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用英语介绍关于墨西哥

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Answer 1

Mexico
The economic activity slackened in 2005 with a GDP growth rate at 3% in 2005 whereas it was 4.4% in 2004. The IMF forecasts a 3.5% growth in 2006. This improvement in the economic situation is due to high oil prices and the relaxing of the monetary politicy. The weak point of the Mexican economy is its dependance on the North America : 80% of Mexican exports and imports are carried out with the US. Mexico holds sizeable natural resources : silver, gas and oil. Agriculture employs about a fourth of the active population. Mexico ranks among the world's largest producers of coffee, sugar, corn and oranges. Maquiladoras system, which has been growth's driving force since 1994, is currently undergoing a serious crisis. Maquiladoras, which were free zones with subcontracting factories for big American firms, are now suffering from Asian and Eastern European countries' competition where labour force is cheaper.
Petrochemicals, building, energy, transport and telecommunications are first plan sectors.
Mexico is the only one country which signed a commercial agreement with the United-States, the European Union, and Japan : Mexico is a member of the NAFTA, free trade agreement unifying the United States, Mexico and Canada since 1994. The country signed a free trade agreement with the European Union in 2000 and the commercial agreement signed with Japon came into force on April 2005.
Mexico's three largest export countries are the United States, Canada and Germany. Its three largest import countries are the United States, Canada and Japan. It mainly imports electrical machinery, equipment, machinery and mechanical appliances

Answer 2

Mexico
The official name of Mexico is Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
Territory
Mexico covers an area of 1,964,375 sq. km., 1,959,248 of which are
on the mainland and 5,127 of which are islands. There is also an
Exclusive Economic Zone of territorial sea comprising 3,149,920 sq.
km., meaning that the total area of the country is 5,114,295 sq. km.

The outer coordinates of Mexican territory are:
• North: 32° 43´ 06´ north, at Monument 206, on the border with the
United States of America (3,152.90 km).
• South: 14° 32´ 27´north, at the mouth of the Suchiate River, on
the border with Guatemala (1,149.8 km).
• East: 86° 42´ 36´ west, in the far southeast of Isla Mujeres.
• West: 118° 27’ 24’ at Punta Roca Elefante on Isla Guadalupe in the
Pacific Ocean.
Mexico comprises 32 states, the capital of which is the Federal
District, where the branches of government are located.
Borders
Mexico has borders with the United States of America, Guatemala and
Belize, totaling 4,301 kilometers distributed as follows:
• The frontier with the United States of America, from Monument 258
in the northeast of Tijuana to the mouth of the Rio Grande in the
Gulf of Mexico, is 3,152 km long. Border states in the north of the
country include Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila and
Nuevo León.
• Mexico shares a 956-km border with Guatemala and a 193-km frontier
with Guatemala (excluding the 85,266-km maritime border in Chetumal
Bay. The border states in the south and southeast of the country
are: Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche and Quintana Roo.
Population
Mexico has a population of 97,483,412 inhabitants, according to the
most recent census by the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas,
Geografía e Informática (2000), with an ethnic composition of 60%
mestizo, 30% Indian, 9% European and 1% other.
The official language of Mexico is Spanish and it has over 66 Indian
languages; the local currency is the Mexican peso.

Answer 3

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The United Mexican States is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. The United Mexican States is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a federal district, the capital Mexico City, whose metropolitan area is one of the world's most populous.

Covering almost 2 million square kilometers, Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest in the world. With an estimated population of 109 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.

The United Mexican States are a federation of thirty-one free and sovereign states which form a Union that exercises jurisdiction over the Federal District and other territories. Each state has its own constitution and congress, as well as a judiciary, and its citizens elect by direct voting, a governor (gobernador) for a six-year term, as well as representatives (diputados locales) to their respective state congresses, for three-year terms. The 31 states and the Federal District are collectively called "federal entities", and all are equally represented in the Congress of the Union.

Mexican states are also divided into municipalities (municipios), the smallest official political entity in the country, governed by a mayor or "municipal president" (presidente municipal), elected by its residents by plurality. Municipalities can be further subdivided into non-autonomous boroughs or in semi-autonomous auxiliary presidencies.

Constitutionally, Mexico City, as the capital of the federation and seat of the powers of the Union, is the Federal District, a special political division in Mexico that belongs to the federation as a whole and not to a particular state, and as such, has more limited local rule than the nation's states. Nonetheless, since 1987 it has progressively gained a greater degree of autonomy, and residents now elect a head of government (Jefe de Gobierno) and representatives of a Legislative Assembly directly. Unlike the states, the Federal District does not have a constitution but a statute of government. Mexico City is conterminous and coextensive with the Federal District.

Situated in southern North America at about 23° N and 102° W, Mexico comprises much of Middle America. Physiographically, the lands east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec including the Yucatán Peninsula (which together comprise around 12% of the country's area) lie within Central America; geologically, the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt delimits the region on the north. Geopolitically, however, Mexico is commonly considered a North American country.

Mexico's total area is 1,972,550 km², making it the world's 14th largest country by total area, and includes approximately 6,000 km² of islands in the Pacific Ocean (including the remote Guadalupe Island and the Islas Revillagigedo), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of California. On its north, Mexico shares a 3,141 km border with the United States. The meandering Río Bravo del Norte (known as the Rio Grande in the United States) defines the border from Ciudad Juárez east to the Gulf of Mexico. A series of natural and artificial markers delineate the United States-Mexican border west from Ciudad Juárez to the Pacific Ocean. On its south, Mexico shares an 871 km border with Guatemala and a 251 km border with Belize.

Mexico is crossed from north to south by two mountain ranges known as Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental, which are the extension of the Rocky Mountains from northern North America. From east to west at the center, the country is crossed by the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt also known as the Sierra Nevada. A fourth mountain range, the Sierra Madre del Sur, runs from Michoacán to Oaxaca. As such, the majority of the Mexican central and northern territories are located at high altitudes, and the highest elevations are found at the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Pico de Orizaba (5,700 m), Popocatépetl (5,462 m) and Iztaccíhuatl (5,286 m) and the Nevado de Toluca (4,577 m). Three major urban agglomerations are located in the valleys between these four elevations: Toluca, Greater Mexico City and Puebla.