Capital:
Mexico City
Population:
109,955,400
Languages:
Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
Religion:
Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1%
Life Expectancy:
75.84 years
GDP per-capita:
$12,800
Of Interest:
The Tropic of Cancer effectively divides the country into temperate and tropical zones. This gives Mexico one of the world's most diverse weather systems. Mexico is also one of the 17 megadiverse countries of the world, with over 200,000 different species, making it home to 10-12% of the world's biodiversity.
Guadalajara is the capital of the state of Jalisco and the third largest city in Mexico which is located in the western-pacific area of Mexico. Guadalajara’s climate is influenced by its high altitude and the general seasonality of precipitation patterns in western North America. Although the temperature is warm year-round, Guadalajara has very strong seasonal variation in precipitation.
Location:
Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US