Mexico

Location, size, and extent

Situated south of the United States on the North American continent, Mexico has an area of 1,972,550 sq km (761,606 sq mi), including many uninhabited islands off the E and W coasts, which have a combined area of 5,073 sq km (1,959 sq mi). Comparatively, the area occupied by Mexico is slightly less than three times the size of the state of Texas. Mexico extends about 3,200 km (2,000 mi) SSE–NNW and 1,060 km (660 mi) ENE–WSW. Bordered on the N by the US, on the E by the Gulf of Mexico (including the Bay of Campeche), the Caribbean Sea, Belize, and Guatemala and on the S and W by the Pacific Ocean, Mexico has a total land boundary length of 4,353 km (2,704 mi) and a coastline of 9,330 km (5,797 mi).

Mexico's capital city, Mexico City, is located in the southcentral part of the country.

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Matthew Hottmann

May 17, 2007 @ 12:12 pm

This site needs more information on it.Im doing an report on Mexico ans only some of the info that I got from it was use full. There should be more info like; on the government, religion, politics

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