MEXICO
Mēxihco is the Nahuatl term for the heartland of the Aztec Empire
Mexico is the site of the domestication of maize, tomato, and beans
Almost all of Mexico lies in the North American Plate, with small parts of the Baja California peninsula on the Pacific and Cocos Plates
Population: 125 Million
Capital: Mexico City
Mexico ranks 4th in the world in biodiversity and is one of the 17 megadiverse countries
With over 200,000 different species, Mexico is home of 10–12% of the world's biodiversity
Mexico has the 15th largest nominal GDP and the 11th largest by purchasing power parity in the world
WHY MEXICO
Mexico has been among the most visited countries in the world
Spanish is the de facto national language spoken by the vast majority of the population, making Mexico the world's most populous Hispanophone country
The painting is one of the oldest arts in Mexico; the cave painting is about 7,500 years old, and has been manifested in the caves of the Baja California Peninsula
IN MEXICO
Mexico produces the most automobiles of any North American nation
Mexico is the country with the world's 3rd largest solar potential[
The largest scientific project in Mexico was the construction of the Large Millimeter Telescope (Gran Telescopio Milimétrico, GMT), the world's largest and most sensitive single-aperture telescope in its frequency range, which was designed to observe regions of space obscured by stellar dust
