Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe

Capital : Mexico City
Major Language (s) : Spanish
Largest City : Mexico City
Date of UN Membership : 7 Nov. 1945
Largest City Population (in thousands, 1995) : 16562
Currency : new peso
GDP (million US$, 1997) : 402109
Area (km²) : 1958201
Total Population (in thousands, 1999) : 97366
Population Density (per square km., 1997) : 49
GDP Per Capita (US$, 1997) : 4265
Urban Population (%, 1990-99) : 73
Rate of Urban Growth Population (% per annum, 1990-99): 1,9
Source: 2002, United Nations Publications.

Legal instruments
Legislación Urbana en México a partir de la Segunda Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Asentamientos Humanos (Spanish Only)
relevant programmes and projects
Housing indicators in Mexico
Cities included in the Istambul+5 indicators programme
- México City
- Celaya
- Ciudad Juárez
- Guadalupe
- Jalapa
- Jitotol
- Zacatecas

UN - Habitat
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean - ROLAC
Av. Presidente Vargas, 3131/1304 - Cidade Nova - Rio de Janeiro
20210-030 RJ - Brazil
Tel (55.21) 2515-1700 Fax (55.21) 2515-1701