State of Mexico

State of Mexico

About

Mexico A country rich in history, tradition and culture, Mexico is the third largest country in Latin America and has one of the largest populations—more than 100 million—making it the home of more Spanish speakers than any other nation in the world. Despite the political and social changes that have occurred over the centuries, evidence of past cultures and events are apparent everywhere in Mexico. Many of Mexico’s rural areas are still inhabited by indigenous people whose lifestyles are quite similar to those of their ancestors. In addition, many pre-Columbian ruins still exist throughout Mexico, including the ancient city of Teotihuacán and the Mayan pyramids at Chichén Itzá and Tulum.

Official Name Estados Unidos Mexicanos Capital City Ciudad de México/Mexico City President Enrique Peña Nieto Independence Declared September 16, 1810 Consummated September 27, 1821 Religion Roman Catholic 89% Angel of Independence Cultural Heritage | Estado de México

About State of Mexico State of Mexico is one of the thirty-one states, and with Mexico City, make up the thirty-two states of the United Mexican States. It is one of the founding states of the federation, and has the highest population density. It is located in the south center of the country.

The origins of the state is in the territory of the extinct Mexica empire, which maintained a political division of the New Spain during the Spanish colonial period. After Independence, Mexico City was chosen as the capital of the new nation; its territory was separated out of state.

Capital City Toluca de Lerdo Magic Towns 17 Magic Towns Governor Eruviel Ávila Indigenous Groups 5 mainly indigenous groups Religion Roman Catholic

Teotihuacán Ruins | Estado de México

Language Spanish control of Mexico led to the dominance of Spanish, the official language. As many as 100 Native American languages are still spoken in Mexico, but no single alternative language prevails. Eighty percent of those Mexicans who speak an indigenous language also speak Spanish.

The most important of the Native American languages is Nahuatl. It is the primary language of more than a million Mexicans and is spoken by nearly one-fourth of all Native Americans in the country. This is followed by Maya, used by 14 percent of Native Americans, and Mixteco and Zapoteco, each spoken by about seven percent of Native Americans.

No other indigenous language is spoken by more than five percent of Mexico's Native Americans.

Día de muertos Mexican traditional day

Mexican Food Mexican cuisine is primarily a fusion of indigenous Mesoamerican cooking with European, especially Spanish, elements added after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century Over the centuries, this resulted in regional cuisines based on local conditions, such as those in Oaxaca, Veracruz and the Yucatán Peninsula.

Mexican cuisine is an important aspect of the culture, social structure and popular traditions of Mexico. The most important example of this connection is the use of mole for special occasions and holidays, particularly in the South and Center regions of the country. For this reason and others, Mexican cuisine was inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Chiles en nogada Puebla Mexico

Know about your proyects in State of

AIESEC

& The UN

Global Goals In order for AIESEC in Mexico to contribute towards building a better country, we recognized the importance of aligning our incoming Global Citizen projects to The Global Goals. Por Mexico is our national program developed in order to address the needs and issues within Mexico, with each speciďŹ c project addressing one Global Goal. We aim to provide tangible solutions and actions towards these issues. Through our projects, we strive to empower youth, communities and government to act with a sense of urgency in building a better Mexico.

Nuestros

Proyectos

Reduced Inequalities Strengthen and promote social, economic development, political inclusion, regardless of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion or other status.

Promoting official development assistance and financial flows, where the need is greater, according to their plans and programs.

Objective Create leaders in vulnerable communities, solution-oriented, able to find areas of opportunity in the environment, with the tools and skills to improve and continue to grow with every challenge.

Breaking Walls Creating leaders.

The creation of places without borders, to empower people in marginalized communities aected on economic, emotional or health situations; by supporting education and promote healing.

The creation of a healthy, free and open minded environment, empowering them to workshops and activities, in order to strengthening their position within the community.

Driving Growth Ensure development.

The project will boost the impact about the growth of communities, and will help to facilitate the adoption of plans according to the level of the community so the applicants can be "self-sustaining" in their communities and implement pilot projects with the SDGs. We’ll help communities raise funds eďŹƒciently using their resources, accumulating and transfering knowledge and best practices. And ensure local ownership of their activities, and the communities can use their talent to participate, as well as the experience and wisdom of men and women, and attend the needs of all its members, especially vulnerable groups.

Climate Action Project focused on generating awareness about our climate and the importance of natural resources. It establishes the sense of urgency to act in order to combat climate change. In particular, the project will focus speciďŹ cally on activating people to create solutions for addressing pollution, water and sound contamination.

Objective Improving education, awareness, human and institutional capacity in mitigating climate change, adaptation, impact mitigation and early warning.

Promote mechanisms to increase capacity for climate change, eectively connected with planning and management in the least developed countries and small developing States, also focusing on women, youth and marginalized local communities.

Lifestyle You will receive a welcome package and at least one committee member will receive you at the airport. You will receive an Incoming Preparation Seminar (IPS) and a friend (EP Buddy) that will help you during your following 6 weeks.

You’ll live with a Host Family, previously selected by the committee and they’ll provide at least two meals a day. You can participate in the cultural weekends with other students and families learning about mexican culture. . .

Cultural

Weekends

What are them?

They are cultural trips around Mexico City to show foreigners the beauty of our state and people. You can learn about the history of Mexico and taste all the typical dishes of the country while you are having an unforgettable experience accompanied by great people, from Mexican to foreigners, who like you, they decided to write a new history in the State of Mexico.

The Cultural Weekends are usually on Sundays, every week, cause is the day where the city feels more alive and familiar, and likewise tourist attractions are free or offer lower rates.

Places to Visit

1.- Ixtapan de la Sal 2.- Valle de Bravo 3.- Teotihuacán 4.- Tepotzotlán 5.- Malinalco 6.- Tenayuca 7.- Xochitla 8.- We are close to Mexico City so we also visit places like Bellas Artes, The Angel of Independence, Xochimilco, among others.

Ixtapan de la Sal

This community has the largest water park in Latin America, as well as the lush and diverse spaces for adventure tourism and ecotourism vegetation.

One of the most majestic places are Las Grutas de la Estrella, a magical setting of underground dwelling with beautiful and impressive natural formations.

Valle de Bravo

Its main attraction is the dam, where you can perform a variety of water sports. The place is known for its typical, traditional architecture of the colonial era. It is a place between mountains and center of various sports such as mountain biking, motorcycling, paragliding and horseback riding.

Teotihuacán

It was one of the largest urban centers of the ancient world, came to concentrate a larger population at its peak.

It is recognized as one of the most outstanding testimonies of antiquity in urban development and state which is the subject of interest to researchers in Mexico and the world.

Tepotzotlán

It is a very quiet place that still has a touch of the province. Among its attractions is the former Convent of San Francisco Javier, a World Heritage Site

by UNESCO, which also houses the National Museum of Viceroyalty. You can find an impressive aqueduct and an ecotourism park; and in December, part of his famous pastorals.

Malinalco

For those who love adventure and archaeological wealth, the city oers the best options because on the hill of idols is the archaeological site of Malinalco, one of the most important in the state of Mexico. It is one of the municipalities with the highest biodiversity in the State of Mexico.

Tenayuca Means "place of big cave" and was founded in the late twelfth century and early thirteenth century by the leader Chichimeca Xolotl, where this tribe had its ďŹ rst capital in the Valley of Mexico.

Palacio de Bellas Arte Art museum | Mexico City

Xochitla It is a beautiful park located in the north of State of Mexico, close to the magical city of TepotzotlĂĄn. It has fantastic gardens, ponds and various attractions such as zip-lining, eurobungee and a climbing wall, as well as boats, mini-golf and numerous playgrounds, table tennis, among others.

Mexico City

It is the country's largest urban center and also the main ďŹ nancial, business and cultural political, academic, economic center, trendy. The city was founded by the Aztecs in 1325, in the middle of Lake Texcoco with the name of Mexico Tenochtitlan.

Why State of Mexico?

Our committee has won national awards for our value proposition and the quality of experiences that we give to our trainees.

Alse we are responsible of capturing every smile and every moment of our trainees through a Showcasing team. You are part of our small but great Mexican family.

Contacts

Mariana Elizondo Incoming Global Volunteer Coordinator (Match) mariana.elizondo@aiesec.net

JosĂŠ Luis Saravia Incoming Global Volunteer Vicepresident proyectos.em@aiesec.org.mx

AIESEC for Estado de México