International Coffeehouses: Mexico

The United Mexican States is bordered to the north by the USA, and to the south by Guatemala and Belize. The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea lie to the east, and the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California to the west. The climate varies with altitude. The tropical southern region and the coastal lowlands are hot and wet, with an average annual temperature of 18°C (64°F), while the highlands of the central plateau are temperate. Much of the north and west is arid desert. In Mexico City, which lies at about 2,250 m (nearly 7,400 ft) above sea-level, temperatures are generally between 5°C (42°F) and 25°C (78°F). The principal language is Spanish, spoken by more than 90% of the population, while about 8% speak indigenous languages, of which Náhuatl is the most widely spoken. Almost all of Mexico’s inhabitants profess Christianity, and about 83% are adherents of the Roman Catholic Church. The national flag (proportions 4 by 7) has three equal vertical stripes from hoist to fly, of green, white and red, with the state emblem (a brown eagle, holding a snake in its beak, on a green cactus, with a wreath of oak and laurel beneath) in the centre of the white stripe. The capital is Mexico City.

Citations:

Country Flag (Mexico), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Retrieved 02 March 2018 from http://www.europaworld.com/entry/mx.FLAG.

Location, Climate, Language, Religion, Flag, Capital (Mexico), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Retrieved 02 March 2018 from http://www.europaworld.com/entry/mx.is.2.

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Country Map (Mexico), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Retrieved 05 March 2018 from http://www.europaworld.com/entry/mx.MAP

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