Interesting Facts About Mexico
by Cincinnati on 25/04/07 at 9:02 am
Here are some interesting facts about Mexico.
Mexico is one of North America’s most culturally rich nations. Home to former Aztec tribes, the nation of Mexico is a historic hot spot, loaded with ancient artifacts and stories about how North America developed. The population of Mexico alone is nearly 1/3 of the population of the United States, pulling in nearly 100 million people amongst its 800,000 square miles of hot farmland.
Are you planning a trip to Mexico? Then check out these interesting facts about the nation:
- Mexico is home to the largest city in the entire world, Mexico City. Mexico City is also the capitol of Mexico. Mexico City was built on an ancient city called Tenochtitlan, which was originally built by the Aztecs as far back as 1325. When the Spanish soldiers stormed into Mexico, they destroyed the city of Tenochtitlan, and it remained razed until Mexico City was built.
- You don’t have to have a huge army to win battles in Mexico. In 1519, the Spanish military leader named Hernando Cortez moved his men into the Mexico Valley. Cortex took on the indigenous Aztec tribe with less than 200 solders and only a handful of horses. Cortez defeated the Aztecs in 1521 and took over the area. Henceforth, Spanish has been the official language in Mexico.
- Mexico is home to many volcanoes, including two that can be seen from the capitol city. North America had volcanoes throughout the West at one point, but the area of North America with the most active volcanoes is in Mexico. The two famous volcanoes that can be seen from Mexico City are called Popocatepetl and Ixtacihuatl. While neither is active, Popocatepetl will still emit streams of steam and smoke into the air, which can also be seen from Mexico City.
- Mexicans are known across North America for being corn people. Corn is, in fact, the main crop in Mexico and goes into just about every dish, from burritos and tacos, to salads and more. Of all of the cultivated farmland, corn is grown on at least half of it. The early inhabitants of Mexico are said to have started eating corn about 10,000 years ago when corn grew on wild plants. As far back as 5,000 B.C., the Aztecs and their ancestors cultivated corn so that they could grow it themselves in a controlled environment.
- When children are born in Mexico, they take on the last names of both of their parents so that lineage is maintained
- When a child is born, a father will weave a god’s eye for the child. The father will weave an additional god’s eye for the child on each of its birthdays for the first five years of the child’s life.
- Mexico is the birthplace of the tortilla and the burrito.
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Mar 26th, 2008
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Misty
Apr 2nd, 2008
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Apr 5th, 2008
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Apr 21st, 2008
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Apr 21st, 2008
i am mexican and i have never heard of the God’s Eye thing
so i don’t think it can be a fact
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May 18th, 2008
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May 30th, 2008
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milly
Jun 15th, 2008
i think that eye thing is a load of crap!
Mario A. Cepeda
Aug 7th, 2008
God of eye is a Mexican tradition in that “Te esta mirando el ojo de Dios.” which means, God is watching you (with his eye(s)) is said all over Mexico by Mexican Mothers to their children. The making of an eye of God is rarer by far. Tenochtitlan was founded by the aztecs at a much earlier time than once thought. One pyramid in particular recently found being older than 1500 years. Mexico has more native languages spoken than any country in the world. The Mayans were the most advanced people during their past greatness in fields including, math, science, architecture (just try to align one of Rome’s or London’s building to Venus, the moon or sun, perfectly, and you will understand what I mean. Corn, tomatoe, potato, chilis (even Asian), peanuts, chocolate, vanilla, aspirin, and so much of what we eat originated in Mexico, or in close proximity. With out rubber from Mexico and neighboring countries, we would not be an advanced world, as we currently are. Without the potato, Irish would not have succeeded in coming to America as vehemently, even for a while, being thought as the originators of the potato, because of their dependence on it. Mexico had the most advanced calendars, even surpassing our own (Gregorian) in accuracy.
Brie :)
Oct 26th, 2008
im researching mexico for an essay in my spanish 2 class, and i really enjoyed reading these facts.. deffinetly using them in my paper, thanks
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Nov 11th, 2008
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Nov 14th, 2008
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Nov 17th, 2008
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Nov 24th, 2008
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Nov 28th, 2008
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Dec 2nd, 2008
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Dec 3rd, 2008
Yea I agree with some of you!! This is a pretty good site but that gods eye thing is a load of crap!!! Ive just moved back to America From Mexico city and i have never in my life heard of that gods eye thing!! its totaly wrong!!
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Dec 3rd, 2008
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Dec 4th, 2008
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Jan 16th, 2009
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Jan 22nd, 2009
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Apr 25th, 2009
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May 2nd, 2009
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May 7th, 2009
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May 15th, 2009
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May 15th, 2009
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madderss
May 20th, 2009
interesting facts. def. using them 4 my freshman focus exam(exam=travel guide 4 country of our choice) i figured mexico would be simple enough. thanks!
bob
May 25th, 2009
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Jun 11th, 2009
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Mikeyinny
Jun 13th, 2009
What is the extremely large spiral area to the northeast of the city? I saw it on a satellite image of Mexico City and can’t figure it out.
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Jun 16th, 2009
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TUMadre
Jul 12th, 2009
You Need A big army to win in Mexico, the French knew it the USA Knew it, and Cortez knew it, he used other tribes that where at war with the Aztecs to invade their empire. Every Mexican knows we only like to go for the best, that includes fighting! HAha! And whats this corn people?!… cheeseburger people!!!
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Aug 27th, 2009
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Aug 27th, 2009
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Oct 2nd, 2009
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nikki
Nov 19th, 2009
ok
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