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When you bring the kids take cold and fever pills, rash cream and tummy upset pills. These medications are very expensive at the resorts.
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Mexico peso (Mex$) = 100 centavos
In 1998 there were 9.6 million telephones main lines in use.
There are 31,048 km of railways in Mexico.
Females are allowed to volunteer for military service.
In 1997 Mexico had 31 million radios in use.
Mexico's exports partners: US 89.3%, Canada 1.7%, Spain 0.6%, Japan 0.5%, Venezuela 0.3%, Chile 0.3%, Brazil
0.3%.
Mexico produced 176.055 billion kWh of electricity in 1998.
The main industries are: food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism.
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| The Mexican name for the Atlantic coastal region of the Yucatan Peninsula is Riviera Maya. The English use is either Maya Riviera or Mayan Riviera. It is used all three ways in this web site. |
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 UNIVERSITIES IN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
http://www.uady.mx/index_visitantes.html
D.R. Dirección General de Desarrollo Académico, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Calle 60 No. 491-A x 57 Centro, C.P. 97000, Tel: 930-0900
Mérida, Yucatán, México, 2001
Universidad de Quintana Roo
http://www.uqroo.mx/
Universidad de Quintana Roo
Boulevard Bahía s/n esq. Ignacio Comonfort, Col. del Bosque
Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
C.P. 77019
Universidad Autónoma de Campeche
http://www.uacam.mx/Uacam.nsf?opendatabase
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| twenty | viente |
| thirty | triente |
| forty | cuarenta |
| fifty | cinquente |
| 100 | cien |
| open | abierto |
| close | cerrado |
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In Mexico they speak: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages.
90% of Mexicans age 15 and over can read and write.
Mexico Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Mexico has a population of: 100,349,766 (July 2000 est.)
There is 61,000 sq km of irrigated land. (1993 est.)
Mexico's natural resources are: petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber.
There is 9,330 km of coastline.
The life expectancy is: male 68.47 years,
female 74.66 years. (2000 est.)
The geographic coordinates are: 23 00 N, 102 00 W
Mexico had 38.6 million people in the labor force in 1999.
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