Mexico is a country situated in the southern part of North America and the third-largest country in Latin America with the largest Spanish speaking population in the world. Mexico beholds a lot of interesting facts which many of us might be unaware of and here in this article, we will try to unveil at least a few of them.
The Sinking Mexico City
Mexico City is built on the ruins of the Aztec city, Tenochtitlan which was situated on a lake. However the Aztec city was created with a lot of carefulness to control flood situations and drainage systems, the Spanish never bothered to focus on them while building Mexico City. As a result of aforesaid carelessness and pumping of water from beneath to fulfill the covering need of the increasing population, Mexico City is sinking at the rate of 9-10 inches per year.
The Wonder of the World
Chichen Itza, one of the world’s seven wonders is situated in Mexico. It is known to be one of the highly visited archeological places as per the survey was done in the year 2017 when more than 2 million tourists were reported visiting the site.
Chichen means “the mouth of the well” and Itza, “water magicians” hence meaning “Mouth of the well of water magicians”. In the year 1988, it was listed on UNESCO’s world heritage sites list.
Largest Bullring of the World
The world’s largest bullring, Plaza de Toros Mexico is situated in Mexico City. It has more than forty thousand seating capacity which is exclusively for bullfighting and is rarely also used for boxing too. Mexico is one of the few remaining countries where bullfighting is still legal among others like France, Portugal, Colombia, Spain, Peru, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Plaza de Toros Mexico was constructed in six months’ time by about ten thousand workers with a shift of three in a day.
Booming Economy
Mexico has the largest economy in the world and ranked 15th among others. Mexico’s GDP is 17% and Mexico City contributes approximately one-fifth and is the eighth richest city in the world. It is expected that by the year 2020, the economy of Mexico will be doubled and placed at seventh rank just after the other competitors, such as New York, Chicago, Paris, and London, etc.
Largest Exporter of Beer
Mexico is one of the leading exporters of beer in the world as it is contributing to 29% of the export which is almost worth 5 billion US dollars. Corona is one of the leading and famous brands of Mexican beer which is exported the most. Amongst the beer, Mexico is also a leading exporter of silver, cotton, coffee and oil products. Mexico’s main industries are tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, clothing, and tourism.
Privileged Women
Despite being said that the women in Mexico are abused, they are actually very much privileged in certain areas. In Mexico, there are women-only buses running for them and have a distinct path on subways. This might sound silly for many as a privilege but let us compare it with Turkey where women are abused on public transport and no one tries to protect them. Even the Turkish government is not much bothered about this situation of women and not considered having a separate section in public transport.
Mexico’s Real Name
Mexico’s real name is not Mexico but the “United States of Mexico” (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos). It is divided into thirty-one states and the Federal District. The capital of Mexico was not Mexico City since the beginning as many of us think. The actual capital was Distrito Federal which means Federal District. The population of Mexico is around 13 crores as per the survey conducted in the year 2017.
