Facts About Mexico:

• Mexico is a land bridge that is 140 miles wide
• The Aztec were one of the earliest people there
• Tropical climate with an average  temperature of 77-88 degrees F. and on the top of the mountains it is about 68 degrees F.
• Population is 92 million
• Mexico remained as a Spanish colony since 1521
• Each year thousands of people gather in the Zoccalo, also know as the Constitution Square, in rememberance of the Mexican Revolution
• About 90% of the population are Roman Catholic
• Mexicans are influenced by the art from there early Native American ancestors
• Traditional food are  corn, tortillas, vegetables,cheese, beans,meat,
• They love to play soccer 
• Rugged landscape with volcanoes, deep vallies, and snow capped mountains
• The Sierra Medres plateau covers 40% of the country
• The capitalis Mexico City
• Their economics consist of: mining silver,service industries, and farming
• Mexico's population is growing twice as fast as the United States 
• Thousands of tourests visit Mexico City a year
• The first people came from Asia
• Some homes of Mexico's poorer homes are made of straw
• Palm trees, colorful buildings,historic parks, splended old churches, can be seen in the city
• The homes in the city are made of adobe and built around courtyards
• Celebrations: El dia de los Murtos


Holidays and Celebrations:
 

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Año nuevo	First day of the year
February 5	Constitution Day	Día de la Constitución	Celebrates the ratification of the Constitution of 1917, adopted after the Mexican Civil War
March 18	Oil Expropriation	Expropiación Petrolera	President Lázaro Cárdenas expropriated oil companies to facilitate Mexico's industrial development. (see 1938)
March 21	Benito Juárez's Birthday	Natalicio de Benito Juárez	Birthday of Benito Juárez, 19th century president and statesman who stood against the French occupation (see Maximilian of Mexico)
May 1	Labour Day	Día del Trabajo	Commemorates the Haymarket Riot of (1886)
May 5	Cinco de Mayo	Batalla de Puebla	Celebrates the victory against French forces in the city of Puebla, on May 5, 1862. It is also widely celebrated in the United States among Mexican-Americans
September 16	Independence Day	Día de la Independencia	Celebrates the Grito de Dolores, an event that marked the start of the independence war against Spain on the eve of September 16, 1810. See also Fiestas Patrias
October 12	Day of the Race (aka Hispanity Day)	Día de la Raza	Commemorates the discovery of the Americas in 1492 by the italian navigator Cristopher Columbus, who was sponsored by the Spanish soverigns, Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragón.
November 2	The Day of The Dead	Dia de Los Muertos	Mexicans honor their dead relatives and/or friends with candles, food offerings, altars and prehispanic rituals. See also Day of the Dead
November 20	Revolution Day	Día de la Revolución	Celebrates the beginning of the Mexican civil war of 1910 (see also Fiestas Patrias)
December 12	Day of the Virgen de Guadalupe	Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe	Celebrates the day that Virgen de Guadalupe appeared in "El Tepejac" mountain to native indian Juan Diego
December 25	Christmas	Navidad	Celebrates the nativity of Jesus, also celebrated as secular winter holiday