#MÉXICO

 The word Mexico comes from three voices of the Nahuatl language: 

metztli which means moon; 

xictli navel or center; 

co place. 

Both literally and metaphorically it means "in the navel of the moon"; or put another way "in the center of the lake of the moon".

The official name of Mexico is the United Mexican States, also known as the Mexican Republic, it is made up of 32 states.

Mexico City, formerly the Federal District, is the capital and seat of the three branches of government (Executive, Legislative and Judicial).

The Mexican territory has an area of ​​1,964,375 km², making it the thirteenth largest country in the world and the third largest in Latin America.

It's bordered to the north by the United States of America along a 3,155 km border, while to the south it has a 958 km border with Guatemala and 276 km with Belize. The country's coasts are bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, totaling 9,330 km of coastline.

Mexico is the tenth most populous country in the world, with a population estimated at more than 130 million people in 2021.

Most of its inhabitants have Spanish as their mother tongue, which the state recognizes as a national language along with 67 indigenous languages ​​of the nation. Around 287 languages ​​are spoken in the country.

These figures make Mexico the country with the largest number of Spanish speakers as well as the seventh country with the greatest linguistic diversity in the world.

Mexico is also one of the countries with the greatest diversity of climates in the world, considered one of the seventeen megadiverse countries on the planet, it is home to 10-12% of the world's biodiversity and is home to more than 12,000 endemic species.

According to the World Tourism Organization, Mexico is the main tourist destination in Latin America and the third most visited in the world in 2020. This is largely due to the thirty-five cultural or natural sites that are considered by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Humanity, and in this sense it is the first in the continent.

In macroeconomic terms, by gross domestic product (GDP) it is the fourteenth world economy and the eleventh by purchasing power parity (PPP); On a regional scale, it is the second largest economy in Latin America and the fourth largest on the continent.

According to the 2020 UN Human Development Report, it has a high Human Development Index of 0.779, ranking 74th in the world.

To be Mexican is to feel proud of the past, of the culture, of the traditions.

Being called Mexican does not only reside in having been born in these lands, it resides in respect, strength, unity and love for their country.