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Mexican Facts and Figures
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Acapulco, 36
Aguascalientes, 31–32
Baja California Norte, 23–24, 26, 27
Baja California Sur, 24–25
Bay of Campeche, 39
Calderón, Felipe, 20–21, 36
Campeche, 39–40, 42
Cancún, 23, 40–41
Carranza, Venustiano, 46
Chiapas, 38–39
Chichén Itzá, 42
Chihuahua, 28–29
Ciudad Juárez, 13, 28–29
Coahuila, 46
Colima, 33–35
Cortés, Hernán, 17, 44, 50, 51
Culiacán, 27
Díaz, Porfirio, 18, 29, 34, 46
Durango, 30
Fox, Vicente, 13, 21, 39
Guadalajara, 32
Guanajuato, 47–48
Guerrero, 36–37
Guerrero Negro, 24–25
Guzman, Joaquin “El Chapo,” 27
Guzman, Nuño de, 32
Hermosilla, 28
Hidalgo, 49–50
Hidalgo, Miguel, 18
Ixtaccíhuatl, 51
Ixtapa, 36
Jalisco, 32–33
Juárez, Benito, 18, 31, 49
La Familia Michoacana, 21
La Paz, 25
Layún, Miguel, 14
Madero, Francisco, 18, 46
Manzanillo, 34, 35
Matamoros, 45
Maximilian (emperor of Mexico), 18, 49, 52
Mazatlán, 26
Mexico
history of, 11, 15, 17–21, 25, 26, 28, 33, 36,
37–38, 41, 44, 45, 47, 50–51
customs and cultures of, 11, 12, 31, 35, 45, 46
problems in, 11, 12, 18–19, 21, 24, 37, 47
rebellions in, 12, 18, 19, 30, 38, 48
economy of, 13, 14–15, 21, 26, 27, 28, 37,
39, 42–43, 51
México (state), 52
Mexico City, Federal District, 52–53
Mexican-American War, 18, 49
Michoacán, 35–36
Monterrey, 45
Montezuma II, 17–18
Morelia, 36
Morelos, 51–52
Moreno, Héctor, 14
narco war, 13, 20-21, 27
Native people of Mexico
Aztec, 17, 35, 37, 49, 50, 52, 53
Maya, 17, 28, 40, 41, 42
Mixtecs, 37
Olmec, 17, 43
Teotihuacán, 17
Toltec, 49, 50, 52
Zapotec, 37
Nayarit, 33–34
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
14–15
Nuevo León, 45
Oaxaca, 37–38
Obregón, Álvaro, 19
Orozco, José Clemente, 53
Palenque, 17
Peña Nieto, Enrique, 21
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