The United Mexican States

Mexico has 36 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including ancient cities, historic centres and natural landscapes.

Mexico’s Day of the Dead tradition is recognized by UNESCO and combines Indigenous traditions with later religious influences.

Mexico is the birthplace of vanilla and where cacao and chocolate culture first flourished.

Pico de Orizaba rises 5,636 metres, making it Mexico’s highest mountain and the highest volcano in North America.

Lucha libre is a distinctive style of Mexican professional wrestling, known for colourful masks, dramatic characters and fast, acrobatic moves.

Mexico is the world’s largest producer of silver, accounting for about 22.8% of global production in 2024.

Every year, millions of monarch butterflies migrate to central Mexico, covering trees in enormous orange clusters.

Mexico’s landscape ranges from snow-covered volcanoes and deserts to tropical rainforests and coral reefs, giving it exceptional natural diversity.

Mexico is one of the world’s major centres of cactus diversity, with hundreds of species growing naturally in the country.

The Great Pyramid of Cholula in Puebla is the largest pyramid in the world by volume, even bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Mexico is the world's largest producer and exporter of avocados, supplying a large share of the avocados eaten around the globe.

In 2026, Mexico became the first country to host the FIFA World Cup three times.