9. MORE AMAZING MEXICAN SECRETS

MORE AMAZING MEXICAN SECRETS! Besides being the third largest country in Latin America, Mexico is the country with the most Spanish speakers in the whole world! Each of the three color stripes in the Mexican flag is deeply symbolic: The green stripe represents the ideals of victory and hope, the white stripe symbolizes purity, and the red stripe symbolizes the blood sacrificed by Mexico's heroes. Mexico is located in the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a region named for the vast amount of volcanic and seismic activity it contains, and is home to many active volcanoes, such as the Citlaltépetl (also called Orizaba) and the Popocatépetl. Though Spanish is Mexico's official language, there are sixty more indigenous

更多惊人的墨西哥秘密!除了是拉丁美洲第三大国之外，墨西哥还是世界上说西班牙语人数最多的国家!墨西哥国旗上的三种颜色条纹都具有深刻的象征意义:绿色条纹代表胜利和希望的理想，白色条纹象征纯洁，红色条纹象征墨西哥英雄们牺牲的鲜血。 墨西哥位于太平洋“火环”，这个地区因其包含大量的火山和地震活动而得名，并且是许多活火山的所在地，例如citlaltsametel(也称为Orizaba)和popocatsametel。 虽然西班牙语是墨西哥的官方语言，但还有60多个土著语言

languages spoken in this country, such Huastec, Maya, Mazahua, Mazatec, Mixtec, Nahuatl, Otomí, Tarastec, Totonac, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, and Zapotec. Every year on November 1, Mexicans celebrate a national holiday called "Día de los Muertos," or "Day of the Dead," in which they honor loved ones who have passed away. Festivities include decorating their houses with pictures of those who have passed and eating treats shaped like skulls and skeletons! Mexico is the original home of chocolate! The border between Mexico and the United States is the second longest border in the world (second only to the border between Canada and the United States), and it spans about 1,933 miles. Mexico's capital, Mexico City, is the second largest city in the world by population, with a population of about 18,131,000 people.

在这个国家使用的语言，如瓦斯塔克语、玛雅语、马扎瓦语、马扎特克语、米斯特克语、纳瓦特尔语、Otomí、塔拉斯特克语、托托纳克语、泽塔尔语、佐齐尔语和萨波特克语。 每年的11月1日，墨西哥人都会庆祝一个名为“Día de los Muertos”或“亡灵节”的全国性节日，在这个节日里，他们向死去的亲人表示敬意。 庆祝活动包括用逝者的照片装饰他们的房子，吃头骨和骷髅形状的食物!墨西哥是巧克力的发源地!墨西哥和美国之间的边界是世界上第二长的边界(仅次于加拿大和美国之间的边界)，它横跨约1933英里。 墨西哥的首都墨西哥城是世界上人口第二大城市，人口约为1813.1万人。