The National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)) is a unit of the government of Mexico dedicated to the collection and organization of statistical, geographical and economic information on the country. It also used to be responsible for the Information Technology policy of government agencies in Mexico (hence the word Informatics in the name), but this function was handed over to the Secretary of the Public Function in 2001. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article describes the government of the United Mexican States. ... A graph of a Normal bell curve showing statistics used in educational assessment and comparing various grading methods. ... Geography (from the Greek words Geo (γη) or Gaea (γαια), both meaning Earth, and graphein (γραφειν) meaning to describe or to writeor to map) is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. ... An economic system is a mechanism (social institution) which deals with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services in a particular society. ... Informatics includes the science of information, the practice of information processing, and the engineering of information systems. ...

The INEGI was founded by presidential decree on January 25, 1983 with the merger of the Bureau of Statistics (founded in 1882) and the Bureau of Geography (founded in 1968). It is headquartered in the city Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... Main Central Square often called The Exedra The city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes in western central Mexico. ... Aguascalientes IPA: is a state of Mexico, situated in the center of the country. ...

The institute is an office of the executive branch under the direct control of the Ministry of Finance (Secretaría de Hacienda). Currently there is an ongoing legislative process attempting to give budgetary and legal autonomy to this institution. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit. ...

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INEGI's headquarters.

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Demography

• Censo General de Población y Vivienda, or National Population and Housing Census. It is an exhaustive survey that collects information on the population via direct interviewing on every household in the nation every ten years. The last censo took place in 2000.
• Conteo de Población y Vivienda, a censo at a lower scale every ten years. The last conteo took place in 2005.

Macroeconomic Indexes

• Banco de Informacion Economica, or Economic Information Dataset, it contain information on the principal macroeconomi aggregates of the country including national economy, fiscal policy, external trade, employment and unemployment.

Surveys

• Censo Económico, or Economic Census is an exhaustive survey that that collects information on the fishing, mining, electricity generation, water resources, manufacturing, construction, transportation, postal, and warehousing sectors of the economy every five years. The last censo económico took place in 2004.
• Encuesta Nacional de Ingreso Gasto, or National Income Expenditure Survey, similar to the US CEX includes information about income and expenditure at household level. The survey is carried out each two years since 1984.
• Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, on National Employment Survey, present information about labour conditions at individual level. It is carried out in a quarterly based.

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Cartography

• INEGI is in charge of producing up to date maps and charts of Mexico's territory.

See also

• CiberHábitat – INEGI's "City of computers"

External links

• (Spanish) Official site
• Mexico at a glance
• (Spanish) Cuéntame: INEGI for kids

Topics

• (Spanish) Statistical information
• (Spanish) Geographical information
• (Spanish) Economy of Mexico database
• (Spanish) Statistics by topic
• (Spanish) Digital map of Mexico

Surveys

• (Spanish) 2005 Conteo de Población y Vivienda
• (Spanish) 2004 Censo Económico
• (Spanish) 2000 Censo General de Población y Vivienda