Junior Scholastic, September 15th, 2003
Bienvenido a Mexico--welcome come to Mexico! Like the U.S. and Canada, Mexico is part of North America. But Mexico is also part of Latin America--the Western Hemisphere countries in which most people speak Spanish. A majority of Mexico's people are mestizos--of mixed Indian and European (mainly Spanish) ancestry. Mexico's official language is Spanish, but 6 million Mexicans primarily speak Indian languages.
FACTS TO KNOW
AREA: 756,062 square miles, almost three times the size of Texas.
POPULATION: 104,900,000; 75% urban.
GOVERNMENT: Presidential-legislative democracy; in December 2000, V...
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