Mexico (state)
State of Mexico
Estado Libre y Soberano de México | |
|---|---|
 Location within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 20°50′N 89°00′W / 20.833°N 89.000°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| Capital | Toluca |
| Municipalities | 125 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Delfina Gómez Álvarez |
| • Federal Deputies | PAN: 4 PRI: 1 |
| • Federal Senators | Beatriz Zavala Peniche (PAN) Alfredo Rodríguez (PAN) Cleominio Zoreda (PRI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21,355 km2 (8,245 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 1,818,948 (Ranked 21st) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| HDI (2004) | 0.7778 - medium Ranked 19th |
| ISO 3166-2 | MX-MEX |
| Postal abbr. | Yuc. |
| Website | http://www.yucatan.gob.mx |
The state of México is one of the administrative divisions of the country of Mexico. It is one of 32 administrative divisions. It is in the centre of the country. It borders Hidalgo, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Michoacán, Morelos and Guerrero as well as Mexico City. The capital of the state is Toluca. Its biggest city is Ecatepec de Morelos, which borders Mexico Federal district. Teotihuacan is also in this state. It is about 21.355 km² in surface. About 14 million people live there as of 2005.
History
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The Tepexpan Man is an important discovery for Mexican and foreign anthropologists, as it is an important key to understanding what the Valley of Mexico was like almost 3,000 years ago; it also allows us to date the beginning of the settlement of the area that occupies near Mexico City. Some scholars initially attributed an age of 11,000 years to it; others, 5,000, and some have even suggested 3,000 years. This individual was initially identified as a man, but recent research identifies it as a woman, although this is a matter of debate.
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