México Perfil Gobierno 2012

Capital

nombre: Mexico City (Distrito Federal)
coordenadas geográficas: 19 26 N, 99 08 W
diferencia de tiempo: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October
note: Mexico is divided into three time zones

División administrativa

31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Veracruz), Yucatan, Zacatecas

Independencia

16 Septiembre 1810 (declared); 27 Septiembre 1821 (recognized by Spain)

Constitución

5 Febrero 1917

Sufragio

18 años de edad; universal y obligatorio (but not enforced)

Poder Executivo

jefe de estado: Presidente Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa (desde 1 December 2006); note - the president is both the jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno
jefe de gobierno: Presidente Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa (desde 1 December 2006)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; note - appointment of attorney general, the head of the Bank of Mexico, and senior treasury officials require consent of the Senate
elections: president elected by popular vote for a single six-year term; election last held on 2 July 2006 (next to be held 1 July 2012)
election results: Felipe CALDERON elected president; percent of vote - Felipe CALDERON (PAN) 35.9%, Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (PRD) 35.3%, Roberto MADRAZO (PRI) 22.3%, other 6.5%