Name: Mexico Travel Urdu Documentary | History & Facts About Mexico #worldtvurdu #mexico #urdudocomentary
Uploaded: 2023-10-22T14:00:10+00:00
Duration: 3 min 31 s
Description: #worldtvurdu #mexicotravel #documentaryaboutmexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States

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Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico.
Mexico is one of the chief economic and political forces in Latin America. It has a dynamic industrial base, vast mineral resources, a wide-ranging service sector, and the world’s largest population of Spanish speakers—about two and a half times that of Spain or Colombia. As its official name suggests, the Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States) incorporates 31 socially and physically diverse states and the Federal District.
Population: 129 million people live in Mexico (2022)
Capital: Mexico City with 22 million inhabitants is the country's biggest city.
Name: United Mexican States (in Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos)
Government: Democracy, Republic
Language: Spanish
Literacy: More than 95% of the population over the age of 15 years can read and write
Religion: Christians, mainly Roman Catholics (78%)
Mexico has the world's largest Spanish speaking population and Mexico is also the second most populous country in North America - after the USA.
The highest peak in Mexico is a volcano. It is called 'Pico de Orizaba' or 'Volcan Citlaltepetl' and is 5,636 m/ 18,491 ft high. This is also the third largest volcano in Northern America.
The longest river in Mexico is the Río Bravo del Norte (also referred to as Rio Grande). This river begins in the southwestern USA and flows into Mexico.
The largest lake in Mexico is Lake Chapala near Guadalajara.
The "cardon cactus" is the world's biggest cactus! The Mexican giant cactus measures up to 21 metres/ 70 feet in height and can be seen in the deserts of Baja California. These cacti can live up to 300 years.
Mexican warriors threw hornet nests at enemies.
In Mexico, struggling artists can pay taxes with their artwork.
In the 19th century, army officer Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna held a funeral for his severed leg.
The Aztecs sacrificed people to various gods.