The state of Nuevo León is part of the Northern Mexico Region, along with the states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosí, and Zacatecas. The state is an industrial powerhouse, centered on Monterrey, Mexico’s third-largest city. The state has an unusual, elongated shape: it is very much longer north-south than west-east. The state […]
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The state of Coahuila is part of the Northern Mexico Region, along with the states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Zacatecas. Coahuila is Mexico’s third largest state in land area and known for its mining and industrial activities. The largest city in the state, and the state capital, is Saltillo. […]
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The state of Durango is part of the Northern Mexico Region, along with the states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Zacatecas. The state capital is the city of Durango. Set in basin and range country (think Western movies), the state of Durango was a center for the Mexican movie […]
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The state of Guerrero is part of the Southern Mexico Region, along with the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca. The inland city of Chilpancingo is the state capital, but the state’s most famous city is Acapulco, the major, long-established tourist resort on the Pacific coast. The tourist town of Taxco, in the mountains of the […]
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The state of Oaxaca is part of the Southern Mexico Region, along with the states of Chiapas and Guerrero. It is Mexico’s fifth largest state in land area (93,793 square kilometers) and tenth most populous state (about 4 million inhabitants), The state has an extraordinary variety of landscapes, climates and natural vegetation, ranging from high […]
Continue ReadingBelow are selected articles and recipes from Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas, the seven states that form the Northern Mexico Region. To see ALL articles and recipes related to this region, please use the following individual state links: Aguascalientes – Articles or Recipes Chihuahua […]
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The state of Chiapas is part of the Southern Mexico Region, along with the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. About 20% of the population of Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, belong to one or other of the state’s numerous indigenous groups, which include various Maya groups and the Lacandon Indians. Chiapas’s tourist sector is based on […]
Continue ReadingBelow are selected articles and recipes from Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca, the three states that form the Southern Mexico Region. To see ALL articles and recipes related to this region, please use the following individual state links: Chiapas – Articles / Recipes Guerrero – Articles / Recipes Oaxaca – Articles / Recipes In socio-economic terms, […]
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The state of Quintana Roo is part of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula Region, along with the states of Campeche and Yucatán. This region is the ancestral home of the Maya. The state’s capital city is Chetumal, in the south of the state. Much more famous is the purpose-built international tourist destination of Cancún in the north […]
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