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VIBRANT DIVERSITY
Identified as a megadiverse country, its biodiversity ranks 4th in the world. The influence of its Spanish colonial days and of its ancient people, including the Mayan and Aztec cultures, is found throughout this nation that lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Regions continue to develop, work to preserve heritage, and evolve through innovation within their varied geography and climate types: Tropical, Mountainous, Desert, Coastal.
States and Regions of Mexico
♦ Mexico City
♦ Central Mexico
Mexico State + Hidalgo + Puebla + Morelos + Tlaxcala
Mexico City — volcanoes
♦ Veracruz
Aztec sites — Gulf of Mexico
♦ Bajío
Zacatecas + San Luis Potosí + Aguascalientes + Guanajuato + Queretaro
San Miguel de Allende — mountainous, Spanish colonial silver mining region
♦ Northern Mexico
Sonora + Sinaloa + Chihuahua + Durango + Coahuila + Nuevo León + Tamaulipas
Mazatlán, Monterrey — expansive deserts and mountains
♦ Baja California
Baja California + Baja California Sur
Cabo San Lucas — Pacific coastal deserts and Gulf of California beaches
♦ Pacific Coast
Nayarit + Jalisco + Colima + Michoacán + Guerrero + Chiapas
Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Acapulco — tropical beaches along the Pacific Ocean
♦ Oaxaca
Mixtecs and Zapotecs peoples — Spanish colonial Baroque
♦ Chiapas & Tabasco
Spanish colonial and tropical jungles between Pacific and Gulf of Mexico
♦ Yucatán Peninsula
Campeche + Yucatán + Quintana Roo
Cancun, Isla Cozumel, Merida, Mayan sites — tropical jungle between Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
Basics
Know Before You Go
Spanish
official language
Peso ₱
currency
31
official states
Mexico City
capital
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Mayan Tulum
Pre-Columbian ruins along a cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea Zama, city of the dawn, as this site facing east toward the sunrise is believed to have once been known. Inhabited as early as the 6th century, its crumbled limestone walls…
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