MEXICO DIVERSO

GENERAL INFORMATION

Population: (# of people)
- Total: 104,907,991 (ranked 11)
- Density: 54 per km²

Official languages:
Spanish. And all the 62 native languages are official languages too.

Capital city:
Mexico City.

Area:
- Total: 1,972,550 (ranked 13)
- Water: n/a km² (2.5%)

Leaders:
President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

Currency:(Name of money)
Mexican Peso (MXN)

Festivities:
-La "Noche que nadie duerme", en agosto
-El dia de los muertos, en noviembre
-El Festival de las calaveras o feria de las calaveras, en octubre.
-celebracion de los 15 años, cualquier mes del año.

Products:
Avocado, chile, pepper, tomato, Peanut, cocoa.

Music:
Ranchera, Norteña, Sierreña, Duranguense, Cumbia, Banda, Tex mex, Rock, Pop.

Musicians:
-vicente Fernadez
-Selena
-Los tigres del norte
-Molotov
-Cafe tacuba

Culture:
Literature: Carlos Monsiváis Aceves
arts: Frida kalho, Diego Rivera, Guillermo Gomez Peña, Marcela Armas, Carlos amorales.

Education:
-Instituto Politécnico Nacional
-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Patron saint of Mexico City:

the Virgin of Guadeloupe

Touristic places:

• Acapulco (playas)
• Cancún (playas)
• Chichen itzá (ruinas)
• Riviera maya (playas)
• Taxco (ciudades y pueblos)
• Los cabos (playas)
• Puebla (ciudaes y pueblos)
• Parque nacional barras de cobre

Galleries and Museums:

• El Palacio de Bellas Artes
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey
• Museo del Automóvil de México
• Museo del Vidrio
• Polyforum Siqueiros
• Centro Nacional de las Artes
• Centro de la Imagen
• Museum Ex Teresa Arte Actual

Gastronomy:

• Corn-based foods: tortilla, tamal, atole, tostada, gordita, enchilada, sope, huchepo, corunda, pozole, pinole, tejuino.
• Chile-based foods: mole, chile relleno, salsa.
• Meat-based foods : tinga, mixiote (pronuciado mijiote), carnitas, longaniza, buche.
• Sweet:chocolate, alegria, palanqueta, ate, rollo de guallaba, cocada, queso de tuna, arroz con leche, charamuzca, panocha, cajeta, oble, colacion, etc.
• Beverages for consumption by adultsbuscar: pulque, tequila, mezcal, rompope, sidra, vino blanco y vino tinto, agua de cebada, etc.
• Beverages for consumption by the whole family: chocolate, champurrado, aguas frescas, ponche.

Mexico is a big country in North America. North of Mexico are the United States, south of Mexico are Guatemala and Belize. Mexico is between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. It is also the second most populous country in Latin America (after Brazil). 60% of the Mexicans have Native American and European forefathers, they are called mestizos. Almost 15% of the Mexicans are pure Native American and 10% are European. Most Mexicans (90%) speak Spanish. 10% of the Mexicans speak a Native American language, like Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, Maya or Zapotec. Most people in Mexico are Roman Catholic (89%). 6% are Protestant.