México
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- Names
México
Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Méjico
Mexico
United Mexican States
Mexique
États-Unis du Mexique
Mexiko
Messico
Mèssico
Mejicana, República
Méjico, República
Mexicana, Republica
Mexican Republic
República Mejicana
República Méjico
Republica Mexicana
MEX
MX
ISO484
MX00
Mexican
- Place Type
- nation
- Description
- Center of great civilizations since first mill. BCE, including Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Toltec, Mayan, and Aztec; Spain conquered the area in 16th cen.; was hub of viceroyalty of New Spain; had territorial battles with USA, France, Britain and Spain in 19th cen.; official language is Spanish.
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- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's French Dictionary (1981); Cassell's German Dictionary (1982); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Handbook (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999)...
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