Capital: Mexico

Continent: North America

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

Climate: varies from tropical to desert

Population: 107,449,525 (July 2006 est.)

Languages: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%

Currency: Mexican peso