfonso Navarrete
- Secretary of Social Security: Miguel Prida

- Secretary of Energy: Pedro Joaquin Coldwell
- Secretary of Agriculture: Enrique Martinez
- Secretary of Education: Emilio Orozco
- Secretary of Tourism: Claudia Ruiz Massieu
- Secretary of Agarian Development and Urban Planning: Jorge Carlos Ramirez

Legislature: National Congress of the Union
- Chamber of Deputies

- Senate
- Tribunate

 

Judiciary:
- Supreme Court of Justice
- Federal Electoral Tribunal
- High Courts of Appeal
- State Courts
- District Courts

- Municipal Courts

Independence: from the Hudson Bay Federation
- Declared: July 20, 2013
- Recognized: July 20, 2013

Area: 1,732,772 km2 (669,027 sq mi)

Population: 66,312,437 (2013 estimate)
- Density: 38/km2 (99/sq mi)

 

Age Structure:
- 0-14 years: 27.4%
- 15-24 years: 18.1%
- 25-64 years: 47.6%
- 65 years and over: 6.9%

Birth rate: 18.61 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 4.94 deaths/1,000 population

 

Cities:
- Mexico City: 4.6 million
- Ecatepec: 660,000
- Guadalajara: 569,000
- Puebla: 544,000
- Leon: 441,000
- Juarez: 326,000
- Tijuana: 305,000
- Zapopan: 160,000
- Monterrey: 135,000
- Chihuahua: 114,000

GDP: $59.800 billion (2013 estimate)

Currency: Peso ($, MXN, domestic), Bancor ($, BCR, international)

 

Treaties/Agreements/Organizations:

- Mexico-American Commonwealth Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (signed September 10, 2013)

Edited October 2, 2013 by Scofield