Karoll

CIAC Raymundo Andrade

CULTURAL PROJECT
ALUNOS X INTERCAMBISTAS

Grupo: Lucas Bonella, Gabriel Bicalho, Gabriella Koppe, Evelyne Hora, Luane Hemerly, Karolline Nogueira, Fabia Lara e Brunela Neves.
Geography
Localization: South of North America.
Local Time: 3h-.
Area: 1,953,162 km2.
Climate: tropical (mostly), tropical dry (N), mountains.
Forest area: 554,000 km2 (1995).
Highest point: Citlaltépetl Volcano (Pico de Orizaba), with 5.610m.
Curiosities: The amount of these rivers along the Mexican territory is reduced as a result of the characteristic of the relief, if plain, beyond the fact that much of the country has type climate arid and semi-arid. Among the existing rivers, the main one is undoubtedly the Rio Grande, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico in the form of a large delta.

People
Total: 97,361,711 million (2000), and eurameríndios 60%, 30% Amerindian, European, Iberian 9%, other 1% (1996).
Density: 49.35 inhabitants/km2 (2000).
Urban population: 74.68% (2000).
Rural Population: 25.32% (2000).
Population growth rate: 1.6% per year (1995-2000).
Fertility rate: 2.40 children per woman (1999).
Fertility rate: 2.40 children per woman (1999).
Life expectancy M / F: 71.3 years / 77.6 years (1999).
Illiteracy: 9% (2000).
HDI (0-1): .784 (1998).
Religion: Christianity 94.6% (Catholic 89.7%, Protestant 4.9%) Jewish 0.1%, unaffiliated 3.2%, other 2.1% (1990)
Curiosities: The 11th largest country in the world and the most populous country in Hispanophone.

Government

Form of government: presidential republic.
Administrative divisions: 31 states and one federal district.
Main political parties: Institutional Revolutionary (PRI), National Action (PAN), Democratic Revolution (PRD).
Legislative branch: bicameral - Senate with 128 members, Chamber of Deputies with 500 members. Both elected by direct vote for a term of 6 and 3 years respectively.
Constitution in force: 1917
Fact: Mexico is a federal republic governed by the