Mexico is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States, to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea. Mexico covers 1,972,550 square kilometers and has approximately 128,649,565 inhabitants. The country is a developing country, ranking 76th on the Human Development Index, but is considered a newly industrialized state by several analysts.
About Mexico in brief
Mexico is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States, to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea. Mexico covers 1,972,550 square kilometers and has approximately 128,649,565 inhabitants, making it the world’s 13th-largest country by area. Mexico is a developing country, ranking 76th on the Human Development Index, but is considered a newly industrialized state by several analysts. Mexico ranks first in the Americas and 7th in the world for the number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Mexico receives a significant number of tourists every year; in 2018, it was the 6th most-visited country inThe world, with 39 million international arrivals. The large economy, area, population and politics make Mexico a regional power and a middle power, and is often identified as an emerging power. However, Mexico continues to struggle with social inequalities, poverty and extensive crime; the country ranks poorly on the Global Peace Index. The country is a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G8+5, the G20, the Pacific Alliance trade bloc and the Uniting for Consensus group of the UN. The top linked terms are Mexica and Mexica, which are linked to the Aztec Empire, with its people being known as the Valley of the Triple Alliance. In 1521, the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its base in Mexico City, which then became known as New Spain.
In the colonial era, this region became the Intendency of Mexico, during the eighteenth-century reorganization of the empire. After the colony achieved independence from Spanish Empire, Mexico became an independent nation state after the successful Mexican War of Independence against Spain in 1821. The new country came to be known as Mexico, with the new capital city being named after its capital city, which was founded in 1524 on the site of the ancient capital of Mexitica-Tenochtica. The current president, Enrique Peña Nieto, took office on December 1, 2009. He is the first Mexican president to be elected to a second term. He has been in office since December 2010, and his term is set to expire on December 31, 2018. The president has been the leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929. The PRI is the main party in the Mexican Congress, which has a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Mexican constituent Assembly. The PRI is also the largest political party in Mexico, and has the largest number of members in the National Assembly, with more than 80 per cent of the seats than any other party. The party is the third largest in the country, after the Republicans and the Democrats. It was founded by Porfirio Díaz, who sought to modernize Mexico and restore order after the Mexican Revolution in 1910.
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