Mexico - Country Code 52
IDD Code: 00
Country Code: 52
ISO: MX
ISO3: MEX
Helpful Information About Mexico
Time
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Capital: Mexico City
Time Zone
UTC-08:00 - UTC-06:00
Time Difference
Mexico City, Mexico is ()
Daylight Savings Time
Mexico does not follow DST
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City Calling Codes
| City | Calling Code |
|---|---|
| Acapulco | +52-744 |
| Aguascalientes | +52-449 |
| Campeche | +52-981 |
| Cancun | +52-998 |
| Celaya | +52-461 |
| Celestun | +52-988 |
| Cihuatlan | +52-315 |
| Ciudad Jimenez | +52-629 |
| Ciudad Juarez | +52-656 |
| Colima | +52-312 |
| Comitan | +52-963 |
| Cordoba | +52-271 |
| Cuernavaca | +52-777 |
| Culiacan | +52-667 |
| Durango | +52-618 |
| Ensenada | +52-646 |
| Guadalajara | +52-33 |
| Guanajuato | +52-473 |
| La Paz | +52-612 |
| Lagunas | +52-972 |
| Leon | +52-477 |
| Manzanillo | +52-314 |
| Merida | +52-999 |
| Mexicali | +52-686 |
| Mexico City | +52-55 |
| Monterrey | +52-81 |
| Morelia | +52-443 |
| Oaxaca | +52-951 |
| Pachuca | +52-771 |
| Puebla | +52-222 |
| Puerto Vallarta | +52-322 |
| Rosarito | +52-661 |
| Salamanca | +52-464 |
| Saltillo | +52-844 |
| San Cristobal de Las Casas | +52-967 |
| San Luis Potosi | +52-444 |
| Santa Rosalia | +52-615 |
| Tecate | +52-665 |
| Tijuana | +52-664 |
| Tlaxcala | +52-246 |
| Todos Santos | +52-612 |
| Toluca | +52-722 |
| Torreon | +52-871 |
| Tulum | +52-984 |
| Tuxtla Gutierrez | +52-961 |
| Uruapan | +52-452 |
| Valladolid | +52-985 |
| Valparaiso | +52-457 |
| Veracruz | +52-229 |
| Villahermosa | +52-993 |
| Zacatecas | +52-492 |
| Zamora | +52-351 |
| Zitacuaro | +52-715 |
About Mexico Country NameMexico
ContinentNorth America
Lat/Long23.63450100, -102.55278000
BackgroundThe site of several advanced Amerindian civilizations - including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec - Mexico was conquered and colonized by Spain in the early 16th century. Administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain for three centuries, it achieved independence early in the 19th century. Elections held in 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that an opposition candidate - Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) - defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was succeeded in 2006 by another PAN candidate Felipe CALDERON, but Enrique PENA NIETO regained the presidency for the PRI in 2012. The global financial crisis in late 2008 caused a massive economic downturn in Mexico the following year, although growth returned quickly in 2010. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, high underemployment, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely indigenous population in the impoverished southern states. Since 2007, Mexico's powerful drug-trafficking organizations have engaged in bloody feuding, resulting in tens of thousands of drug-related homicides.
Population123,166,749 (July 2016 est.)
LanguagesSpanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%
ReligionsRoman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.)
Ethnic GroupsMestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Amerindian 21%, Amerindian 7%, other 10% (mostly European)
Economy
EconomyMexico's $2.2 trillion economy has become increasingly oriented toward manufacturing since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force in 1994. Per capita income is roughly one-third that of the US; income distribution remains highly unequal.
Mexico has become the US' second-largest export market and third-largest source of imports. In 2016, two-way trade in goods and services exceeded $579 billion. Mexico has free trade agreements with 46 countries, putting more than 90% of trade under free trade agreements. In 2012, Mexico formed the Pacific Alliance with Peru, Colombia, and Chile.
Mexico's current government, led by President Enrique PENA NIETO, has emphasized economic reforms, passing and implementing sweeping energy, financial, fiscal, and telecommunications reform legislation, among others, with the long-term aim to improve competitiveness and economic growth across the Mexican economy. Mexico began holding public auctions of exploration and development rights to select oil and gas resources in 2015 as a part of reforms that allow for private investment in the oil, gas, and electricity sectors. Mexico held its fourth auction in December 2016 and allocated 8 of 10 deep water fields, demonstrating Mexico’s capacity to attract investment amid low oil prices. The government will allocate additional fields in 2017.
Since 2013, Mexico’s economic growth has averaged 2% annually, falling short of private-sector expectations that President Pena Nieto’s sweeping reforms would bolster economic prospects. Growth is predicted to remain below potential given falling oil production, weak oil prices, structural issues such as low productivity, high inequality, a large informal sector employing over half of the workforce, weak rule of law, and corruption. Over the medium-term, the economy is vulnerable to global economic pressures, such as lower external demand, rising interest rates, and low oil prices - approximately 10% of government revenue comes from the state-owned oil company, PEMEX.
Mexico has become the US' second-largest export market and third-largest source of imports. In 2016, two-way trade in goods and services exceeded $579 billion. Mexico has free trade agreements with 46 countries, putting more than 90% of trade under free trade agreements. In 2012, Mexico formed the Pacific Alliance with Peru, Colombia, and Chile.
Mexico's current government, led by President Enrique PENA NIETO, has emphasized economic reforms, passing and implementing sweeping energy, financial, fiscal, and telecommunications reform legislation, among others, with the long-term aim to improve competitiveness and economic growth across the Mexican economy. Mexico began holding public auctions of exploration and development rights to select oil and gas resources in 2015 as a part of reforms that allow for private investment in the oil, gas, and electricity sectors. Mexico held its fourth auction in December 2016 and allocated 8 of 10 deep water fields, demonstrating Mexico’s capacity to attract investment amid low oil prices. The government will allocate additional fields in 2017.
Since 2013, Mexico’s economic growth has averaged 2% annually, falling short of private-sector expectations that President Pena Nieto’s sweeping reforms would bolster economic prospects. Growth is predicted to remain below potential given falling oil production, weak oil prices, structural issues such as low productivity, high inequality, a large informal sector employing over half of the workforce, weak rule of law, and corruption. Over the medium-term, the economy is vulnerable to global economic pressures, such as lower external demand, rising interest rates, and low oil prices - approximately 10% of government revenue comes from the state-owned oil company, PEMEX.
GDP$1.064 trillion (2016 est.)
CurrencyPeso
Communications
Internet TLD.mx
Internet Users69.915 million
Land Lines19,886,949
Mobile Phones106.831 million
Broadcast MediaMany TV stations and more than 1,400 radio stations with most privately owned; the Televisa group once had a virtual monopoly in TV broadcasting, but new broadcasting groups and foreign satellite and cable operators are now available (2012)