MEXICO

INTRODUCTION

Geography

Mexico's capital city, Mexico City, is located in the southcentral part of the country. . Comparatively, the area occupied by Mexico is slightly less than three times the size of the state of Texas. Mexico extends about 3,200 km (2,000 mi) SSE – NNW and 1,060 km (660 mi) ENE – WSW. Bordered on the N by the US, on the E by the Gulf of Mexico (including nd boundary length of 4,353 km (2,704 mi) and a coastline of 9,330 km (5,797 mi). the Bay of Campeche), the Caribbean Sea, Belize, and Guatemala and on the S and W by the Pacific Ocean, Mexico has a total land boundary length of 4,353 km (2,704 mi) and a coastline of 9,330 km (5,797 mi).

Celebration

San Cristobal is a vibrant place to observe some of Mexico's most traditional festivals and celebrations including Semana Santa ( Easter Week ), Dia de los Muertos ( Day of the Dead ) and Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe).Carnival celebrations are determined by a lunar calendar. The next carnival falls between February 8th and 12th 2013. Sadness and laughter are dialectical sides of the same tradition in the very Mexican celebration, Dia de muertos (Day of the dead).

Food

Mexican food has been always considered to be very spicy. Well, that is partially true. Mexican food history shows that Mexico has given chocolate to the world, as well as several other specialties, including peanuts, vanilla, beans, coconuts and tomatoes. The traditional Mexican cooking makes use of these native elements to produce tasteful meals. With the arrival of specialties like pork, lamb, beef, wine, vinegar and cheese from Spain (brought by the conquerors), the Mexican cuisine evolved, by integrating these European elements into their own traditional meals.

Sport

Motocross, diving and the famous “ lucha ” (wrestling) are also part of the great offer of Mexican sports available. There is almost no discipline on which Mexican sportsmen and women are not proficient. Among the most popular Mexican sports we can find softball and, of course, soccer, which is the favorite of the vast majority of the population.

The red poinsettia (which the Aztecs called cuetlaxochitl) originated in Mexico and is named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States ambassador to Mexico (in the 1820s).

Mexican children do not receive presents on Christmas Day. They receive gifts on January 6, the day on which Mexicans celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men.

Mexico is located in the “Ring of Fire,” one of the earth’s most violent earthquake and volcano zones.

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