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  1. Date of Independence: September 16, 1810 (from Spain)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: February 5, 1917
  3. Population: 100,294,036 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 756,066 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Mexico City
  6. Form of Government: federal republic
  7. Natural Resources: oil, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
  8. Main Industries: food processing, beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel production, petroleum processing, mining, textiles, motor vehicles, tourism
  9. Agriculture: corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes, livestock, poultry, dairy products, timber
  10. Currency: new peso
  11. GDP: $815.3 billion (19987 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $8,300 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Spanish, Mayan dialects
  14. Religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestant denominations)
  15. Literacy Rate: 90% 
  16. Life Expectancy:    69 years (male) 
  17.                 75 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 25 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 5 deaths per 1,000 population