MEXICO

Located in the State of Mexico, Central America, bordered to the north, the United States and south-eastern Guatemala, and the West Pacific Ocean on the east by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, is located in the far north of Latin America's third largest country in that continent,

Name of Mexico due to the old word in the language of Nahuatl (Mxhexa), which means (the sun). And Mexico City is the capital and largest city, The official language in the country is Spanish, and has a total area of ​​one million and 972,550 square kilometers. And a population of 104 million and 907,991 people. Much of the country within the Mexican plateau, known as the Valley of Mexico, we find closed its borders with the exception of the south, and the country is divided into two equal parts.

The country depends mainly on agriculture, and the most important grain crops, sugar, coffee and fruits. There are also some important industries such as cotton, wool, flour, food products and pottery. Mexico was the cradle of many ancient Native American civilizations, and civilizations like the Maya and Aztecs.

Mayans and Aztecs and the origins of Mayan civilization of Mexico to more than 3 thousand years, and the early effects of a Mayan cemetery in the form of hills, which is the initial shape of the pyramids of the sun that was built after that.

Has the Mayan civilization built cities famous as Tikal and Balinka and cups and Cllacumal, has set up an empire in the region depend on agriculture and consists of several independent cities, and months, the effects of the Maya are the pyramids that were built at their religious and palaces of their rulers neighbors, and that of the most famous their business is the round stones that depict their rule and Onsabhm and military victories.

Having calmed the tribe of Aztecs of Mexico from the 14th century until the 16th century, a tribe that has a large amount of mythology and cultural heritage, and language (Nahuatl), the official language of the Aztec means the Aztecs as the tribes coming from the (Azatlan), a legendary city in northern Mexico.

The city of Mexico City of the largest cities in the continent of North America, and occupies an area of ​​the largest urban spaces in the world, the city in the form of an oval display of 40 km and a length of 60 km, the city is located at an altitude of 2240 meters above sea level, was a large part of the city is located under the waters of Lake Texcoco until the sixteenth century, has reached the first Spanish conquerors Hernan Cortez to the outskirts of the city in 1519 , but failed in the invasion until August 13, 1521, after heavy fighting destroyed most parts of the city of the ancient Aztecs.

Mexico hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1968, during the period of political unrest and signed by the massacre of student demonstrators in Tlatelolco, such as the opening of the session.

And Mexico City and one of the largest cities in the world, of which the largest increase in area and population in the twentieth century, in the fifties was the city's population of 3 million people, but in 2000 was the city's population to 18 million people in urban areas, which has an area of ​​5 thousands of square kilometers, and contribute to a series of mountains surrounding the city like a bowl in the serious problem of air pollution there.This has helped growth in the areas of agriculture, mining, encouraging the growth of urban areas, around that area to one of the most fertile sources of Mexican architecture and art in the era of occupation.

Major Cities:

St. Louis Potosi was established in 1583 Karsalih of Francscan missionaries, and it soon became the most important major cities established around mines in the region, has maintained its importance as the capital of the region and industrial center, and the city produce textiles and metals, as is still the city maintain the traditions and festivals of the religious. The city was built on a flat plain, and the many public squares, museums, markets, cafeterias and quiet, enjoy, and surrounding areas to allow the exercise of sporting activities and eco-tourism, due to the nature of the peaceful city. It is also the city of Cancun, the tourist cities of the first-class postcard beaches of the structure of tourism infrastructure and services and most famous hotel chains in the world, and the city is located on a small bay on the Caribbean and with a variety of water sports, visitors can ride boats (kayak) and small sailing by.

The city's many remnants of the Mayan civilization, and galleries featuring models of its history, and spread in the city shops that sell handicrafts from all over the country and of course the hat Mexican petition famous, the city is the most important tourist destinations in the country, and enjoys a mild climate throughout the year, and the white beaches warm wash stunning waters of the Caribbean, and is an ideal place for water skiing and sailing yachts, diving and fishing.

Called San Cristobal de la Casas b (city property), was created in 1528 by Diego Mazarigo, and is one of the most beautiful cities in the former colonies in Mexico, and is surrounded aura magic of His Excellency the colonies property and heritage of native Mexico's old, and still maintain the long history of churches and fields and streets cobbled minor, and rooftops dyed red, and houses filled with flowers and pools the unique architectural style of the sixteenth century and beyond.

Just as Mexico is expressed geographically between the Americas, it is also expressed to the cultures of North America and Latin, between the past and present, between colonialism and independence, and meeting people around the Atlantic and Pacific, as was the station meeting between Indian civilization ancient civilizations Spaniards and the French and the Americans.