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Where Is Mexico?

Mexico is located in the Northern Hemisphere, on the continent of North America.  It is bounded by the United States on the north, by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean on the east, by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, and by Guatemala and Belize on the southeast.  The area of Mexico is 1,958,201 square kilometers (756,066 square miles).

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Map of Mexico, featuring Mexico's major cities, roads, lakes and rivers.

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Mexico Travel Information

spanish style courtyard and well in mexico Mexico's capital city is Mexico City.  Other major cities in Mexico include Guadalajara and Monterrey.  Spanish is the principal language spoken in Mexico.  Mexico is well-known for its Caribbean beaches in the Cancun area of the Yucutan peninsula and for its Pacific Ocean resort regions around Acapulco and Puerto Vallarta.  Mexico features the Western Sierra Madre and the Eastern Sierra Madre mountain ranges in the north central region as well as the Baja California peninsula running down the Pacific coast in the northwest.  This North America Map site features political maps and relief maps of North America, and provides more context and a visual representation of these physical features.

For Mexican travel and tourism information, visit Visite Mexico, the official site of the Mexico Tourism Board, and MEXonline.com, a popular online guide to Mexico.

Major Mexican airports include the Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, Alvarez International Airport in Acapulco, Don Miguel Hidalgo International Airport in Guadalajara, Escobedo International Airport in Monterrey and Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta as well as Cancun International Airport and Cozumel International Airport.

Mexico News

  • MtyMx Expands Indie-Rock Frontier to Mexico
    MtyMx, a rock music festival in Monterrey, Mexico, will take place on the grounds of a drive-in movie theater over three days beginning March 20.
    By Ben Sisario.  International Herald Tribune.  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:19:44 GMT.
  • Women strip to protest president
    MEXICO CITY - FIVE women stripped naked in Mexico legislative building on Monday to protest to demand the resignation of President Felipe Calderon, the country's congressional news agency reported.
    Straits Times.  9 Mar 2010 07:14 GMT.
  • Lawyers in Mexico Church Sex Abuse Case Resign
    A Mexican lawyer said Monday he has resigned from handling the case of a woman and her sons who claim the males were sexually abused as boys by the founder of a conservative Roman Catholic religious order.
    Miami Herald.  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:02 EST.

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