Mexico Geography

Country Name: United Mexican States

Capital City: Mexico (Distrito Federal)

Population: 40% (2003 est.)

Population Growth: 1.153% (2007 est.)

Currency: Mexican peso (MXN)

Languages: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

Area: 1,972,550 sq km

Inflation Rate: 3.4% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006)

Domain extension:

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF MEXICO

Location:

Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US

Geographic Co-ordinates:

23 00 N, 102 00 W

Area - total:

1,972,550 sq km

Area - total:

1,972,550 sq km

Area - land:

1,923,040 sq km

Area - water:

49,510 sq km

Land Boundaries:

4,353 km

Border Countries:

Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km

Terrain:

high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert

Elevation - highest point:

Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Laguna Salada -10 m

Natural Resources:

petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber

Arable Land:

12.66%

Permanent Crops:

1.28%

Other Land Use:

86.06% (2005)

Natural Hazards:

tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts