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Fact
Sheet :
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Area : 1,972,550
sq km
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Population :
108,700,891 (July 2007 est.)
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Capital : Mexico
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Languages : Spanish,
and regional indigenous languages
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Currency : Mexican
peso (MXN)
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Government type : federal
republic
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Elements of History :
The
site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under
Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence
early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late
1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst
recession in over half a century. The nation continues to
make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns
include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment
of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few
advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population
in the impoverished southern states. The elections held in 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that an opposition candidate - Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) - defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was succeeded in 2006 by another PAN candidate Felipe CALDERON.
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Climate : varies
from tropical to desert
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