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Empire · approximate1848 – 1900 · 52 years

Mexico (1848)

Overview

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America and borders the United States of America to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2, and is the thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the largest number of native Spanish speakers as of 2020. Mexico City is the capital and largest city in Mexico, which ranks among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world.

Wikipedia: Mexico·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Approximate borders

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

  • SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
  • DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
  • SNAPSHOT1854
  • POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire25

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

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-118.4°,14.5° → -86.7°,32.7°WARS-ATLAS / EMPIRE / AMERICAS-MEXICO-1848

Cite as: Mexico (1848) (1848 – 1900). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/americas-mexico-1848 · Sources & methodology