Popular locations in Mexico

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

Population: 108,700,891 (July 2007 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1% (2000 census)

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

National holiday: Independence Day, 16 September (1810)

Currency (code): Mexican peso (MXN)

Exchange rates: Mexican pesos per US dollar - 10.8 (2007), 10.899 (2006), 10.898 (2005), 11.286 (2004), 10.789 (2003)