| Mexico |
Missionaries
Don Barnabas Lee
• Involvement: university students
• City: Juarez
Gary and Kathy Heinrichs
• Involvement: Leadership/Bible training, children and youth
• Website: http://www.waveevangelism.com
• City: San Felipe
Official name: Estados Unidos Mexicanos
President: Felipe Calderón (2006)
Land area: 742,485 sq mi (1,923,039 sq km);total area: 761,602 sq mi (1,972,550 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 108,700,891 (growth rate: 1.2%); birth rate: 20.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 20.4/1000; life expectancy: 75.6; density per sq mi: 146
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Mexico City, 19,013,000 (metro. area), 8,591,309 (city proper)
Other large cities: Ecatepec, 1,731,900 (part of Mexico City metro. area); Guadalajara, 1,665,800; Puebla, 1,345,500; Nezahualcóyotl, 1,250,700 (part of Mexico City metro. area); Monterrey, 1,135,000
Monetary unit: Mexican peso
Languages: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
Ethnicity/race: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Literacy rate: 92% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $1.068 trillion; per capita $10,100. Real growth rate:3%.Inflation: 3.3%.Unemployment:3.6% plus underemployment of perhaps 25%.Arable land:13%.Agriculture:corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products.Labor force: 43.4 million; agriculture 18%, industry 24%, services 58% (2003).Industries: food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism.Natural resources: petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber.Exports: $213.7 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton.Imports: $223.7 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts.Major trading partners:U.S., Canada, Spain, China, Japan (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 12.332 million (2000); mobile cellular: 2.02 million (1998).Radio broadcast stations:AM 851, FM 598, shortwave 16 (2000).Radios: 31 million (1997).Television broadcast stations:236 (plus repeaters) (1997).Televisions:25.6 million (1997).Internet Service Providers (ISPs):51 (2000).Internet users: 3.5 million (2002).
Transportation: Railways:total: 19,510 km (2002).Highways: total: 329,532 km; paved: 108,087 km (including 6,429 km of expressways); unpaved: 221,445 km (1999 est.).Waterways:2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal canals.Ports and harbors:Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz.Airports:1,823 (2002).
International disputes:prolonged regional drought in the border region with the U.S. has strained water-sharing arrangements.
