Mexico is known worldwide for its folk art traditions, mostly derived from a combination of the indigenous and Spanish crafts. Particularly notable among handicrafts are the clay pottery made in the valley of Oaxaca and the bird and animal figures made in the village of Tonala. Colorfully embroidered cotton garments, cotton or wool shawls and outer garments, and colorful baskets and rugs are seen everywhere. Between the Spanish conquest and the early Twentieth Century, Mexican fine arts were largely in imitation of European traditions. After the Mexican Revolution, a new generation of Mexican artists led a vibrant national movement that incorporated political, historic, and folk themes in their work. The painters Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros became world famous for their grand scale murals, often displaying clear social messages. Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo (Rivera's wife) produced more personal works with abstract elements. Mexican art photography was largely fostered by the work of Manuel Alvarez Bravo.
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Oficial Name 
 Mexican United States
Surfaces and Limits
 Territorial surface: 1 964 375 km2
Continental surface: 1 959 248 km2
Insular surface: 5 127 km2
International limits of the continental territory: 4 301 km2
 - United States: 3 152 km2
 - Guatemala: 956 km2
 - Belize: 193 km2
Line lenght of coast: 11 122 km2
Location of Mexico in the world:

The extreme coordinates that frame the Mexican territory are:

  • North: 32° 43´ 06´´ North latitude, at Monument 206, in the border with the United States of America (3 152,90 kilometers).
  • South: 14° 32´ 27´´ North latitude, in the mouth of the river Suchiate, border with Guatemala (1 149,8 kilometers).
  • East: 86° 42´ 36´´ west longitude, in the Southeastern end of the Isla Mujeres.
  • West: 118° 27´ 24´´ west longitude, in the Roca Elefante Point of the Island of Guadalupe, in the Pacific Ocean. 
Political Division
 Federal Organizations: 32 (Capital: Mexico, Federal District).
Municipalities: 2,454
Structure of the continental surface by climates
 Total: 100%
Warm humid: 4.7%
Warm sub humid: 23.0%
Humid temperate: 2.7%
Sub humid temperate: 20.5%
Dry: 28.3%
Very dry: 20.8%
Standard time
 In the south, east and center, GMT-6 hours (winter), -5 (summer); Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Baja California Sur-7 (winter), -6 (summer); Baja California -8 (winter), -7 (summer).
Population
 Total Population (2005): 103,263,388
Men: 50.249.955 Women: 53,013,433
Average rate of annual growth (2000-2005): 1.0%
Urban population (2000): 74.6%
Density of population (2006): 54.9 Hab/Km2

Life expectancy

 68.5, men; 74,7. women
Ethnic composition
 60% mestizos; amerindian 30%; European 9%; 1% others
Languages
 Spanish (official), more 66 amerindian languages.
Speaking population of 5 years and older of indigenous language that does not speak Spanish: 12.0% (2005)
Illiteracy
 Illiterate population of 15 years and more (2005): 8.4%
Religion
 89,7% catholics; 4,9% protestants; 0,1% Jews; 2.1% others; 3.2% non religious.
Employment
 Economically active population (EAP), fourth trimester of 2005: 58.3%
General rate of open unemployment (32 urban areas), 2005: 3.1% (EAP)
Daily minimum wage (1 of January of 2006 to the date): 47.05 Pesos
National Celebration
 16 of September: Independence Day.
Natural Resources
 Petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, wood
Monetary Unit
 Peso (M$); 1 peso=100 cents
Economic information
 The total GDP to prices of market (2005): 8,374,348.5 million pesos
The GDP per capita (2005): 78,668,1 pesos by inhabitant
GDP total annual real growth (2005): 3.0%
Destiny of the exports
 United States (89%); Canada (1.7%); Japan, Spain, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil (2%).
Sources of the imports
 United States (74.8%); Germany (3.8%); Japan (3.5%); Canada, Italy, Republic of Korea, France (6.2%)
Source: Inegi 2005
We sell to: Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Coahuila, Colima, Chiapas, Chihuahua, D. F., Durango, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas and the whole world.