Geographical location

Mexico has a territorial area of almost 2 million km2 which, together with the expanse of sea over which it has special rights for exploration and development of resources (known as the Exclusive Economic Zone), constitutes a total area of more than 5 million km2, which places it as one of the countries with the greatest territorial extension in the world. In addition, Mexico has 11,000 kilometers of coastline, connecting it to the west with Asia and to the east with Europe.

Mexico’s political division is made up of 32 states and its capital is the Federal District, the seat of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches.

Together with Canada and the United States, a country to which it has access across a border that extends for more than 3,000 km, Mexico forms part of North America. The country has 52 border crossing points to the United States, which are concentrated in six of its 32 states (Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas).

To the south, Mexico borders on Guatemala and Belize, its doors of access to Central and South America, regions with whose countries it comprises Latin America and maintains close cultural relations, as well as growing trade links.

Mexico City is close to:

Los Angeles: 2.5 hours
Atlanta: 2.5 hours
New York: 4 hours
Sao Paulo: 8 hours
Buenos Aires: 9 hours
London: 10 hours
Madrid: 10 hours
Tokyo: 12.5 hours
Beijing: 14 hours