Facts about Mexico

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   Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital founded in 1325, was built on an island in Lake Texcoco and housed approximately 200,000 residents, making it larger than any European city of that era.

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   Frida Kahlo painted her iconic self-portraits between 1926 and 1954, creating over 55 works that explored Mexican identity and personal suffering through surrealist imagery.

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   Chocolate originated in Mexico, where the Aztecs cultivated cacao beans and prepared a bitter beverage called xocolatl around 1500 BCE before Spanish conquistadors introduced it to Europe.

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   At 2,768 meters elevation, Mexico's Pico de Orizaba is North America's third-highest peak and the highest volcano on the continent.

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   Monarch butterflies migrate 3,000 kilometers from Canada to Mexico's Michoacán forests each winter, clustering in dense colonies that can weigh 20,000 tons combined.

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   In 1968, Mexico City hosted the Summer Olympics at an altitude of 2,250 meters, making it the highest elevation ever for the modern Olympic Games.

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   The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System stretches 900 kilometers along Mexico's Caribbean coast, making it the world's second-longest coral reef.

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