Politics
Conventional long form:
United Mexican States
Capital:
Mexico City
Type of government :
31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); 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 de Ignacio de la Llave (Veracruz), Yucatan, Zacatecas
Date of Independence:
16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
Nationnal Holiday:
Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
Chief of state:
President Enrique PENA NIETO (since 1 December 2012); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
Head of government:
President Enrique PENA NIETO (since 1 December 2012)
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal and compulsory (but not enforced)
Chief of mission:
Ambassador Eduardo MEDINA MORA Icaza
Chancery:
1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Chief of mission:
Ambassador Earl Anthony WAYNE
Embassy:
Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Mexico, Distrito Federal
Flag description:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; Mexico's coat of arms (an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus) is centered in the white band; green signifies hope, joy, and love; white represents peace and honesty; red stands for hardiness, bravery, strength, and valor; the coat of arms is derived from a legend that the wandering Aztec people were to settle at a location where they would see an eagle on a cactus eating a snake; the city they founded, Tenochtitlan, is now Mexico City
note: similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter, uses lighter shades of red and green, and does not have anything in its white band
National Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8T9g7memUk
National symbol(s):
golden eagle
United Mexican States
Capital:
Mexico City
Type of government :
31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); 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 de Ignacio de la Llave (Veracruz), Yucatan, Zacatecas
Date of Independence:
16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
Nationnal Holiday:
Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
Chief of state:
President Enrique PENA NIETO (since 1 December 2012); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
Head of government:
President Enrique PENA NIETO (since 1 December 2012)
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal and compulsory (but not enforced)
Chief of mission:
Ambassador Eduardo MEDINA MORA Icaza
Chancery:
1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Chief of mission:
Ambassador Earl Anthony WAYNE
Embassy:
Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Mexico, Distrito Federal
Flag description:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; Mexico's coat of arms (an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus) is centered in the white band; green signifies hope, joy, and love; white represents peace and honesty; red stands for hardiness, bravery, strength, and valor; the coat of arms is derived from a legend that the wandering Aztec people were to settle at a location where they would see an eagle on a cactus eating a snake; the city they founded, Tenochtitlan, is now Mexico City
note: similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter, uses lighter shades of red and green, and does not have anything in its white band
National Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8T9g7memUk
National symbol(s):
golden eagle