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Official name of Mexico
The United Mexican States, a federal republic of 31 states and Mexico City.
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Capital city
Mexico City, built over the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan.
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Head of state and government
The president, elected for one six-year term with no re-election.
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Grito de Dolores
Miguel Hidalgo's call to rise against Spain on 16 September 1810.
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Year Tenochtitlan fell
1521, to Cortes and his Indigenous allies.
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Plan of Iguala (1821)
Three guarantees: religion, independence and union.
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Benito Juarez
Zapotec president from Oaxaca who led the Reform and resisted the French.
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Cinco de Mayo
5 May 1862, the Mexican victory over French troops at Puebla.
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Porfiriato
The long rule of Porfirio Diaz, from 1876 to 1911.
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Start of the Revolution
1910, when Francisco Madero called for revolt against Diaz.
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Emiliano Zapata
Southern leader who demanded land reform: Land and Liberty.
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Constitution of 1917
Current constitution, written at Queretaro; Article 27 gives the nation ownership of land and subsoil.
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Oil nationalisation
18 March 1938 under Lazaro Cardenas, creating Pemex.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1848 treaty that ended the war with the United States and ceded about half of Mexico's territory.
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Pico de Orizaba
Highest mountain in Mexico, about 5,636 metres, on the Veracruz and Puebla border.
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Rio Bravo
Mexican name of the Rio Grande, which forms much of the border with Texas.
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Yucatan peninsula
Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo; flat limestone land with cenotes.
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Sierra Madre
Two ranges, Occidental and Oriental, framing the central plateau.
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Chihuahua
Largest state by area, in the north.
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Day of the Dead
1 and 2 November, when families honour the dead with altars and marigolds.
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Three great muralists
Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros.
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Octavio Paz
Mexican poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990.
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Nixtamalization
Soaking maize in lime water to make masa for tortillas.
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Peso
Mexican currency, 100 centavos, issued by the Bank of Mexico.
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USMCA
Trade pact with the United States and Canada that replaced NAFTA in 2020.

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