Population: 129,150,971
Motto: ” La Patria Es Primero, “The Homeland is First”
Mexico is home to one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Chichen Itza [above] dates back to somewhere between the 8th and 10th centuries AD.
Mexico is home to the world’s largest pyramid, the Great Pyramid of Cholula. Also known as Tlachihualtepetl, the pyramid is located in an archaeological site in San Andrés Cholula, and was originally constructed over 2000 years ago and…
…the world’s smallest volcano: the 43 ft tall Cuexcomate Volcano, in Puebla city.
The official national anthem is “Mexican National Anthem ‘Mexicans, at the cry of war'”:
Mexicans, at the cry of war
Listen to the national anthem.
Make ready the steel and the bridle
And let the earth shake to the core
At the roar of the cannon
And let the earth shake to the core
At the roar of the cannon
Gird, oh country, your head with an olive wreath
Given by the divine archangel of peace
Since your eternal destiny was written in heaven
by the finger of God
But should a foreign enemy
Profane your ground with their sole
Think, oh beloved country, that heaven
Has given you a soldier in every son
Dear homeland! Dear homeland!
Your children swear
To exhale breath in your cause
If the bugle in its belligerent (warlike) tone
Summons them to fight with courage
You will get the olive garlands!
They will have a memory of glory!
You will get a laurel of victory!
They will have a tomb of honor!