MEXICO

HOW DID MEXICO BECOME A COUNTRY?

• On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a parish priest from the town of Dolores, issued a call to rebellion. In response, rebel leader Vicente Guerrero and defected royalist general Agustín de Itúrbide collaborated to gain Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821.

WHERE IS MEXICO LOCATED

• Located in the continent of North America.

WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT DOES MEXICO HAVE

• Mexico is a federal presidential representative democratic republic, where the President is both head of state and head of government. The current government of Mexico is guided by the 1917 constitution. Mexico's government has three branches, namely the executive, legislative, and judiciary.

WHAT LANGUAGE DO THEY SPEAK

• They speak Spanish

WHAT TYPE OF GEOGRAPHY DOES MEXICO HAVE

• Almost all of Mexico is on the North American Plate, with small parts of the Baja California Peninsula in the northwest on the Pacific and Cocos Plates. Some geographers include the portion east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec including the Yucatán Peninsula within North America.

WHAT KIND OF FOOD DO THEY EAT

• Chipotle Chicken Fajitas. ... Chocolate Chicken Mole. ... Citrus-Marinated Beef Fajitas. ... Pork Chimichanga. ...

WHAT DAYS DO THEY CELEBRATE

• Cinco de mayo,Day of the dead, Dia de los muertos

HOW MANY STATES DOES MEXICO HAVE AND WHAT IS THE CAPITAL

• Mexico has 31 states of 11 and its capital and largest city is Mexico City.

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