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Christmas in Mexico. Part of a nativity scene from the Church of the Company of Jesus in the city of Oaxaca. Joseph and Mary are dressed in Oaxacan clothing. The Nochebuena (poinsettia) is native to Mexico and is widely used as a decoration during Christmas time. Christmas in Mexico is observed from December 12 to January 6, with one additional ...
Area of Mexico City that includes non-urban areas at the south. Mexico City[c] is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. [14][15] Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world. [16] It is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau ...
Above 2,000 meters (6,562 ft), temperatures drop as low as an average yearly range between 8 and 12 °C (46.4 and 53.6 °F) in the Cordillera Neovolcánica. At 2,300 meters (7,546 ft), Mexico City (primarily subtropical highland climate) has a yearly median temperature of 15 °C (59 °F) with pleasant summers and mild winters.
2016 (Sunday) 2015 (Friday) 2014 (Thursday) December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 20 days remain until the end of the year.
Historic center of Mexico City. The historic center of Mexico City (Spanish: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being ...
Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters. Mexico faces a severe drought that has affected over 85% of the country. Most reservoirs are below 50% and a lack of water is affecting local wildlife. Satellite images ...
Mexica. The Aztec sun stone (Spanish: Piedra del Sol) is a late post-classic Mexica sculpture housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, and is perhaps the most famous work of Mexica sculpture. [1] It measures 3.6 metres (12 ft) in diameter and 98 centimetres (39 in) thick, and weighs 24,590 kg (54,210 lb). [2]
The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, the New Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon[1] is a term for a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Geographically, the weather pattern is centered ...