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Mexico
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I. General – II. Non-Christian Religions – III. Christianity – IV. Religion and Society Today

I. General

Mexico – officially Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (“the United Mexican States”) – is a presidential republic comprising 31 states and one federal district, the capital (México D.F.). Its official language is Spanish. The third-largest and most populous Spanish-speaking country in Latin America, it has an area of 1.96 million km 2, primaril…

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Kruip, Gerhard, “Mexico”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 04 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_14053>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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