WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THE MEXICAN STATE? - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

The elements of the Mexican state are the population, the territory, the culture, the type of government and all those other factors that contribute to define its characteristics and composition.

According to article 40 of the Constitution of the United Mexican States, promulgated on February 5, 1917, it is said that the Mexican people have the will to become a “representative, democratic, federal Republic, composed of free and sovereign States in everything concerning his internal regime; but united in a federation established according to the principles of this fundamental law ”.

The geographical limits of Mexico are: to the north with the United States of North America; to the south with Guatemala and Belize, which are Central American countries; to the east with the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and to the west with the Pacific Ocean.

The geographical space between all these points, forms the territory of the United Mexican States.

Main elements of the Mexican state

Representation of powers

The government system is democratic and is represented through the powers:

• Executive: composed of the public administration and its institutions.
• Legislative: composed of the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Senators.
• Judicial: composed of 11 ministers, the collegiate circuit courts, the unitary circuit courts, the district courts and the council of the judiciary.

The legal system of each power

The federal order is represented at the level of:

• Executive: by the President of the Republic.
• Legislative: by the Congress of the Union of States.
• Judicial: by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.

The state order is represented at the level of:

• Executive: by the Governor of the State.
• Legislative: by the State Congress.
• Judicial: by the Supreme Court of Justice.

The municipal order is exercised by:

• Executive: by the municipal president.
• Legislative: by the City Council.

Extension of the Mexican territory

The surface area of ​​the United Mexican States is 1,964,375 square kilometers.

Political territorial division of Mexico

The Mexican state is made up of 31 states and 1 federal district. These in turn are subdivided into 2,439 municipalities.

Population

In 2010, through the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, the General Directorate of Sociodemographic Statistics and the Adjunct General Directorate of the General Population and Housing Census, the population and housing census of the United States of Mexico was carried out.

This was carried out in order to count and classify the country's population and resulted in a total population of 112,322,757 inhabitants.

Mexico City is, according to this census, the third most populated capital in the world. It is home to more than 20.1 million Mexicans and foreigners with varied immigration statuses.

This city is below Tokyo (capital of Japan) and Delhi (capital of India) with 36.5 million and 21.7 million respectively.

Economy

According to the censuses carried out, it is estimated by sector of the economy that:

14.6% of the population participate in the primary sector; 25.5% participate in the secondary sector and 59.2% of the total population participate in the remaining tertiary sector.

Remaining a very low percentage (0.7%) of the population without definition of their economic activities.

Related topics

Natural resources of Mexico.

Mexican culture.

National symbols of Mexico.

Traditions and customs of Mexico.

References

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