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80 relations: Abies religiosa, Administrative divisions of Mexico, Adobe, Agave americana, Amacuzac River, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Arbutus, Assumption of Mary, Australia, Aztecs, Barbacoa, Cartonería, Cenozoic, Central de Abasto, Central Time Zone, Chichimeca, Crataegus mexicana, Day of the Dead, Ejido, Emiliano Zapata, Fábrica de Artes y Oficios Oriente, Franciscans, Good Friday, Greater Mexico City, Holy Week in Mexico, Illegal logging, Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers, Instituto de Educación Media Superior del Distrito Federal, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Istle, Iztapalapa, Jehovah's Witnesses, Köppen climate classification, La Merced Market, Liberation Army of the South, List of sovereign states, Mesoamerican ballgame, Metro Santa Marta, Metro Tasqueña, Metro Tláhuac, Mexican Revolution, Mexican War of Independence, Mexico, Mexico City, Mole sauce, Morelos, Municipalities of Mexico City, Nahuas, Nahuatl, National Autonomous University of Mexico, ..., New Zealand, Oaxaca, Oaxtepec, Opuntia, Palm Sunday, Pantomime, Party of the Democratic Revolution, Plan of Ayala, Prunus serotina, Puebla, Pulque, Quercus ilex, Rafael Coronel, Rubus adenotrichos, San Pedro Atocpan, Schinus molle, Secretariat of Social Development (Mexico), Sierra Chichinautzin, Sky lantern, Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, Squatting, State of Mexico, Temazcal, Tlalpan, Tláhuac, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Valley of Mexico, Victoriano Huerta, Volcano rabbit, Xochimilco. Expand index (30 more) »
Abies religiosa
The sacred fir or Abies religiosa (known as oyamel in Spanish) is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern Mexico (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur) and western Guatemala.
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Administrative divisions of Mexico
The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic composed of 31 states and the capital, Mexico City, an autonomous entity on par with the states.
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Adobe
Adobe is a building material made from earth and other organic materials.
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Agave americana
Agave americana, common names sentry plant, century plant, maguey or American aloe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Mexico, and the United States in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.
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Amacuzac River
The Amacuzac River is located in Morelos, Mexico and it is the most important river of this state being approximately 60 km long.
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876),Callcott, Wilfred H., "Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De,", accessed April 18, 2017 often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna was a Mexican politician and general who fought to defend royalist New Spain and then for Mexican independence.
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Arbutus
Arbutus is a genus of 12 accepted speciesAct.
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Assumption of Mary
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven (often shortened to the Assumption and also known as the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Dormition)) is, according to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Aztecs
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.
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Barbacoa
Barbacoa is a form of cooking meat that originated in the Caribbean with the Taíno people, from which the term “barbecue” derives.
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Cartonería
Cartonería or papier-mâché sculptures are a traditional handcraft in Mexico.
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Cenozoic
The Cenozoic Era meaning "new life", is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras, following the Mesozoic Era and, extending from 66 million years ago to the present day.
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Central de Abasto
The Central de Abasto (Supply Center) is Mexico City’s main wholesale market for produce and other foodstuffs run similarly to traditional public markets.
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Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Chichimeca
Chichimeca (Spanish) was the name that the Nahua peoples of Mexico generically applied to nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples who were established in present-day Bajio region of Mexico.
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Crataegus mexicana
Crataegus mexicana is a species of hawthorn known by the common names tejocote, manzanita, tejocotera and Mexican hawthorn.
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Day of the Dead
The Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican ancestry living in other places, especially the United States.
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Ejido
In Mexican system of government, an ejido (from Latin exitum) is an area of communal land used for agriculture, on which community members individually farm designated parcels and collectively maintain communal holdings.
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Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
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Fábrica de Artes y Oficios Oriente
The Fábrica de Artes y Oficios Oriente (Arts and Trades Factory East), better known as FARO or FARO Oriente is a cultural center and training facility located in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.
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Franciscans
The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders within the Catholic Church, founded in 1209 by Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holiday celebrating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.
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Greater Mexico City
Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México), constituted by Mexico City itself composed of 16 Municipalities—and 41 adjacent municipalities of the states of Mexico and Hidalgo.
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Holy Week in Mexico
Holy Week in Mexico is an important religious observance as well as important vacation period.
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Illegal logging
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws.
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Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers
The Mexican Civil Service Social Security and Services Institute (Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, or ISSSTE) is a federal government organization in Mexico that administers part of Mexico's health care and social security systems, and provides assistance in cases of disability, old age, risks in labor, and death (or IVCM, for invalidez, vejez, cesantía en edad avanzada, y muerte) to federal workers.
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Instituto de Educación Media Superior del Distrito Federal
The Instituto de Educación Media Superior del Distrito Federal (IEMS-DF or IEMS "High School Education Institute of the Federal District") is the public high school education system of Mexico City.
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional
The Instituto Politécnico Nacional (National Polytechnic Institute), abbreviated IPN, is one of the largest public universities in Mexico with 171,581 students at the high school, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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Istle
Ixtle or tampico fiber is the general name for a hard plant fiber obtained from a number of Mexican plants, chiefly species of Agave and Yucca.
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Iztapalapa
Iztapalapa is one of the Federal District of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs, located on the east side of the entity.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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La Merced Market
The La Merced Market is a traditional public market located in the eastern edge of the historic center of Mexico City and is the largest retail traditional food market in the entire city.
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Liberation Army of the South
The Liberation Army of the South (Ejército Libertador del Sur, occasionally abbreviated to ELS) was an armed group formed and led by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution.
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List of sovereign states
This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Mesoamerican ballgame
The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played since 1400 BCSee Hill, Blake and Clark (1998); Schuster (1998).
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Metro Santa Marta
Santa Marta (also known as) is a station along Line A of the Mexico City Metro.
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Metro Tasqueña
Metro Tasqueña (sometimes also spelled Taxqueña) is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.
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Metro Tláhuac
The Metro Tláhuac is the terminal station of Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.
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Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana) was a major armed struggle,, that radically transformed Mexican culture and government.
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Mexican War of Independence
The Mexican War of Independence (Guerra de Independencia de México) was an armed conflict, and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in 1821 in the territory of New Spain.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Mexico City
Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.
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Mole sauce
Mole (from Nahuatl mōlli, "sauce") is a traditional sauce originally used in Mexican cuisine, as well as for dishes based on these sauces.
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Morelos
Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos (Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states, which comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.
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Municipalities of Mexico City
Mexico City is divided into sixteen delegaciones (mayoralties or boroughs) (alcaldías), which have regulatory powers and are not fully autonomous in their internal administration.
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Nahuas
The Nahuas are a group of indigenous people of Mexico and El Salvador.
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Nahuatl
Nahuatl (The Classical Nahuatl word nāhuatl (noun stem nāhua, + absolutive -tl) is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl (the standard spelling in the Spanish language),() Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua.), known historically as Aztec, is a language or group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
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National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, - literal translation: Autonomous National University of Mexico, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Oaxaca
Oaxaca (from Huāxyacac), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca (Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, make up the 32 federative entities of Mexico.
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Oaxtepec
Oaxtepec is a town within the municipality of Yautepec in the northern part of the Mexican state of Morelos.
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Opuntia
Opuntia, commonly called prickly pear, is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae.
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.
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Pantomime
Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment.
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Party of the Democratic Revolution
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, Partido de la Revolución Democrática) is a social democratic political party that is one of the three major political parties in Mexico, the others being the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) and the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN).
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Plan of Ayala
The Plan of Ayala (Spanish: Plan de Ayala) was a document drafted by revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution.
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Prunus serotina
Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous woody plant species belonging to the genus Prunus.
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Puebla
Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla (Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla) is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.
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Pulque
Pulque (occasionally referred to as agave wine) is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant.
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Quercus ilex
Quercus ilex, the evergreen oak, holly oak or holm oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region.
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Rafael Coronel
Rafael Coronel (born 24 October 1932 in Zacatecas, Zac.) is a painter from Mexico.
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Rubus adenotrichos
Rubus adenotrichos is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the rose family.
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San Pedro Atocpan
San Pedro Atocpan is one of the communities that make up the borough of Milpa Alta in the Federal District of Mexico, better known as Mexico City.
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Schinus molle
Schinus molle (Peruvian pepper, also known as American pepper, Peruvian peppertree, escobilla, false pepper, molle del Peru, pepper tree, (Archived by) peppercorn tree, Californian pepper tree, pirul and Peruvian mastic) is an evergreen tree that grows to 15 meters (50 feet).
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Secretariat of Social Development (Mexico)
The Secretariat of Social Development (Spanish: Secretaría de Desarrollo Social; SEDESOL) is the government department in charge of social development efforts in Mexico.
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Sierra Chichinautzin
The Sierra Chichinautzin volcanic field, also known as El Pedegral, is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, approximately from where the Cocos Plate subducts beneath the North American Plate.
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Sky lantern
A sky lantern, also known as Kongming lantern or Chinese lantern, is a small hot air balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom where a small fire is suspended.
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Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, or the Spanish–Aztec War (1519–21), was the conquest of the Aztec Empire by the Spanish Empire within the context of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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Squatting
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.
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State of Mexico
The State of Mexico (Estado de México) is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico.
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Temazcal
A temazcal is a type of sweat lodge which originated with pre-Hispanic Indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica.
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Tlalpan
Tlalpan is one of the 16 administrative boroughs (called “delegaciones” in Spanish) of the Federal District of Mexico City.
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Tláhuac
Tláhuac is one of the 16 municipios into which Mexico City is divided.
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Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Eje Volcánico Transversal), also known as the Transvolcanic Belt and locally as the Sierra Nevada (Snowy Mountain Range), is a volcanic belt that covers central-southern Mexico.
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Valley of Mexico
The Valley of Mexico (Valle de México; Tepētzallāntli Mēxihco) is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with present-day Mexico City and the eastern half of the State of Mexico.
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Victoriano Huerta
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (22 December 1850 – 13 January 1916) was a Mexican military officer and 35th President of Mexico.
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Volcano rabbit
The volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi), also known as teporingo or zacatuche, is a small rabbit that resides in the mountains of Mexico.
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Xochimilco
Xochimilco (Xōchimīlco) is one of the 16 ''mayoralities'' (Spanish: alcaldías) or boroughs within Mexico City.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milpa_Alta
