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(Encyclopedia)Ixtapalapa: see Iztapalapa, Mexico. ...Tehuantepec, Isthmus of
(Encyclopedia)Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, c.125 mi (200 km) wide at its narrowest, S Mexico, between the Gulf of Campeche and the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It is mostly a rolling, tropical lowland with the lowest pass elev...Ciudad Juárez
(Encyclopedia)Ciudad Juárez: see Juárez, Mexico. ...Guzmán
(Encyclopedia)Guzmán, Mexico: see Ciudad Guzmán. ...López Portillo y Pacheco, José
(Encyclopedia)López Portillo y Pacheco, José hōsāˈ lôˈpās pôrtēˈyò ē pächākō [key], 1920–2004, Mexican political leader and president (1976–82). A lawyer and university professor, he wrote novel...Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano
(Encyclopedia)Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano märyäˈnō pärāˈᵺās ē ärēyäˈgä [key], 1797–1849, Mexican general and president (1846). A leader of the ultraconservatives, he helped to put Antonio López ...Katzimo
(Encyclopedia)Katzimo, New Mexico: see Enchanted Mesa. ...Parral
(Encyclopedia)Parral: see Hidalgo del Parral, Mexico. ...Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
(Encyclopedia)Santo Domingo Tehuantepec: see Tehuantepec, Mexico. ...Ciudad Porfirio Díaz
(Encyclopedia)Ciudad Porfirio Díaz, Mexico: see Piedras Negras. ...Browse by Subject
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