Ort: 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
Geografische Koordinaten: 23° 0' N, 102° 0' W
Küste km: 9,330 km km
Klima: varies from tropical to desert
Gelände: high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
Höhe: lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m
Natürliche Gefahren: tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts
Währung: Mexican peso (MXN)
Bevölkerung: 106,202,903 (July 2005 est.)
Sprachen: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
Hauptstadt: Mexico
Bereiche: 31 states and 1 federal district* ; Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas