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Regionalization of Mexico
• Geographers utilize regions to simplify
the great diversity on Earth’s surface.
• A region is an area on Earth’s surface
that shares certain similarities, physical
or cultural, throughout.
• The slides in this presentation show
some regionalizations of Mexico.
Mexico is divided into 31 states and the Distrito
Federal, which sits in the center of Mexico
City. These states are political regions that
encompass great physical and cultural
diversity within their boundaries.
You’ve seen this regionalization
before. It’s based on the
geographical distribution of
cultural features. You see that the
southern 1/3 of Mexico was in
Mesoamerica.
Here’s a map from a
tourism web-site.
You can see in the
description of each
region that regions
are based on
physical and cultural
traits.
Tourism Regions
Baja California: The western peninsula, which borders the U.S. state of California
Northern Mexico:The expansive deserts and mountains of the border states; ignored by tourists, this is "Unknown Mexico"
The Bajio: Historic states in a traditional silver-mining region
Central Mexico: Center, surrounding the capital city
Pacific Coast:Tropical beaches on Mexico's southern coast
Yucatan Peninsula: Jungle and impressive Mayan archaeological sites, along with the Caribbean coast
This is another regionalization that I found on
a tourism web-site.
Yet another tourism map from a web-site. It’s more useful than
the previous tourism maps because it shows the destinations
within each region.
Birding region map; useful to practitioners of a growing type of tourism.
Here’s an
economic
regionalization. The
map shows
distribution centers
and market regions
for a Mexican
corporation.
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Market Coverage
Through our 4 main hubs, we cover the whole Mexican market. Our corporate offices and
principal warehouse is in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. From there, we serve the Northeast
Region. From Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco, we serve the West and Northwest
Regions. From our distribution center in San Luis Potosi we serve Mexico's Central Region.
And from our Mexico City distribution center we serve the East and Southeast Regions.
Yet another tourism region map from a web-site.
This map is from a role-playing web-site.
Cartel cartography.
More cartel cartography
State populations, 2010.
Mexico Population Density, 2010.
This map is from a book called the “Nine Nations of North America”, which was the
inspiration for the article that you read called “The Five Nations of Mexico”. Each author
believes that the regions that they created are more useful for understanding the US and
Mexico than either country’s 50 or 31 states.
This map is based on
Casagrande’s article.