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North America > Mexico > Government

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Administrative divisions
31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas
Capital city > Geographic coordinates 19 26 N, 99 08 W Time series
Constitution 5 February 1917 Time series
Corruption 3.5 [67th of 160]
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address
P. O. Box 9000, Brownsville, TX 78520-9000
Executive branch > Cabinet
Cabinet appointed by the president; note - appointment of attorney general requires consent of the Senate
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa (since 1 December 2006); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
Flag description
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; the coat of arms (an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus) is centered in the white band
Government type federal republic Time series
Independence
16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
Judicial branch
Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)
Legal system
mixture of US constitutional theory and civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Legislative branch
bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms, and 32 seats are allocated on the basis of each party's popular vote) and the Federal Chamber of Deputies or Camara Federal de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members are elected by popular vote; remaining 200 members are allocated on the basis of each party's popular vote; to serve three-year terms)
Parliamentary seats > Female 17% [30th of 143]
Political parties and leaders
Convergence for Democracy or CD [Luis MALDONADO Venegas]; Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI [Beatriz PAREDES]; Labor Party or PT [Alberto ANAYA Gutierrez]; Mexican Green Ecological Party or PVEM [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZ Martinez]; National Action Party (Partido Accion Nacional) or PAN [German MARTINEZ Cazares]; New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza) or PNA [Jorge Antonio KAHWAGI Macari]; Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolucion Democratica) or PRD [Leonel COTA Montano]; Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (Partido Alternativa Socialdemocrata y Campesina) or Alternativa [Alberto BEGNE Guerra]
Status
federal democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal and compulsory (but not enforced)
Time required to start a business > days 27 days Time series [112nd of 171]
Trademarks, residents 41,813 Time series [7th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
abundant rainfall in recent years along much of the Mexico-US border region has ameliorated periodically strained water-sharing arrangements; the US has intensified security measures to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across its border with Mexico; Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the United States

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SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; electionworld.org; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Mexico, ma*a(c)xico, United Mexican States, Estados Unidos Mexicanos

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