Festivities

 

HOLIDAYS. During the following dates, governmental offices, private companies and banks are likely to be closed for business:

 

·                     February 5. Constitution Day

·                     March 21. Benito Juarez Anniversary

·                     End of March, early April. Easter

·                     May 1. Work Day

·                     May 5. Puebla’s Battle Anniversary

·                     May 10. Mother’s Day

·                     September 16. Independence Day

·                     October 12. Race Day (Día de la Raza)

·                     November 2. Day of the Death

·                     November 20. Revolution’s Day

·                     December 12. Virgin of Guadalupe’s Day

·                     December 25. Christmas

·                     January 1. New year’s day

 

Weather

 

It varies across Mexico due to the altitude and latitude of each region. Amongst the reason for its various weather paterns is Mexico’s geographical location (most of the country lies south of the Tropic of Cancer), its abrupt holography, difference in altitude and the seas around he country.

 

Most of Mexico is primarily arid, specially in the north at the Baja California peninsula. Mexico’s south and the Yucatan Peninsula are warm but with regular rainfall. The central plateau is dry and with pleasant temperatures.

 

Like all tropical zones, Mexico has two seasons: rainy season and dry season. Generally speakin the rainy season is from June to October, when the temperature is also at its highest. From November to January it  mainly dry and a little bit cooler.

 

Geography

 

Mexico’s land area is nearly 2 million square kilometres. Its geography is diverse and abrupt. Most of the territory is mountainous and half known as the Central Plateau, which is surrounded to the east by the Sierra Madre Oriental and to the west by the Sierra Madre Occidental, and to the south by volcanoes. Mexico has over 13,000 kilometres of border line and more than 11,222 kilometres of coast line made of the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Sea of Cortez and the Caribbean.

 

Flora and Fauna

 

Mexico is considered as a biodivese country. It has more than 30,000 plant species, 1,000 bird species and over 1,500 species for mammals, reptiles and amphbians. Many scientists believe that 15% of Mexico’s flora and fauna are endemic to this country and cannot be found anywhere else.