state project mexico

Skye Majka 2A State Project: Mexico Comprised of 31 states and one federal district, the nation of Mexico is home to the world’s largest population of Spanish speakers. Bordered by the United States to the north and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast, Mexico is the north most country in Latin America and is a slightly elongated state with a basic triangular shape. The rest of the country is surrounded by oceans and at the center of Mexico is a high plateau, open to the north, with mountain chains on the east and west and with oceanfront lowlands beyond. Mexico’s site and situation affects its economy because of its close proximity to the U.S., its many ports and plantations as well as the large tourist industry. The exchange rate is 12.76 Mexican pesos = 1 U.S. dollar. In 2013 the GDP (purchasing power parody) or average income is $15,600. Mexico has experienced all the effects, both good and bad, of a large and expanding tourist trade. Tourism's negative consequences include, but are not limited to economic dependency, crime, cultural breakdown. These problem occur mostly in tourist ghettos along Mexico's northern border, on the Mexican Riviera, and in the capital. Currently, the president of Mexico is Enrique Peña Nieto, who was elected in 2012. As of November of 2014, the birth rate was 19.02/1000, the infant mortality rate was 12.58/1000, the life expectancy was 75.43 years, and the net migration rate was 1.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population. Due to Mexico’s proximity to the border of the U.S. and the high availability of work in the states, the majority of out migration from Mexico occurs because Mexicans move to places like California and Texas. California currently houses 11,423,000 immigrants with Texas holding 7,951,000. Many Mexicans from rural

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SkyeMajka2AStateProject:Mexico

Comprisedof31statesandonefederaldistrict,thenationof

MexicoishometotheworldslargestpopulationofSpanishspeakers.BorderedbytheUnitedStatestothenorthandBelizeandGuatemalatothesoutheast,MexicoisthenorthmostcountryinLatinAmericaandisaslightlyelongatedstatewithabasictriangularshape.TherestofthecountryissurroundedbyoceansandatthecenterofMexicoisahighplateau,opentothenorth,withmountainchainsontheeastandwestandwithoceanfrontlowlandsbeyond.Mexicossiteandsituation

affectsitseconomybecauseofitscloseproximitytotheU.S.,itsmanyportsandplantationsaswellasthelargetouristindustry.Theexchangerateis12.76Mexicanpesos=1U.S.dollar.In2013theGDP(purchasingpowerparody)oraverageincomeis$15,600.Mexicohasexperiencedalltheeffects,bothgoodandbad,ofalargeandexpandingtourist

trade.Tourism'snegativeconsequencesinclude,butarenotlimitedtoeconomicdependency,crime,culturalbreakdown.TheseproblemoccurmostlyintouristghettosalongMexico'snorthernborder,ontheMexicanRiviera,andinthecapital.

Currently,thepresidentofMexicoisEnriquePeaNieto,whowaselectedin2012.AsofNovemberof2014,thebirthratewas19.02/1000,the

infantmortalityratewas12.58/1000,thelifeexpectancywas75.43years,andthenetmigrationratewas1.64migrant(s)/1,000population.DuetoMexicosproximitytotheborderoftheU.S.andthehighavailabilityofworkinthestates,themajorityofoutmigrationfromMexicooccursbecauseMexicansmovetoplaceslikeCaliforniaandTexas.Californiacurrentlyhouses11,423,000immigrantswithTexasholding7,951,000.ManyMexicansfromrural
communitiesmigratetoAmerica,themajoritybeingmaleswhomovetofindjobsandthensendmoneybacktotheirfamiliesinMexico.TheDemographicTransitionModelisaprocessthathasbeginning,middleandendstagesthataredependentonthedevelopmentandotherthingssuchastheCBR(crudebirthrate)ofeachcountry.Mexicoisinstage3withmoderatepopulationgrowthandlowerbirthrates.RostowsDevelopmentModelisa5stagemodelthatexplaintheprocessofselfsufficiency.IthinkthatMexicoisinstage3,alsoknownasthetakeoff,becausethecountryreliesheavilyonagriculturalindustries,butusestechnicaladvancementstobecomemoreproductive.WhileotherpartsofMexicoseconomycontinuetofollowtraditionalpractices.

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