Posted by ROSHAN B.S on Aug. 25, 2014, 7:16 p.m.
Mexico (
i/?m?ks?ko?/; Spanish: México [?mexiko] (
)), officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: 
Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)),[9][10][11][12] is afederal republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and theCaribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico.[13] Covering almost two million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi),[12] Mexico is the fifth largest country in theAmericas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of over 113 million,[14] it is the eleventh most populous and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world and the second most populous country in Latin America. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.