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Travel to Mexico
The United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), or commonly Mexico, is a federated Union of thirty-one states and a federal district located in North America. It is bounded on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. The United Mexican States comprise a constitutional republican federation of thirty-one states and a federal district, the capital Mexico City, which is one of the most populous cities on Earth.
Covering almost 2 million square kilometers, Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest in the world. With a population of 109 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. Mexico is the 12th largest economy in the world by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), on par with countries like Canada and Spain, even though income inequality is still high. The economy is strongly linked to those of its North American Free Trade Agreement partners. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time that an opposition party won the presidency from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional: PRI) which had held it since 1929, culminating a process of political alternation that actively had begun at the local level during the 1980s. Mexico is a large country that offers a number of interesting regions featuring an enormous number of potential vacation spots. Most tourists are attracted to Mexico's beaches, which offer a wonderful respite from the colder winter weather in the northern latitudes. The top two beaches in Mexico are bookends for the country between them. Cancun is an elegant ribbon of beauty along the Caribbean Sea. Los Cabos is an emerging resort area located on the tip of Baja California where the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean embrace. Both are great places to visit, but not the only places waiting for you in Mexico.
Yucatan Peninsula/Cancun/Riviera Maya
Cancun
Cozumel
Tulum
Mexico City With its network of canals and artificial islands, it testifies to the efforts of the Aztec people to build a habitat in the midst of an unfavorable environment. Its characteristic urban and rural structures built since the 16th century and during the colonial period; have been preserved in an exceptional manner. Aztec ruins, the continent's largest cathedral, and historic architecture make Mexico City an interesting place for tourists. Visitors should note that Mexico City is rough around the edges and personal security should be a major concern.
Puerto Vallarta
Merida Mexican culture reflects the complexity of the country's history through the blending of pre-Hispanic civilizations and the culture of Spain, imparted during Spain's 300-year colonization of Mexico. Exogenous cultural elements mainly from the United States have been incorporated into Mexican culture. As was the case in most Latin American countries, when Mexico became an independent nation, it had to slowly create a national identity, being an ethnically diverse country in which, for the most part, the only connecting element amongst the newly independent inhabitants was Catholicism. The Porfirian era (el Porfiriato), in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century, was marked by economic progress and peace. After four decades of civil unrest and war, Mexico saw the development of philosophy and the arts, promoted by President Díaz himself. Since that time, though accentuated during the Mexican Revolution, cultural identity had its foundation in the mestizaje, of which the indigenous (i.e. Amerindian) element was the core. In light of the various ethnicities that formed the Mexican people, José Vasconcelos in his publication La Raza Cósmica (The Cosmic Race) (1925) defined Mexico to be the melting pot of all races (thus extending the definition of the mestizo) not only biologically but culturally as well. This exalting of mestizaje was a revolutionary idea that sharply contrasted with the idea of a superior pure race prevalent in Europe at the time. Mexican society enjoys of a vast array of music genres, showing the diversity of its culture. Traditional music includes Mariachi, Banda, Norteño, Ranchera and Corridos; however on an every-day life most Mexicans listen contemporary music such as Pop, Rock, etc. in both English and Spanish, Mexico has the largest media industry in Latin America being Mexican artists famous in Central, South America and parts of Europe, especially Spain; some of the Mexican singers include Maná, RBD, Belinda among others. Mexican cuisine is known for its intense and varied flavors, colorful decoration, and variety of spices. Most of today's Mexican food is based on pre-Hispanic traditions, including the Aztecs and Maya, combined with culinary trends introduced by Spanish colonists. The conquistadores eventually combined their imported diet of rice, beef, pork, chicken, wine, garlic and onions with the native pre-Columbian food, including maize, tomato, vanilla, avocado, papaya, pineapple, chile pepper, beans, squash, limes (limón in Mexican Spanish), sweet potato, peanut and turkey. The most internationally recognized dishes include chocolate, tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas, and mole among others. Regional dishes include mole poblano, chiles en nogada and chalupas from Puebla; cabrito and machaca from Monterrey, cochinita pibil from Yucatán, Tlayudas from Oaxaca, as well as barbacoa, chilaquiles, milanesas, and many others. Mexico is a great country with very nice people. There is always something to do in Mexico. It may seem at the beginning of your trip there that everything is at fast –forward because Mexicans are very active and volcanic people who seem that are always in a hurry.
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