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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)
- Form of government:
- Population: 100,294,036 (73% urban)
- Total area: 1,958,201 sq. km
- Languages: Spanish (official)
- Religions: Roman Catholic (93%)
- Per capita GDP: $8,300 p.a. (1998)
- Exports: $117.5 bn; crude oil, coffee, silver, motor vehicles
- Literacy: 89.5% (1995)
- Life expectancy: 71.7 years (75.1f, 69m)
Sources
- [CIA World Factbook] country data - Mexico
- [U.S. State Department] [Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs] background notes - Mexico
- [U.S. Library of Congress] country study - Mexico
- [Atlapedia Online] country data - Mexico
- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Mexico - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news
and weather
- [Nation by Nation] country data - Mexico - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
- [World Skip] country data - Mexico
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- Mexico Online
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- Governments on the WWW - Mexico - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- Executive:
- Presidencia de la República (Office of the President of the Republic)
- Ministries:
- Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Ministry of National Defense)
- Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (Ministry of Finance and Public Credit)
- Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social (Ministry of Social Security)
- Secretaría de Salud (Ministry of Health)
- Secretaría de la Reforma Agraria (Ministry of Land Reform)
- Secretaría de Contraloría y Desarrollo Administrativo
- Secretaría de Energía (Ministry of Energy)
- Agencies:
- Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía (Radio, Television and Cinema)
- Fondo Nacional de Apoyo para las Empresas de Solidaridad
- Comisión Federal de Electricidad (Federal Electricity Commission)
- Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Culture and the Arts)
- Comisión Nacional del Agua
- Comisión Nacional para el Ahorro de Energía
- Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Federal Telecommunications Commission)
- Procuraduría General de la República
- Procuraduría General de Justicia del Distrito Federal
- State Governments:
- Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán
- Gobierno del Estado de Tabasco
- Gobierno del Estado de Sonora
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- Border Information & Outreach Service (BIOS) - news, information and analysis from the U.S.-Mexico border region
- Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (CEMEFI) (Mexican Center for Philanthropy)
- Comunicación e Información de la Mujer (CIMAO) - links women and the media in Mexico and Latin America, in an effort
- to promote respect and counter the gender conflict in communications
- El Centro Ecológico Los Cuartos (Los Cuartos Ecology Center) (Aguascalientes) - aims to create an informal and permanent
environmental education program targeted at children in private and public schools
- Equipo de Apoyo en Salud y Educación Comunitaria (EAPSEC) (Partners in Health) - works to provide health services to the
poor of southeast Mexico, particularly in rural regions of the state of Chiapas, promoting community health directly through
training of local residents into health worker teams, acting as an intermediary between community health organizations, and
producing training materials and other teaching tools for use by community-based health promoters
- Ford Foundation Central America (Mexico City) - focuses, in Mexico, on the very poor and heavily indigenous southern and
southeastern states, the central Mexico area that includes Mexico City, and the complex and dynamic U.S.-Mexico border
region
- Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) Mexico - provides financial services (small loans, Village Banking)
to the worlds poorest families so they can create their own jobs, raise household incomes, and improve their standard of living,
delivering these services through a global network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions
- Fundación Porvenir (Future Foundation) - combats malnourishment in indigenous communities living in marginalized zones,
mainly amongst children up to 5 years old
- Hunger Project-Mexico (Nicolás san Juan) - committed to the sustainable end of hunger throughout the nation using The Hunger
Project's methodology of Strategic Planning-in-Action, which works to empower local people to create their own vision of a future
free from hunger, and carry out catalytic projects to achieve that future
- Instituto del Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo Sustentable (IMADES) - generadora de investigación para la ciencia en apoyo a la
conservación, así como difundir y vincular programas
- Los Cuartos Ecology Center (Aguascalientes) - a non-profit civil association which aims to create an informal and permanent
environmental education program targeted at children in private and public schools
- Maquila Solidarity Network - fights to improve conditions and win a living wage
- Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training (ORT) Mexico
- RECEPAC - unites the efforts of social organizations of producers and NGOs of the four poorest states of Mexico
- Servicio Internacional para la Paz (SIPAZ) - peace building combining violence reduction and peacebuilding strategies
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mexico
- Witness for Peace (Washington DC) - politically independent, grassroots organization committed to nonviolence and led by faith
and conscience to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing US policies and corporate
practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Political Parties:
- Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) (Institutional Revolutionary Party)
- National Action Party (PAN)
- Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional
- Frente Zapatista de Liberación Nacional
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
- IPADE Business School
- Universities:
- University of Yucatan
- Universidad Cristóbal Colón Educar - private university
- Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
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Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
- Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Culture and the Arts)
- Sincronia - Mexican Cultural Studies
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Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies
- Dolphin Dive Center (Padi Resort)
- Patolandia Hunting Club - duck hunting
- Pichiguila Gun Club - hunting club
- Solo Buceo - dive trips to shipwrecks
- Golf in Mexico - private club experience in Mexico
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Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers
- Guides & Advice:
- México Travel (Ministry of Tourism)
- Mexico Travel Guide
- Airlines:
- Mexicana Airlines
- Aerolitoral
- AeroMexico
- Copa Airlines (Panama) - flies to 29 destinations in 19 countries
- Aerocaribe - serving southern Mexico and adjacent countries
- Accommodation:
- Boutique Hotels of Mexico Guide
- Hoteles Misión Mexico
- Palace Resorts Mexico
- Tulum Resorts Mexico
- Camino Real Hotels and Resorts in Mexico
- Casa Turquesa, Cancun
- Hacienda de Los Santos, Alamos
- Hacienda Las Palmas Lodge
- Las Ventanas al Paraiso - luxury resort
- Maya Tulum Resort
- Rancho Buenos Aires
- Real del Mar Golf Resort
- Rio Caliente - spa resort
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Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Essential data:
- [CIA World Factbook] country data - Mexico
- Social development:
- [The Economist] country briefing - Mexico
- [OneWorld.net] country database - Mexico - news articles selected from around the world
- [Norwegian Refugee Council] Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) database - Mexico
- [U.S. Refugee Committee] World Refugee Survey country report - Mexico
- Human rights:
- [Human Rights Watch] Human Rights Developments 2000 - Mexico
- [International Lesbian and Gay Association] [Country Survey - Mexico] - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
- Governance:
- Governments on the WWW - Mexico - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- [CIA Library] [Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members] - Mexico
- [Political Resources] - Mexico
- [World Audit.org] national statistics and reports - Mexico - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency
International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
- [ElectionWorld.org] election results in Mexico
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Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment
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Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services
- Cámara de Comercio Italiana en México (Italian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico)
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Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation
- Banco de México (Central Bank of Mexico)
- North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) (Washington, DC) - international voluntary association devoted
to investor protection, with a membership of 66 state, provincial and territorial securities administrators in the United States,
Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico
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