Mexico City - Geography - Lecture Slides, Slides of Geology

Download Mexico City - Geography - Lecture Slides and more Slides Geology in PDF only on Docsity! Greater Mexico City  Contains 25% of Mexico’s pop.  Primate City: – A city that is twice as large as the 2nd largest city  Attracts migrants  Is it wealthy or poor? – BOTH!  Barrios/slums exist near modern cities Docsity.com ee aon ns de A ae if a by eh i oe a i y \ cet gh ae ee | ~ ae e: s € & i 4 _— ne tEY: sl — f ‘ | mS | “@ ‘ . : bi re  Docsity.com Major Mineral Resource  OIL – discovered in 1970s in the Gulf Lowlands – Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) (State owned oil company) – U.S.’ 2nd largest oil importer (behind Canada)  90% of Mexican oil goes to U.S. Docsity.com Tourism  Riviera Maya – Tourism district from Cancun southward on the Yucatan Peninsula – 20 million visitors annually – 4th largest source of foreign currency  1. Manufacturing  2. Oil  3. Remittances (workers abroad)  Ancient Civilization on the Yucatan – Mayan ruins Docsity.com