YUCATAN PENINSULA TRAVEL DISTANCES

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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.

If one parent is planning to visit Mexico and is taking a minor child, remember to get a notarized letter from the other parent granting permission for the child to travel abroad.

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.