Outline of Mexico explained

See also: Index of Mexico-related articles.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mexico:

The United Mexican States,^[1] commonly known as Mexico, is a federal constitutional republic located in North America.^[2] It is bound 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.^{[3] [4]}

General reference

• Pronunciation:
  • pronounced as /es/
• Common English country name: Mexico
• Official English country name: United Mexican States
• Common endonym: México
• Official endonym: Estados Unidos Mexicanos
• Adjectival: Mexican
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Mexico
• International rankings of Mexico
  • Area and size ranking: covering almost 2 million square kilometers,^[2] Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest in the world.
  • 10th most populous country
  • Most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world
  • Mexico is the 12th largest economy in the world by gross domestic product (GDP) by purchasing power parity
• ISO country codes: MX, MEX, 484
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .mx

Geography of Mexico

Geography of Mexico

• Mexico is: a megadiverse country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere
    • Americas
      • North America
        • Middle America
  • Time zones:
    • Time Zone 1 – UTC-06, summer UTC-05
    • Time Zone 2 – UTC-07, summer UTC-06
    • Time Zone 3 – UTC-08, summer UTC-07
  • Extreme points of Mexico
    • High: Pico de Orizaba 56360NaN0
    • Low: Laguna Salada -100NaN0
  • Land boundaries: 4,353 km

3,141 km

962 km

250 km

• Coastline: 9,330 km
• Population of Mexico: 106,682,500 people (mid-2008 estimate) - 11th most populous country
• Area of Mexico: 1972550km2 - 15th largest country
• Atlas of Mexico

Environment of Mexico

• Climate of Mexico
• Environmental issues in Mexico
• Green building in Mexico
• Ecoregions in Mexico
• Renewable energy in Mexico
• Geology of Mexico
• National parks of Mexico
• Protected areas of Mexico
• Wildlife of Mexico
  • Fauna of Mexico
    • Birds of Mexico
    • Mammals of Mexico

Geographic features of Mexico

• Baja California peninsula
• Yucatán Peninsula

• Gulf Coast of Mexico
• Islands of Mexico
• Lakes of Mexico
• Mountain peaks of Mexico
  • The 9 Highest mountain peaks of Mexico
  • The 28 Most prominent mountain peaks of Mexico
  • The 32 Most isolated mountain peaks of Mexico
  • Volcanoes of Mexico
• Rivers of Mexico
  • Waterfalls of Mexico
• Valleys of Mexico
• World Heritage Sites in Mexico

Ecoregions of Mexico

List of ecoregions in Mexico

• Ecoregions in Mexico

Administrative divisions of Mexico

Administrative divisions of Mexico

• States of Mexico
  • Municipalities of Mexico
• Mexican Federal District (Mexico City)
  • Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District

States of Mexico

See main article: States of Mexico.

• Mexican states by area
• Mexican states by Human Development Index
• Mexican states by population
• Municipalities of Mexico

The United Mexican States is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a federal district (postal codes are in parentheses):

• Aguascalientes (Ags.)
• Baja California (BC)
• Baja California Sur (BCS)
• Chihuahua (Chih.)
• Colima (Col.)
• Campeche (Camp.)
• Coahuila (Coah.)
• Chiapas (Chis.)
• Distrito Federal (DF)
• Durango (Dgo.)
• Guerrero (Gro.)
• Guanajuato (Gto.)
• Hidalgo (Hgo.)
• Jalisco (Jal.)
• Michoacán (Mich.)
• Morelos (Mor.)
• México (Mex or Edomex)
• Nayarit (Nay.)
• Nuevo León (NL)
• Oaxaca (Oax.)
• Puebla (Pue.)
• Quintana Roo (QR)
• Querétaro (Qro.)
• Sinaloa (Sin.)
• San Luis Potosí (SLP)
• Sonora (Son.)
• Tabasco (Tab.)
• Tlaxcala (Tlax.)
• Tamaulipas (Tamps.)
• Veracruz (Ver.)
• Yucatán (Yuc.)
• Zacatecas (Zac.)

Mexican Federal District

• Mexican Federal District (Mexico City)
  • Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District
    • Colonias of Mexico City

Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities of Mexico

• Cities of Mexico
• Capital: Mexico City (one of the world's most populous cities).

Demography of Mexico

Demographics of Mexico

• Mexican people
• Immigration to Mexico

Government and politics of Mexico

Politics of Mexico

• Form of government: federal presidential and congressional multi-party representative democratic republic
• Head of state: President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador
• Head of government: President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador
• Capital of Mexico: Mexico City
• Elections in Mexico
  • 1988 - 1991 - 1994 - 1997 - 2000 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2012 - 2018
• Political parties in Mexico

Branches of the government of Mexico

Government of Mexico

Executive branch of the government of Mexico

• President of Mexico
• Mexican Executive Cabinet

Legislative branch of the government of Mexico

• Congress of Mexico (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Mexico
  • Lower house: Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
• LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress (62nd and current legislature)

Judicial branch of the government of Mexico

Court system of Mexico

• Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

Foreign relations of Mexico

Foreign relations of Mexico

• United States-Mexico relations

International organization membership

The United Mexican States is a member of:^[2]

• Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
• Andean Community of Nations (CAN) (observer)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) (observer)
• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
• Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
• Central American Integration System (SICA) (observer)
• Council of Europe (CE) (observer)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of Three (G3)
• Group of 15 (G15)
• Group of 24 (G24)
• Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Latin American Economic System (LAES)
• Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (observer)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
• Rio Group (RG)
• South American Community of Nations (CSN) (observer)
• Unión Latina
• United Nations (UN)
• Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) (observer)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Mexico

Law of Mexico

• Capital punishment in Mexico
• Constitution of Mexico
• Crime in Mexico
• Human rights in Mexico
  • Lesbian Groups in Mexico
  • LGBT rights in Mexico
  • Freedom of religion in Mexico
• Law enforcement in Mexico

Military of Mexico

Military of Mexico

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief: President of Mexico
    • Secretariat of National Defense (directs only the Army, including Air Force)
    • Secretary of the Navy (Mexico)
• Forces
  • Army of Mexico
  • Air Force of Mexico
  • Navy of Mexico
    • Fuerza Naval del Golfo (Naval Force of the Gulf)
    • Fuerza Naval del Pacifico (Naval Force of the Pacific)
    • Fuerza Aeronaval (Navy Air Force)
  • Special forces of Mexico
• Mexican military ranks
• Military history of Mexico

Local government in Mexico

• Local government in Mexico

History of Mexico

History of Mexico

• Timeline of the history of Mexico
• Current events of Mexico
• Economic history of Mexico
• Military history of Mexico
• History of the flags of Mexico

Chronologically

• Pre-Columbian Civilizations
  • Olmec, Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures
  • Teotihuacán
  • Maya civilization
  • Toltec
  • Aztec civilization (Mexica), History of the Aztecs
• First Franco-Mexican War
• Spanish Conquest of Mexico
• New Spain
• Mexican War of Independence
• Independent Mexico
• La Reforma
• French intervention in Mexico
• Restored Republic
• Porfiriato
• Mexican Revolution
• Modern Mexico

Culture of Mexico

Culture of Mexico

See also: Latin American culture.

• Architecture of Mexico
• Cuisine of Mexico
• Festivals in Mexico
• Mexican handcrafts and folk art
• Healthcare in Mexico
• Languages of Mexico
• Media in Mexico
• National symbols of Mexico
  • Coat of arms of Mexico
  • Flag of Mexico
  • National anthem of Mexico
• Prostitution in Mexico
• Public holidays in Mexico
• Records of Mexico
• Religion in Mexico
  • Buddhism in Mexico
  • Christianity in Mexico
  • Hinduism in Mexico
  • Islam in Mexico
  • Judaism in Mexico
  • Sikhism in Mexico
• World Heritage Sites in Mexico

Art in Mexico

• Mexican art
• Cinema of Mexico
• Literature of Mexico
• Music of Mexico
  • List of music artists and bands from Mexico
  • List of Mexican composers of classical music
• Television in Mexico
• Theatre in Mexico

Sports in Mexico

Sports in Mexico

• Football in Mexico

Economy and infrastructure of Mexico

Economy of Mexico

• Economic rank: Mexico is the 12th largest economy in the world by gross domestic product (GDP) by purchasing power parity.
• Agriculture in Mexico
• Bank of Mexico (central bank)
• Communications in Mexico
  • Internet in Mexico
• Companies of Mexico
• Currency of Mexico: Peso
  • ISO 4217

MXN

• Economic history of Mexico
• Energy in Mexico
  • Petroleum industry in Mexico
• Health care in Mexico
• Mining in Mexico
• North American Free Trade Agreement - Mexico's economy is strongly linked to those of its NAFTA partners.
• Mexican Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Mexico
• Transport in Mexico
  • Airports in Mexico
  • Highway system of Mexico
  • Rail transport in Mexico
  • Seaports in Mexico
• Water supply and sanitation in Mexico

Education in Mexico

Education in Mexico

See also

Mexico

• Index of Mexico-related articles
• https://www.gob.mx/
• List of international rankings
• List of Mexico-related topics
• Lists of country-related topics
• Topic outline of geography
• Topic outline of North America
• United Nations

Notes and References

1. http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=661&Lot_No=56012&src=pr The alternative translation Mexican United States is rarely used
2. Web site: July 6, 2009. Mexico. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.
3. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, 3rd ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.; p. 733
4. "Mexico ". The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2001–6. New York: Columbia University Press.