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Huixtla
Escuintla
Pijijiapán
Puerto Escondido Puerto
Angel
Arriaga
Pinotepa Nacional Miahuatlán
Ixtepec
Chiapa de
Corzo
Ocozocuautla
Matías Romero
Tecpan
Teapa
Ixtapa
Macuspana
Huajuapan
Comalcalco
Frontera
Fransisco Escárcega
Zacatepec
Aguililla
Alvarado
Tuxpan
Felipe Carrillo
Puerto
Zapotiltic
Tekax
Peto
Oxkutzcab
Ticul
Umán
Tequila
Motul
Tizimín
Yahualica
Progreso
Rio Lagartos
Tuxpan
Pánuco
Acaponeta
Escuinapa
Río Grande
Miraflores
Miguel Asua
Juan Aldama
El Dorado
Navolato
Guasave
Matamoros
Loreto
Ciudad
Miguel Alemán
Sabinas
Hidalgo
Santa Barbara
Huatabampo
San Francisco
del Oro
Jiménez
Esperanza
Guerrero Negro
San Ignacio
Empalme
Cuauhtémoc
Ojinaga
Boquillas
San Miguel
Samalayuca
El Sueco
El Sáuz
Caborca Magdalena
Cumpas
San Pedro
de la Cueva
Cananea
Agua Prieta
Rosarito
Tuxtepec
Jalpa
Villanueva
San Pedro
San Blas
Zamora de
Hidalgo
Salina Cruz
Comitán
Tehuantepec Juchitán
San Cristóbal
de Las Casas
Iguala
Chetumal
Champotón
Ciudad Guzmán
Teziutlán
Valladolid
Tamazunchale
Guamúchil
Ciudad Lerdo
Hidalgo
del Parral
Nueva Rosita
Villa Acuña
Perote
Tecomán
Guadalupe
Ciudad Camargo
Lázaro Cárdenas
Río
Bravo
Sabinas
Nuevo
Casas Grandes
Tapachula
Tuxtla
Oaxaca
Villahermosa
Tehuacán
Veracruz Carmen
Uruapan
Campeche
Pachuca
Puerto Vallarta
Tlaquepaque
Cancún
Lagos de
Moreno
Tepic
Aguascalientes
Ciudad Valles
Mazatlán
Durango
Torreón Saltillo
Los Mochis
Matamoros
Reynosa
Monclova
Ciudad
Obregón
Hermosillo
Irapuato
Tulancingo
Zacatecas
Fresnillo
Dolores
Hidalgo
Guanajuato
Xalapa
Tampico
La Paz
Guaymas
Nogales
Manzanillo Colima
Gómez Palacio
Delicias
Piedras Negras
Nuevo Laredo
Montemorelos
Linares
Ciudad Madero
Ciudad Mante
Río Verde
Chilpancingo
Tlaxcala
Papantla
Poza Rica
Tuxpán
San
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Tuxtla
Córdoba
Taxco
Ciudad Victoria
Minatitlán
Navojoa
San Luis Río Colorado
Ensenada
Coatzacoalcos
Acapulco
Puebla
Guadalajara
León
Monterrey
Ciudad Juárez
Chihuahua
Querétaro
Toluca
Cuernavaca
Morelia
Cuautla
Mérida
San Luis Potosí
Culiacán
Tijuana
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MEXICO CITY
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Mexico is the world’s

main producer

of silver, which is

mined in the center

of the country.

MEDIEVAL RULERS

The Aztecs ruled a large part of this

region from about 1428 until 1521,

when they were conquered by the

Spanish. Their capital, Tenochtitlán,

was located on the site that is now

Mexico City. The influence of this

great civilization has left its

mark on Mexico – more than

1 million Mexicans speak

Nahuatl, the native Aztec

language. This feather

headdress is thought

to have belonged to

Moctezuma, the last

Aztec ruler.

FAMILY TIES

Mexico has a large population, almost

half of which are 24 years old or younger.

Very often extended families live together

in one house, with the mother at the

center of the family. Mother’s Day

remains one of the most important

dates in the Mexican calendar.

TOURIST INDUSTRY

One of Mexico’s largest employment sectors is tourism.

The tourists are attracted by the numerous beautiful beaches

on both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts, as well as

Mexico’s rich blend of history and culture. Popular

tourist sites include the archaeological remains

of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations,

such as the Mayan ruins of the

city of Palenque.

Mexican selling

baskets, Puerto

Escondido

CHEWING GUM

Chicle is a latex produced

by the sapodilla tree,

native to the Yucatán

Peninsula. In 1867,

American inventor

Thomas Adams added

sugar to chicle pellets and

invented an early form of

chewing gum. This worker

(right) is stretching heated

chicle with a stick,

preparing it to be made

into chewing gum.

Aztec headdress

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