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New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa esˈpaɲa] ⓘ; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl ), [ 4] originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several domains established ...
Northern Mexico ( Spanish: el Norte de México IPA: [el ˈnoɾte ðe ˈmexiko] ⓘ ), commonly referred as El Norte, is an informal term for the northern cultural and geographical area in Mexico. Depending on the source, it contains some or all of the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León ...
The sky islands were isolated from one another and from the pine–oak woodlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental to the south by the warming and drying of the climate since the ice ages. There are approximately 27 Madrean sky islands in the United States, and 15 in northern Mexico. The major Madrean sky island ranges in Arizona are the ...
Baja California is the only state to use the U.S. DST schedule state-wide, while the rest of Mexico (except for small portions of other northern states) observes standard time year-round. [ 6 ] ^ b. The state's GDP was 294.8 billion pesos in 2008, [ 7 ] an amount corresponding to 23.03 billion United States dollars , with US$1 valued at 12.80 ...
Sonora. Tabasco. Tamaulipas. TL. Veracruz. Yucatán. Zacatecas. The states are the first-level administrative divisions of Mexico, which is officially named the United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate entity that is not formally a state). [ 1][ 2][ 3][ 4]
Guadalupe Island (Spanish: Isla Guadalupe) is a volcanic island located 241 kilometres (130 nautical miles) off the western coast of Mexico 's Baja California Peninsula and about 400 km (200 nmi) southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, in the Pacific Ocean. [ 1] The various volcanoes are extinct or dormant.
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands[ b] ( CNMI; Chamorro: Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; Carolinian: Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas ), is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean ...
Islands in Gulf of California Name State Location Height Area Altamura Island: Sonora: 101.17 km 2 (39.06 sq mi) : Isla Ángel de la Guarda: Baja California: 1,300 m (4,265 ft)