Report on History, Geography and Trends of Mexico

        Mexico is a country which is not only rich in the history but culture and tradition as well. Mexico is a country which is made up of almost 31 states along with the one federal district. In the Latin America, it is the third largest country with almost largest population among others (almost more than 100 million). In the country Mexico, there are still many of the rural areas which are not fully developed and their lifestyle is completely as of their ancestors.

Early History:

        The Olmec’s is the first known society of the Mexico, which is being settled on the Gulf Coast which now is known as Veracruz. This is remembered from the huge sculptures which they used to carve from the native stones. Olmec’s society was divided into two groups of population:

    San Lorenzo, it was flourished almost from 1200 to 900 Before Christ.

    La Vent is another one in Tabasco which was known until 600 Before Christ.

Recent History:

        In 1811, a new constitution was being established which stated that a federal Mexican republic consisted of almost 19 states along with the four different territories. Santa Anna was a president of the country from 1823 to 1836. In 1910 Civil war 10 took place along with the two million casualties. In 1910, Lazaro Cardenas became the president and he reestablished a system called as Ancient ejido system in which establishment of communally shared farmlands took place. The new system not only benefited the economy but the people of Mexico as well. After the Word war II, it stimulated the development of nation along with the roads, factories and irrigation methods. After World War II, population of the Mexico increased abruptly. Now a days, tourism is one major contributor to the economy of the Mexico. People from all over the world come to see the history, culture and trends of the Mexico.

Geography:

        Mexico is a country which is bounded with the west side as well as south side through the Pacific Ocean. To the east side, it is bounded with the help of Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. According to the rough estimate, country covers round about an area three times of the size of Texas.  Mexico is situated on the Earth’s most dynamic area called as Tectonics. Mexico can also be further divided into nine physiographic areas:

Pacific Coastal Lowlands

Baja California

Plateau of Mexican

Sierra Madre Oriental

Sierra Madre Occidental

Gulf Coastal Plain

Highlands of Southern

Yucatan Peninsula

Cordillera Neo-Volcanic

        Due to Climatic characteristics of the country Mexico along with the arrangement of the landforms, this country has many few of the natural lakes and rivers. Only few of the permanent streams are present in the arid Mesa del Norte and most of the drainage went into the interior side as compared to the ocean.

        Tropical side of the southeastern Mexico, high rates of the precipitation are being produced in the infertile yellow or reddish lateritic soil which is very rich in the aluminum hydroxides and iron oxides. Richest soil in the whole country is the Chernozem which is found in the Mesa Central. Grey brown desert soil occupies the largest expanses in the arid North. This soil is very high in lime as well as soluble salts and can be very productive when gets irrigated but in many of the cases, salinization can become a big major problem which can further result into barren fields.

    Mexico is a very vast size country and due to which it has wide array of the climatic conditions.

Languages at Mexico:

    Majority of the population in Mexico these days speak Spanish. According to the studies of CIA, Spanish is a language which is being spoken by almost 92.7 percent of the Mexican population. Almost 6 percent of the population speaks Spanish along with the other languages like, Mayan, Nahuatl and may other regional languages.

Religions of Mexico:

    Mexican revolves around the regional values as well as church. Almost 82 percent of the population identify themselves as a Catholics. Along with this, there are many small communities in Mexico which consists of Jews, Muslims and Buddhists.

Values of the people of Mexico:

    Family is one of the largest and important element in the society of Mexico. They are very conscious towards their responsibilities and fulfil them with full honesty. They extend their families towards their cousins and even who are their close family friends. They like to host different kind of parties at different events in which all of the family members gather and then they have fun by being with one another and enjoy the company of the family members. These parties are being organized to stay in contact with the others who can’t meet on daily basis. They feel very comfortable when any of the visitor comes at their place. They welcome them and make them comfortable in all the possible ways.

Clothing of Mexicans:

    Traditional clothing of the Mexican women are the sleeveless tunic dresses which are also called huipil. In previous days, the women only used to wear cotton dresses without any embroidery on it but now traditional clothing of women’s include lots and lots of embroidery which is of ornate. Along with this, embroider also consists of sketches or any of the picture that has a very close connection and symbolic meaning to them.

    For men, they wear large blanket cape which is known as Sarape. Their shoes are also a kind of wardrobe staple.  They also wear large caps like hats to cover their heads at different events which is also full of embroidery.

Food of Mexicans:

    Many of the different foods that was originated from Mexico are now popular in the whole world like Chocolates, Avocados and pumpkins. Mexico is famous for its tequila which is specially made from a plant known as cactus. In drinks, soda is considered to be a very popular one. Mexico is a country that is well developed in the beverage industry.

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