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See México

English

Etymology

From Nahuatl mexico.

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Country in North America. Official name: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States).
  2. An alternative name for Mexico City.


Translations

  • Bosnian: {{t-|bs|Meksiko|m}}
  • Breton: Mec'hiko
  • Catalan: Mèxic
  • Chinese: 墨西哥 (Mòxīgē)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|Mexiko|n}}
  • Danish:
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t+|eo|Meksiko|xs=Esperanto}}, {{t-|eo|Meksikio|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Estonian: Mehhiko
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|Mexique|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Mexiko|n}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|Μεξικό|n|sc=Grek}} (mexikó)
  • Hebrew: {{t-|he|מקסיקו|f|tr=meksiko|sc=Hebr}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Indonesian: {{t-|id|Meksiko|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Interlingua: Mexico
  • Italian: {{t+|it|Messico|m}}

See also


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Danish

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico (country)


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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Nl-Mexico.ogg


Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico (country)
  2. Mexico City


Category:Dutch proper nouns Category:nl:Countries

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French

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico City


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Interlingua

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico (country)


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Norwegian

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. #English|Mexico


Related terms


Category:no:Countries

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Romanian

Proper noun

Mexico

  1. Mexico City


el:Mexico es:Mexico eo:Mexico fr:Mexico fy:Mexico ko:Mexico io:Mexico id:Mexico it:Mexico lt:Mexico li:Mexico hu:Mexico nl:Mexico no:Mexico pl:Mexico ro:Mexico ru:Mexico fi:Mexico sv:Mexico tr:Mexico zh:Mexico

WordNet Mexico
n : a Republic in southern North America; became independent
from Spain in 1810 [syn: United Mexican States]
Mexico Introduction Mexico ------------------- Background: The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) was sworn in on 1 December 2000 as the first chief executive elected in free and fair elections. Geography Mexico ---------------- Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US Geographic coordinates: 23 00 N, 102 00 W Map references: North America Area: total: 1,972,550 sq km land: 1,923,040 sq km water: 49,510 sq km Area - comparative: slightly less than three times the size of Texas Land boundaries: total: 4,353 km border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km Coastline: 9,330 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin Climate: varies from tropical to desert Terrain: high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert Elevation extremes: lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m Natural resources: petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber Land use: arable land: 13% permanent crops: 1.1% other: 85.7% (1998 est.) Irrigated land: 65,000 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards: tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts Environment - current issues: scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural fresh water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; raw sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; deteriorating agricultural lands; serious air and water pollution in the national capital and urban centers along US- Mexico border; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issues Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate agreements: Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Geography - note: strategic location on southern border of US People Mexico ------------- Population: 103,400,165 (July 2002 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 32.8% (male 17,310,230; female 16,630,935) 15-64 years: 62.7% (male 31,552,877; female 33,246,668) 65 years and over: 4.5% (male 2,069,826; female 2,589,629) (2002 est.) Population growth rate: 1.47% (2002 est.) Birth rate: 22.36 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) Death rate: 4.99 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) Net migration rate: -2.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/ female total population: 0.97 male(s)/ female (2002 est.) Infant mortality rate: 24.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.03 years female: 75.21 years (2002 est.) male: 68.99 years Total fertility rate: 2.57 children born/woman (2002 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.29% (1999 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 150,000 (1999 est.) AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,700 (1999 est.) Nationality: noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican Ethnic groups: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1% Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% Languages: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.6% male: 91.8% female: 87.4% (1995 est.) Government Mexico ----------------- Country name: conventional long form: United Mexican States conventional short form: Mexico local short form: Mexico local long form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos Government type: federal republic Capital: Mexico (Distrito Federal) Administrative divisions: 31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz- Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas Independence: 16 September 1810 (from Spain) National holiday: Independence Day, 16 September (1810) Constitution: 5 February 1917 Legal system: mixture of US constitutional theory and civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory (but not enforced) Executive branch: chief of state: President Vicente FOX Quesada (since 1 December 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government election results: Vicente FOX Quesada elected president; percent of vote - Vicente FOX Quesada (PAN) 42.52%, Francisco LABASTIDA Ochoa (PRI) 36.1%, Cuauhtemoc CARDENAS Solorzano (PRD) 16.64%, other 4.74% elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 2 July 2000 (next to be held NA July 2006) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; note - appointment of attorney general requires consent of the Senate head of government: President Vicente FOX Quesada (since 1 December 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms, and 32 are allocated on the basis of each party's popular vote) and the Federal Chamber of Deputies or Camara Federal de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members are directly elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; remaining 200 members are allocated on the basis of each party's popular vote, also for three-year terms) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRI 60, PAN 46, PRD 15, PVEM 5, PT 1, CD 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRI 211, PAN 207, PRD 50, PVEM 16, PT 8, PSN 3, PAS 2, CD 1, independents 2 elections: Senate - last held 2 July 2000 for all of the seats (next to be held NA 2006); Chamber of Deputies - last held 2 July 2000 (next to be held NA 2003) Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate) Political parties and leaders: Convergence for Democracy or CD [Dante DELGADO Ranauro]; Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI [Dulce Maria SAURI Riancho]; Mexican Green Ecological Party or PVEM [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZ Martinez]; National Action Party or PAN [Luis Felipe BRAVO Mena]; Party of the Democratic Revolution or PRD [Amalia GARCIA Medina]; Party of the Nationalist Society or PSN [Gustavo RIOJAS Santana]; Social Alliance Party or PAS [Guillermo CALDERON Dominguez]; Workers Party or PT [Alberto ANAYA Gutierrez] Political pressure groups and Confederation of Employers of the leaders: Mexican Republic or COPARMEX; Confederation of Industrial Chambers or CONCAMIN; Confederation of Mexican Workers or CTM; Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce or CONCANACO; Coordinator for Foreign Trade Business Organizations or COECE; Federation of Unions Providing Goods and Services or FESEBES; National Chamber of Transformation Industries or CANACINTRA; National Peasant Confederation or CNC; National Union of Workers or UNT; Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers or CROM; Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants or CROC; Roman Catholic Church International organization APEC, BCIE, BIS, Caricom (observer), participation: CCC, CDB, CE (observer), EBRD, ECLAC, FAO, G-3, G-6, G-15, G-19, G- 24, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA (observer), IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM (observer), NEA, OAS, OECD, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Juan Jose BREMER Martino FAX: [1] (202) 728-1698 consulate(s): Albuquerque, Brownsville (Texas), Calexico (California), Corpus Christi, Del Rio (Texas), Detroit, Douglas (Arizona), Eagle Pass (Texas), Fresno (California), McAllen (Texas), Midland (Texas), Omaha, Orlando, Oxnard (California), Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), Presidio (Texas), Raleigh, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Bernardino, Santa Ana (California), Seattle, Tucson consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, El Paso, Houston, Laredo (Texas), Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Nogales (Arizona), Phoenix, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Juan (Puerto Rico) chancery: 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006 telephone: [1] (202) 728-1600 Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Jeffery US: DAVIDOW embassy: Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Mexico, Distrito Federal mailing address: P. O. Box 3087, Laredo, TX 78044-3087 telephone: [52] 55 5080-2000 FAX: [52] 55 5080-2005, 2834 consulate(s) general: Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana consulate(s): Hermosillo, Matamoros, Merida, Nuevo Laredo, Nogales Flag description: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; the coat of arms (an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak) is centered in the white band Economy Mexico -------------- Economy - overview: Mexico has a free market economy with a mixture of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, increasingly dominated by the private sector. Recent administrations have expanded competition in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity, natural gas distribution, and airports. Income distribution remains highly unequal. Trade with the US and Canada has tripled since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994. Following 6.9% growth in 2000, real GDP fell 0.3% in 2001, with the US slowdown the principal cause. Positive developments in 2001 included a drop in inflation to 6.5%, a sharp fall in interest rates, and a strong peso that appreciated 5% against the dollar. Mexico City implemented free trade agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and the European Free Trade Area in 2001, putting more than 90% of trade under free trade agreements. Foreign direct investment reached $25 billion in 2001, of which $12.5 billion came from the purchase of Mexico's second largest bank, Banamex, by Citigroup. GDP: purchasing power parity - $920 billion (2001 est.) GDP - real growth rate: -0.3% (2001 est.) GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $9,000 (2001 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5% industry: 26% services: 69% (2001 est.) Population below poverty line: 40% (2001 est.) Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 1.6% percentage share: highest 10%: 41.1% (2001) Distribution of family income - Gini 51.9 (1996) index: Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.5% (2001 est.) Labor force: 39.8 million (2000) Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 20%, industry 24%, services 56% (1998) Unemployment rate: urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2001) Budget: revenues: $136 billion expenditures: $140 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) Industries: food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism Industrial production growth rate: -3.4% (2001 est.) Electricity - production: 194.367 billion kWh (2000) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 75.91% hydro: 16.88% other: 3.19% (2000) nuclear: 4.02% Electricity - consumption: 182.829 billion kWh (2000) Electricity - exports: 77 million kWh (2000) Electricity - imports: 2.145 billion kWh (2000) Agriculture - products: corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products Exports: $159 billion (f.o.b., 2001) Exports - commodities: manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton Exports - partners: US 88.4%, Canada 2%, Germany 0.9%, Spain 0.8%, Netherlands Antilles 0.6%, Japan 0.4%, UK 0.4%, Venezuela 0.4%, (2001 est.) Imports: $168 billion (f.o.b., 2001) Imports - commodities: metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts Imports - partners: US 68.4%, Japan 4.7%, Germany 3.6%, Canada 2.5%, China 2.2%, South Korea 2.1%, Taiwan 1.6%, Italy 1.3%, Brazil 1.1% (2001 est.) Debt - external: $191 billion (2001) Economic aid - recipient: $1.166 billion (1995) Currency: Mexican peso (MXN) Currency code: MXN Exchange rates: Mexican pesos per US dollar - 9.1614 (January 2002), 9.3423 (2001), 9.4556 (2000), 9.5604 (1999), 9.1360 (1998), 7.9185 (1997) Fiscal year: calendar year Communications Mexico --------------------- Telephones - main lines in use: 12.332 million (2000) Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.02 million (1998) Telephone system: general assessment: low telephone density with about 12 main lines per 100 persons; privatized in December 1990; the opening to competition in January 1997 improved prospects for development domestic: adequate telephone service for business and government, but the population is poorly served; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, and mobile cellular service international: satellite earth stations - 32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations; linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections; high capacity Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain, and Italy (1997) Radio broadcast stations: AM 851, FM 598, shortwave 16 (2000) Radios: 31 million (1997) Television broadcast stations: 236 (plus repeaters) (1997) Televisions: 25.6 million (1997) Internet country code: .mx Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 51 (2000) Internet users: 3.42 million (2001) Transportation Mexico --------------------- Railways: total: 18,000 km standard gauge: 18,000 km 1.435- m gauge (2001) Highways: total: 323,977 km paved: 96,221 km (including 6,335 km of expressways) unpaved: 227,756 km (1997) Waterways: 2,900 km note: navigable rivers and coastal canals Pipelines: crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km Ports and harbors: Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz Merchant marine: total: 44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 656,594 GRT/987,822 DWT ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 27, roll on/roll off 3, short-sea passenger 3 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Canada 2, Denmark 1 (2002 est.) Airports: 1,852 (2001) Airports - with paved runways: total: 235 over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 28 914 to 1,523 m: 86 under 914 m: 25 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 85 Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1,617 under 914 m: 1,085 (2001) over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 461 1,524 to 2,437 m: 69 Heliports: 2 (2001) Military Mexico --------------- Military branches: National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) (including Army and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (including Naval Air and Marines) Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age note: starting in 2000, females were allowed to volunteer for military service (2002 est.) Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 27,229,581 (2002 est.) Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 19,761,440 (2002 service: est.) Military manpower - reaching males: 1,077,536 (2002 est.) military age annually: Military expenditures - dollar $4 billion (FY99) figure: Military expenditures - percent of 1% (FY99) GDP: Transnational Issues Mexico --------------------------- Disputes - international: none Illicit drugs: illicit cultivation of opium poppy (cultivation in 2001 - 4,400 hectares; potential heroin production - 7 metric tons) and cannabis cultivation in 2001 - 4,100 hectares; government eradication efforts have been key in keeping illicit crop levels low; major supplier of heroin and largest foreign supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine to the US market; continues as the primary transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South America; major drug syndicates control majority of drug trafficking throughout the country; growing producer and distributor of ecstasy
Mexico, IN (CDP, FIPS 48636) Location: 40.81292 N, 86.11087 W Population (1990): 1003 (405 housing units) Area: 13.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Mexico, ME (CDP, FIPS 45250) Location: 44.55450 N, 70.53601 W Population (1990): 2302 (1005 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04257 Mexico, MO (city, FIPS 47648) Location: 39.16648 N, 91.87064 W Population (1990): 11290 (5020 housing units) Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65265 Mexico, NY (village, FIPS 46811) Location: 43.46410 N, 76.23499 W Population (1990): 1555 (692 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13114
Moby Dictionary 11320
Housing Units (2000): 5301
Land area (2000): 11.369149 sq. miles (29.445960 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.336305 sq. miles (0.871027 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.705454 sq. miles (30.316987 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47648
Located within: Missouri (MO) , FIPS 29
Location: 39.165814 N , 91.884761 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65265
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mexico , MO
Mexico
Moby Dictionary 1572
Housing Units (2000): 721
Land area (2000): 2.138570 sq. miles (5.538871 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.138570 sq. miles (5.538871 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46811
Located within: New York (NY) , FIPS 36
Location: 43.464173 N , 76.234643 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13114
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mexico , NY
Mexico
Moby Dictionary 984
Housing Units (2000): 416
Land area (2000): 5.479261 sq. miles (14.191221 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.479261 sq. miles (14.191221 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48636
Located within: Indiana (IN) , FIPS 18
Location: 40.819892 N , 86.113834 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mexico , IN
Mexico
Moby Dictionary 279
Housing Units (2000): 116
Land area (2000): 0.742640 sq. miles (1.923428 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.742640 sq. miles (1.923428 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48904
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA) , FIPS 42
Location: 40.543341 N , 77.354771 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mexico , PA
Mexico
Moby Dictionary 1946
Housing Units (2000): 980
Land area (2000): 1.034371 sq. miles (2.679008 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.034371 sq. miles (2.679008 sq. km)
FIPS code: 45250
Located within: Maine (ME) , FIPS 23
Location: 44.557153 N , 70.540252 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 04257
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mexico , ME
Mexico
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