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Mexico
Mexico is a country on the southern tip of North America. Not to be confused with the US State of New Mexico, it is home of ancient Aztec and Maya civilizations. Also known for Tequila, Mariachis, Cancun and Los Cabos, this is the place to ask anything related to Mexico.
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What is the value of 5000 peso Mexican money in us dollars?
your 5000 Mexican peso's is currency worth $404.74 us dollars
How many Mexicans live in the slums?
Yes. Please follow the 1st related link for a stunning example.
Update: the flikr link shows a semi-slum in Mexico City. These shanty towns are common but are not proper slums since they are provided by the city with SOME basic services such as water and sanitation, although of questionable quality/reliability. However other States in the country do have proper slums. See 2nd link for more on this particular case.
What age can you travel to Mexico without a passport?
Anywhere, if entering Mexico by land. This is an ongoing issue which has not been addressed properly: an increasing flow of illegal Americans living and working in Mexico.
See related links for some insights.
What happened when US General Scott reached Mexico City?
He had to fought for it. The Battle of Contreras (19-20 August, 1847), Battle of Churubusco (August 20), Battle of Molino del Rey (September 8), Battle of Chapultepec (September 12), and the Attacks on the San Cosme and Belen Gates (September 15) were fought to conquer Mexico City.
Where is the Mexican Consulate located in the US?
There are a lot of Mexican Consulates in the United States of America. Some of these are in Seatle, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Austin, Philadelphia and Portland.
What event led to war with Mexico?
The Annexation of Texas and the border clash named the Thornton Affair.
Is costa rica a segment of the euro-indian mainland?
Yes. According to West and Augelli (1989), Mexico and all Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) are included in the area defined as Euro-Indian Mainland. It's population have diverse cultural traits from both European and indigenous peoples. Some sections are more European, some are more indigenous, while others are mestizo, a mixture of both European and native cultures and traits.
I am looking for the answer to this question as well. A clue to it's meaning is in the Nahuatl language. "Oaxaca" is the Spanish pronunciation of "Huaxacatl".
Huaxacatl may be one complete word or it might be words joined to name that region. An example could be Hua-xacatl. I am looking to see if their is a word in Nahuatl that starts with Hua, and I am also looking up Xacatl.
[If this is your first time learning about Nahuatl to Spanish pronounced words, you might be interested in the following: Aguacate (Avocado in English, Originally Ahuacatl in Nahuatl); Jitomate (Tomato in English, Originally Xitomatl in Nahuatl); Chocolate (Originally Xocolatl in Nahuatl), etc.]
Hope you find your answer! :)
What are the three Sierra Madre mountain names?
There are more than three, but the most notorious include:
- Sierra Madre Occidental, conforming most of western Mexico and its Pacific Coast
- Sierra Madre Oriental, on eastern Mexico from the US-Mexico border down to the Sierra Madre del Sur.
- Sierra Madre del Sur, crossing west-east from southwestern Mexico down to the Mexico-Guatemala border.
What are major events in Mexico's history?
Mexico is a country with thousands of years of history, predating the discovery of the Americas by Columbus. A fairly short summary of Mexico's recent history - of almost 700 years - is as follows:
Home of advanced Amerindian civilizations such as the Olmec, Teotihuacan and Maya, Mexico is best known as the land where Aztec people (or Mexica, as they knew themselves) founded their capital Tenochtitlan, on March 13, 1325 on the site where present-day Mexico City is located. After the Fall of Tenochtitlan at the hands of Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes on August 13, 1521, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before priest Miguel Hidalgo began his struggle for Independence on the early hours of September 16, 1810. After eleven years of intense fight, Royalist Army General Agustin de Iturbide switched sides and allied himself with Vicente Guerrero and Guadalupe Victoria, leaders of the rebel forces, effectively achieving Mexico's independence on September 27, 1821. Thus the First Mexican Empire was born, with Emperor Agustin I as monarch.
After some years of bad economic policies on the part of Iturbide, Vicente Guerrero and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna adopted the Republic as form of government through the Plan of Casa Mata, which eventually resulted in Guadalupe Victoria being designated as the first President of Mexico (1824). The new republic suffered through the following years due to internal turmoil between conservatives and liberals, as well as the attack from foreign powers, including conflicts such as the Texas Revolution (1835), the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), the Reform Wars (1855-1861) and the First and Second French Interventions (1838 and 1862-1867). President Benito Juarez resisted the French occupation, overthrew the Second Mexican Empireimposed by the French invaders, restored the Republic, and made a large effort to modernize the country (1858-1872). These actions made him the most beloved and cherished Mexican President to date. His successor, President Porfirio Diaz further developed the country, at the expense of human rights and liberal reforms (1876-1910).
On 1910, the Mexican Revolution began to unravel, when Francisco Madero became the sole contender to Porfirio Diaz, and was put in jail to prevent his election. He was later liberated and elected as president, but was assassinated when General Victoriano Huerta staged a coup d'état in 1913. During the Mexican Revolution, important figures such as Francisco Villa, Emiliano Zapata and Venustiano Carranzafought against Huerta's troops. Eleven years and one million of lost lives later, this bloody conflict concluded when ex-revolutionary Alvaro Obregon became the elected president of Mexico in 1920.
When most of the world was deeply affected by the 1929 Great Depression, the Mexican Economic Miracle (1930-1970) was taking place, allowing some actions such as the nationalization of the oil industry (1938), the Mexican participation on WW2 on behalf of the Allies (1942-1945), and acting as host of the 1968 Summer Olympics. Later on, when the 1973 Oil Crisis hit the developed world, Mexican Presidents Luis Echeverria and Jose Lopez Portillo began to rely heavily on oil exports to support the financial needs of the country, taking advantage of the high oil prices. When the market eventually stabilized, the little diversification of exports resulted in an economic slump and a devaluation of the Peso by 500%. This is often called the Lost Decade or Decada Perdida (1973-1982). Three years later, the Mexico City Earthquake (1985) further deteriorated the Mexican economy, as Mexico City, which agglomerates 20-25% of the country's national income, was heavily hit by such natural disaster.
When President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was elected in 1988, he began a process of privatization of most government industries and businesses. This is known as the Rise of Neoliberalism in Mexico, which reached its highest point with the signature and later adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA with Canada and the United States (1994). This, however didn't shield the economy enough from internal or external shocks: on the same year, the Chiapas Zapatista Uprising led by Subcomandante Marcos (1994), the assassination of Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosioand a continuing decrease on foreign reserves triggered the 1994 economic crisis in Mexico, known as the December Mistake(Spanish: Error de Diciembre). This in turn promoted a general dissatisfaction with the ruling party (PRI), which had governed Mexico uncontested for the previous 70 years. On the Presidential Elections of the year 2000, the PRI hegemony was abruptly ended, when PAN candidate Vicente Fox became the indisputable winner of such elections.
After 16 years of NAFTA and a general economic opening to international markets, Mexico has become the 10th to 13th largest economy in the world, often compared in terms of growth potential to the BRIC bloc, composed by newly industrialized countries Brazil, Russia, India and China. It is stated that by 2050, Mexico will be the 5th largest economy in the world; however the country faces many challenges ahead, including a War Against Drugs(2007), a Global Economic Slump (2008) and a H1N1 Flu Scare (2009) that are still taking their toll on Mexican politics, economy and society.
Hobbies in Mexico are almost the same as everywhere else. People surf, ski, do arts and crafts, cook, collect, and just about everything else that qualifies as a hobby anywhere else in the world.
It really boils down to money. There are pretty expensive hobbies due to the cost of the equipment required, such as carpentry, scale modeling or photography which are practiced only by wealthier Mexicans.
There are other hobbies which aren't as expensive, and are practiced by a larger segment of the population, such as dancing, cooking, gardening, knitting, playing musical instruments or practicing any indoor/outdoor sport.
Most people with little income are more focused on plain survival, but they also have some hobbies which allow them to work or perform day-to-day activities, such as listening to music or watching soap operas.
Driving distance from Puebla to Cancun?
The driving distance from Puebla, Mexico to Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico is 922.61mi / 1484.79km
What are the ethnicities of the people of Mexico?
Ethnicity is an important yet highly imprecise concept in contemporary Mexico. Students of Mexican society, as well as Mexicans themselves, identify two broad ethnic groups based on cultural rather than racial differences: mestizos and Indians. Each group has a distinct cultural viewpoint and perceives itself as different from the other. At the same time, however, group allegiances may change, making measurement of ethnic composition problematic at best. Originally racial designators, the terms mestizo and Indian have lost almost all of their previous racial connotation and are now used entirely to designate cultural groups. Historically, the term mestizo described someone with mixed European and indigenous heritage. Mestizos occupied a middle social stratum between whites and pure-blooded indigenous people (see Socieconomic Structures, ch. 1). Whites themselves were divided into criollo (those born in the New World) and peninsular (those born in Spain) subgroups. In contemporary usage, however, the word mestizo refers to anyone who has adopted Mexican Hispanic culture. Seen in this cultural context, both those with a solely European background and those with a mixed European-indigenous background are automatically referred to as mestizos. Mestizo , then, has become a synonym for culturally Mexican, much as ladino is used in many Latin American countries for those who are culturally Hispanic. Members of indigenous groups also may be called (and may call themselves) mestizos if they have the dominant Hispanic societal cultural values. If an indigenous person can become a mestizo, who, then, is an Indian? Anthropologist Alan Sandstorm lists minimum criteria that compose a definition of Indian ethnicity. According to Sandstorm, an Indian is someone who identifies himself as such; chooses to use an indigenous language in daily speech; remains actively involved in village communal affairs; participates in religious ceremonies rooted in native American traditions; and attempts to achieve a harmony with, rather than control over, the social and natural worlds. Should one or more criteria become absent over time, the individual probably has begun the transition to becoming a mestizo. Although mestizos and Indians may both reside in rural areas and have relatively comparable levels of income, they maintain different lives. Such differences can lead to highly negative perceptions about each other. Mestizos often contend that Indians are too unmotivated and constrained by tradition to deal appropriately with the demands of modern society. Indians, in turn, frequently complain that mestizos are aggressive, impatient, and disrespectful toward nature. Given the cultural use of the terms, it would be unrealistic to expect Mexican census officials to count the number of mestizos and Indians based on racial criteria. However, in measuring how many people speak an indigenous language, the census at least serves to identify a minimum number of racially unmixed Indians. In 1990, 7.5 percent of the Mexican population, or approximately 5.3 million people five years of age and over, spoke an Indian language. Of that total, approximately 79 percent knew Spanish as well and thus were at least potential cultural converts to the mestizo world. Enormous statewide differences exist in familiarity with indigenous languages (see fig. 6). Roughly speaking, familiarity with indigenous languages increases from north to south. The latest census showed that almost no native speakers lived in a band of eight contiguous states stretching from Coahuila in the northeast to Jalisco and Colima along the north-central Pacific coast. Speakers of indigenous languages constituted less than 5 percent of the population in states in the far northwest and along a central belt of states from Michoacán in the west to Tlaxcala in the east. The percentage climbed to between 10 and 20 percent in another contiguous grouping of states from San Luis Potosí to Guerrero, to 26 percent in Oaxaca, to 32 and 39 percent, respectively, in Quintana Roo and Chiapas, and to 44 percent in Yucatán. Only 63 percent of users of indigenous languages in Chiapas also knew Spanish. Specialists have identified twelve distinct Mexican linguistic families, more than forty subgroups, and more than ninety individual languages. Nearly 23 percent of all native speakers speak Náhuatl, the language of the Aztec people and the only indigenous language found in fifteen states. Other major indigenous languages include Maya (spoken by approximately 14 percent of all Indians and primarily used in the southeast from the Yucatan Peninsula to Chiapas); Zapotec (spoken by approximately 7 percent of all Indians and largely used in the eastern part of Oaxaca); Mixtec (also spoken by approximately 7 percent of all Indians and primarily found in Oaxaca and Guerrero); Otomí (spoken by approximately 5 percent of all Indians and used in central Mexico, especially the states of México, Hidalgo, and Querétaro); Tzeltal (spoken by nearly 5 percent of all Indians and used in Chiapas); and Tzotzil (spoken by roughly 4 percent of the Indian population and also used in Chiapas). With twelve different Indian languages, Oaxaca has the nation's most diverse linguistic pattern. Census data reveal that Indians remain the most marginalized sector of Mexican society. More than 40 percent of the Indian population fifteen years of age and older was illiterate in 1990, roughly three times the national rate. Thirty percent of Indian children between six and fourteen years of age did not attend school. Indians also had significantly higher morbidity and mortality rates associated with infectious and parasitic illness, higher levels of nutritional deficiencies, and less access to such basic services as indoor plumbing, piped water, and electricity. Sourced from the University Of Congress library via website. Ethnicity is an important yet highly imprecise concept in contemporary Mexico. Students of Mexican society, as well as Mexicans themselves, identify two broad ethnic groups based on cultural rather than racial differences: mestizos and Indians. Each group has a distinct cultural viewpoint and perceives itself as different from the other. At the same time, however, group allegiances may change, making measurement of ethnic composition problematic at best. Originally racial designators, the terms mestizo and Indian have lost almost all of their previous racial connotation and are now used entirely to designate cultural groups. Historically, the term mestizo described someone with mixed European and indigenous heritage. Mestizos occupied a middle social stratum between whites and pure-blooded indigenous people (see Socieconomic Structures, ch. 1). Whites themselves were divided into criollo (those born in the New World) and peninsular (those born in Spain) subgroups. In contemporary usage, however, the word mestizo refers to anyone who has adopted Mexican Hispanic culture. Seen in this cultural context, both those with a solely European background and those with a mixed European-indigenous background are automatically referred to as mestizos. Mestizo , then, has become a synonym for culturally Mexican, much as ladino is used in many Latin American countries for those who are culturally Hispanic. Members of indigenous groups also may be called (and may call themselves) mestizos if they have the dominant Hispanic societal cultural values. If an indigenous person can become a mestizo, who, then, is an Indian? Anthropologist Alan Sandstorm lists minimum criteria that compose a definition of Indian ethnicity. According to Sandstorm, an Indian is someone who identifies himself as such; chooses to use an indigenous language in daily speech; remains actively involved in village communal affairs; participates in religious ceremonies rooted in native American traditions; and attempts to achieve a harmony with, rather than control over, the social and natural worlds. Should one or more criteria become absent over time, the individual probably has begun the transition to becoming a mestizo. Although mestizos and Indians may both reside in rural areas and have relatively comparable levels of income, they maintain different lives. Such differences can lead to highly negative perceptions about each other. Mestizos often contend that Indians are too unmotivated and constrained by tradition to deal appropriately with the demands of modern society. Indians, in turn, frequently complain that mestizos are aggressive, impatient, and disrespectful toward nature. Given the cultural use of the terms, it would be unrealistic to expect Mexican census officials to count the number of mestizos and Indians based on racial criteria. However, in measuring how many people speak an indigenous language, the census at least serves to identify a minimum number of racially unmixed Indians. In 1990, 7.5 percent of the Mexican population, or approximately 5.3 million people five years of age and over, spoke an Indian language. Of that total, approximately 79 percent knew Spanish as well and thus were at least potential cultural converts to the mestizo world. Enormous statewide differences exist in familiarity with indigenous languages (see fig. 6). Roughly speaking, familiarity with indigenous languages increases from north to south. The latest census showed that almost no native speakers lived in a band of eight contiguous states stretching from Coahuila in the northeast to Jalisco and Colima along the north-central Pacific coast. Speakers of indigenous languages constituted less than 5 percent of the population in states in the far northwest and along a central belt of states from Michoacán in the west to Tlaxcala in the east. The percentage climbed to between 10 and 20 percent in another contiguous grouping of states from San Luis Potosí to Guerrero, to 26 percent in Oaxaca, to 32 and 39 percent, respectively, in Quintana Roo and Chiapas, and to 44 percent in Yucatán. Only 63 percent of users of indigenous languages in Chiapas also knew Spanish. Specialists have identified twelve distinct Mexican linguistic families, more than forty subgroups, and more than ninety individual languages. Nearly 23 percent of all native speakers speak Náhuatl, the language of the Aztec people and the only indigenous language found in fifteen states. Other major indigenous languages include Maya (spoken by approximately 14 percent of all Indians and primarily used in the southeast from the Yucatan Peninsula to Chiapas); Zapotec (spoken by approximately 7 percent of all Indians and largely used in the eastern part of Oaxaca); Mixtec (also spoken by approximately 7 percent of all Indians and primarily found in Oaxaca and Guerrero); Otomí (spoken by approximately 5 percent of all Indians and used in central Mexico, especially the states of México, Hidalgo, and Querétaro); Tzeltal (spoken by nearly 5 percent of all Indians and used in Chiapas); and Tzotzil (spoken by roughly 4 percent of the Indian population and also used in Chiapas). With twelve different Indian languages, Oaxaca has the nation's most diverse linguistic pattern. Census data reveal that Indians remain the most marginalized sector of Mexican society. More than 40 percent of the Indian population fifteen years of age and older was illiterate in 1990, roughly three times the national rate. Thirty percent of Indian children between six and fourteen years of age did not attend school. Indians also had significantly higher morbidity and mortality rates associated with infectious and parasitic illness, higher levels of nutritional deficiencies, and less access to such basic services as indoor plumbing, piped water, and electricity. Sourced from the University Of Congress library via website.
What are four reasons the Mexico city is poorly located?
Mexico City was built in a drained lake bed so the loose soils of the lake bed make earthquakes stronger and more damaging. The next one is mountains that surround the city trap in automobile exhaust and other pollutions that the city uses. Also mudslides and volcanoes.
Why are there so many criminals in Mexico?
There isn't. Murder rate in Mexico City is of 8.4 murders per 100,000 inhabitants (2010) which pales against "safer" cities in the US:
- New Orleans, LA (US highest murder rate): 49.1
- Oakland, CA: 22
- Cleveland, OH: 19
- Miami, FL:15.4
- Dallas, TX:11.3
- Fresno, CA: 9.3
- Forth Worth, TX: 8.4
Maybe you think of Mexico City as having a high crime rate due to sensationalistic news; there are however a couple of facts to consider: 1) it is the third largest city in the world (21.16 million) which obviously means it is a megalopolis with higher crime incidence than a small village and 2) such murder rate equals five people per day on a city which has 18% of Mexico's population. In fact more capitalinos die of food poisoning in any given day than to fall victims of any violent crime.
State in southern Mexico demanding more atonomy?
The Amerindian communities in the state of Chiapas (capital: Tuxtla Gutierrez)
What is the biggest city in Baja California?
Tijuana, La Paz, Los Cabos, Mexicali or Ensenada qualify as such. Tijuana is the 7th largest city in the country (1.8 million by 2010).
What is the address of the GM assembly plant in Cuernavaca Morelos Mexico?
Carretera Silao-Guanajuato Kilómetro 3Silao, Guanajuato 36100
How many hours will it take to get to US from mexico on a train?
There is one railway route, operated by America's national railway system - Amtrak, that touches Mexican borders.
Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which operates between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Los Angeles, California, has scheduled stops at Del Rio Texas and El Paso Texas. Both towns are on the Mexican/US border. The Sunset Limited also calls at Yuma, Arizona, which is on the US border.
Light Rail service operates from downtown San Diego, California, terminating at the International Border between Mexico and the US, at the town of San Ysidro.
As for travel deeper into Mexico by rail; formerly government operated passenger rail services were suspended some time ago due to the suspension of government subsidies. A sporadic number of privately owned rail services operate along key tourism routes.
What group of people settled in Mexico?
The taco colony setteled in 1657. They are a traditional tribial group with unquie customs.
Did Mexico long ago belong to France?
Yes, trough a puppet regime led by Maximilian I. Such government, known as the "Second Mexican Empire", ruled from 1864 to 1867 before Mexican forces with American financial aid overthrew such regime.
What river is on the border of the United States and Mexico?
The river that flows on the border of Mexico and the US is the Rio Grande.
Stephen F. Austin had to go to Mexico to get permission from the government to fill his land grants because Mexico had won it's independence from Spain. He went to Mexico City in 1822 to get permission to continue his colonization of Texas plan.
