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Mexico covers 1,972,550 km 2 (761,610 sq mi), [13] and is the thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area, with a population exceeding 130 million. Mexico is the tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the largest number of native Spanish speakers. [1]
Mexico has a 9,330-kilometer coastline, of which 7,338 kilometers face the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California, and the remaining 2,805 kilometers front the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Mexico's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) covers 3,269,386 km 2 (1,262,317 sq mi) and is the 13th largest in the world. It extends 200 mi (320 km ...
List of states of Mexico; Mexico; Ranked list of Mexican states; References This page was last edited on 26 June 2023, at 19:31 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Mexico City [c] is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and is also North America's most populous city. [14] ... of Mexico's traditional "Big Four".
The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] [4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the ...
On November 24, 2009, the U.S. ceded 6 islands in the Rio Grande to Mexico, totaling 107.81 acres (0.4363 km 2). At the same time, Mexico ceded 3 islands and 2 cuts to the U.S., totaling 63.53 acres (0.2571 km 2). This transfer, which had been pending for 20 years, was the first application of Article III of the 1970 Boundary Treaty.
The Chicxulub crater (Spanish: [t͡ʃikʃuˈlub] ⓘ cheek-shoo-LOOB) is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is offshore, but the crater is named after the onshore community of Chicxulub Pueblo (not the larger coastal town of Chicxulub Puerto). [3]
Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico by area, with an area of 247,455 square kilometres (95,543 sq mi), [11] it is slightly larger than the United Kingdom, and slightly smaller than Wyoming, the tenth largest US state by area. The state is consequently known under the nickname El Estado Grande ('The Great State' or 'The Big State').