Is Mexico Part of Central America?

I do not believe that Mexico is part of Central America, Mexico is part of North America, NOT Central America. This also must be MY opion.

Mexico is in North America. The United Nations classifies the geographic region of North America as: “b/ The continent of North America (003) comprises Northern America (021), Caribbean (029), and Central America (013).” Anything north of the equator is considered North America even though Colombia and Venezuela are included as part of South America. Most of Mexico is on the North America tetonic plate and Central America is on the Caribbean plate. This has to do with geography not the language we speak.

To the person called LILY & KAREN, I know this post is old, but if you ever read this. Please educate YOURSELF.

California was NEVER part of Mexico??

Quick history lesson, when the Spanish landed they not only colonized what is today Mexico but California as well, not to mention Texas and New Mexico. After Mexico established it’s independence in 1821 they inherited California, Texas and New Mexico. UH YEAH. That means they were part of Mexico until the US set forth it’s manifest destiny which meant they wanted everything in the west. US citizens migrated into Mexican territory, due to huge influx of new English speaking people Mexico gave them Mexican citizenship’s and the right to own land but those citizens still considered themselves from the US thus the Mexican-American war which Mexico couldn’t handle after their revolution therefor seceding California, Texas and New Mexico to the US.

The end.

Hope you learned something. You ARE wrong.

p.s. putting things in all caps doesn’t make your point right.

I ALWAYS SAY THIS:

MEXICO BELONGS TO NORTH AMERICA GEOGRAPHICALY
AND TO LATIN AMERICA CULTURALY

LILY AND KAREN, WE DONT CARE WHAT YOU SAY, AND YOU KNOW DEEP DOWN IN YOUR HEARTS THAT MEXICO AND THE USA HAVE MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN ANYBODY CAN TELL.

THE OLD TERRITORIES OF ALTA CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO ARE NOW SUBDIVIDED IN THE ACTUAL STATES OF CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, NEVADA, UTAH, SOME PART OF COLORADO AND OF COURSE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA,

SO NOT ONLY CALIFORNIA WAS PART OF MEXICO ONCE, BUT ALL OF THE STATES METIONED ABOVE, JUST DEAL WITH IT, AND GET IT OVER!

Mexico is North America, No matter what google says, who cares?? Geography put Mexico in North America.
You can ask Central american people if Mexico is part of Central America and they going to say NO.
For almost all the world and obviously for Spanish speakers, America (the Americas for the english speakers) is a single continent sub-divided in 3, North, Central and South America, and Mexico is located in North America.

Mexico is a Latin country, latin culture and some people think for be North American you have to be white and speak english, sorry, Latin isn’t a race is a language and we are latins because we speak a language to come from LATIN.

sorry about my english but isn’t my first language I speak Spanish.
GRACIAS.

Mexico is part of North America…that’s what I learned at school in Mexico and California. When I lived in Italy and tried to get international phone service, they had (and still have) Mexico as part of Central America. North American countries get cheaper rates. The person who was “helping” me is from Argentina, and called me ignorant because I did not know where my own country belonged to…that really made me angry. So Europeans consider Mexico as part of Central America, at least for bussiness, very convinient, I would say. Telecom Italia …you’re losing clients.

Wow, alejandro…your wisdom amazes me, but confuse me more. At least about your opinion. Of course we know that America is one continent..we are discussing about the north and central part of it. What I can’t believe is that if divisions are 100% political, then, why countries involved are not clear about it, and teach their people what is right. You can’t teach a student that Mexico belongs to North America because of economical reasons, but to Central America because geological reasons…or because your cultural independence…you decide where you want to belong…c’mon that’s BS.
Alejandro, your opinion did not make anything clear.
My husband is 51 years old, from Berlin, PA. When I asked him to name the countries of North America, he mentioned Mexico. My next door neighbor right now in Heidelberg, Germany answered the same. My best friend from Italy did not have a doubt..why?…all of them were taught at school that Mexico is part of the NORTH part of the American Continent.

If a small part of South Mexico comes to be part of Central America because of any kind of divisions…well, too bad, they don’t explain that in schools..and that’s why we are all confused…People is educated according to what our governements
want us to believe…If anybody here sounds ignorant (Alejandro, that’s for you) is not our fault.

I’ll keep reading….

Wow, believe it or not, it’s the first time I see a map with Mexico as part of Central America. I read all comments here…amazing! that “lily and Karen” …was he/she serious?..geez! Dagel…did you read above the comment of DRAGON? So, if according to you”They know”; Why is he saying that Mexico is part of North America?…hmmm And I can’t find the logic of Mexico being part of Central America…I can say by logic that Chile belongs to South America, and Canada to North America, but Mexico and Belize?…I wonder if some people living in USA use that logic too when they refer to “Mexican “people crossing their country’s borders; Like if Mexico would be the rest of the American Continent.

I’ve being searching,..can’t find much support about Mexico, part of Central America. I found that Central America was part of mexico once…but not the other way. give me websites please.

Mexico, Mexico, Mexico will always be mexico wether u think is part of africa or part of china, Mexico will always be mexico, Known for its culture, history, natural resources and most of all for the future that this country holds. Some say that in the year of 2025 and counting forward will be a 1st class world country and will be a place to migrate. People will come from many continents and countries, will try to settle in mexico and build new colonies to an extend where a new country will be born, new government and new ways of living will boom up out of nowhere. My theory is that the high minds that control the world dont want to see Mexico become a much stronger, better and ritch country so we are devided in colors, along with borders. Since white people cant stand the sun they took the north. Canada and USA are constructed of european immigrants, all have anglosaxon backgrounds but once you cross the border into Mexico and you travel down south you will see dark brown skin color so yeah i think is all just a racist issue. to all those who say that USA has always been USA think again they robbed and stoled mexico´s land by force and of course they killed our indians causing panic and rapping women and children while high officials were abusing drugs, money and power over mexican people and ever since then its the same story up to these days, Mexicans killed each other just to serv drugs and ilegal substances to young kids in america. the only problem i see in this continent is the american way or better yet the so called american dream wich is the biggest lie since gold was found in california and mexican-spanish were kicked out of texas. One day this will change and what it ever they try to take from mexico will come back to its place. Karma has started to take place, just watch how the USA crumbles into millions of pieces.. God Bless MExico!!!..

by the way if you think is not true check this link and review it so you know how americans are the worsest people in this planet..

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Mexican_map_en_1838.PNG

so who cares what you all think of Mexico, it works and its on its way to success..

there’s no continent of central America . North American and South American Divide at the isthmus of Panama which used to be part of Colombia where South America begins.

It depends on who you ask. If you ask someone supporting transnational corporte interests such as NAFTA, then Mexico is awkwardly stuffed into definitions of North America-Canada. Clearly, on its northern edge, Mexico falls into a geographic zone that is the southernmost delineation of North America, while Mexico southward leads into Central America.

Consider pre-modern societies such as the Maya, whose cities were interconnected into one cultural sphere that spread from Cozumel, Central Mexico lowlands, into Veracruz, Honduras and Guatemala. Culturally, Mexico still has much more in common with the Central American societies than it does with the cultural traditions, language and customs of North American USA and Canada.

Without overstating the obvious, new patterns of immigration and demographic shifts are resulting in changing perceptions of such ambiguous regional zones. Not surprisingly, those who desire seeing the USA fuse inter-regionally with Mexico are re-drawing and re-defining such culture zones, and those who want Mexico to be in North America will support such changing definitions.

Like someone said, “it depends on who you ask” – look at the country of Cyprus. Cyprus has for many years been classified as part of the “Middle East,” as it is off the western coast of Lebanon and Syria, and south of Turkey; half of it is Turkish and belongs to Turkey. Still, although many Cypriots swear they are European (and it is now an EU member country), cross through Nicosia and find yourself right in the middle of a town scene that resembles just about anywhere in the middle east. The question of where Mexico “belongs” is similar to Cyprus, and it involves culture as much as it does geography.

Is Mexico part of North America or Central America? It is clear that there is an emotional connection for people (at least on this board) to the issue. I personally, could care less but I do believe that the correct answer depends on which of the following dimensions of the question are in play:

1. Political – Mexico is clearly for political reasons included in the definition of “North America” in NAFTA. However, the UN puts Mexico in Central America. Paradoxically one could reasonably defer to the UN as a more objective authority and say Mexico is part of Central America as they state that their classification is “apolitical” and based on groupings determined for statistical convenience. Anti-immigration American politicians rarely refer to Mexico as being part of North America.

2. Geological – Geologically, Mexico, USA and Canada are all (largely) on the same North American geological plate. There is no meaningful debate to be had here. Mexico by this definition is part of North America, end of story. (See: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml)

3. Cultural – those who define North America as Canada and the USA only probably recognize that Canada and the USA are very similar culturally. Not only do they share the same language (large French and Spanish speaking populations notwithstanding) but they also share much of the same cultural predispositions such as similarities in their traditional holidays like Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, Labour Day etc. Mexico does not fit the bill culturally – at least, not yet.

4. Historical – if one accepts the European perspective as being the dominant perspective for so much of what people throughout the world have accepted “as fact” (e.g. ask most people “Who discovered America?” and you’ll probably hear the answer “Christopher Columbus”) then historically, Europeans have included Mexico in Central America not North America. I am unclear why this is the case, but I suspect that the historical classification is a cultural predisposition by European geographers, but I can’t say that for sure. By this measure, then you’re pretty much stuck with Mexico not being part of North America. Clearly, these geographers came AFTER Mexico lost California.

5. Geographical – notwithstanding the fact that a significant part of Mexico lies north of some Texas border towns (e.g. Tijuana is further north than Brownsville), geographically, it is easy to see how Mexico can be lumped into Central America as enough of it can reasonably be construed to make up part of the isthmus that connects the two larger land masses of South America and the USA.

I suspect that there are even more perspectives including anthropological, military etc. Personally, I think that both positions have legitimacy, it all depends on the context. So if someone asks me this question in future, then I’ll retort: “Do you mean politically, geologically, culturally, geographically or historically?”

To: “Brazilia Zurvaz”
Are you kidding me!!! Your comment/idea/mentality has no foundation…
Mexico is not a “puppet” of U.S.
Let me explain something to you: Mexico, Canada, U.S among many other countries have the NAFTA-(North America), WTO-(World), FTAA-(Americas) Trades/Exportations, none-depend on the other, that is why all that exists.

“Illegals” are all over the world and from all over the world, and they migrate to find a JOB to EARN money and pay their bills, food, rent etc… and not depend on others.
“Man” has created laws in every country that have supposed to be respected but some of those laws are so strict that people can’t be themselves or live comfortable, like DICTATORS in some countries; do you think is fair to someone to be treated like a slave???
People just try to SURVIVE but unfortunately there are peope-(criminals) that just distroy other people’s life and future, and on the way they give to other people a bad image just by being from certain country. Not just by trying to survive means you are a criminal!.

“Forget The Alamo, that is just History”???
Tha is so stupid on your part, you need to analyze that, and realize that we all have history. Why forget something that you can learn from? that way we cat try to be better people and realize that we need each other in this planet, and not fight.
So try to forget your history and see what you can do without it!.

Hi
I was educated in Canada in the 60’s. At that time we where taught that Mexico was indeed part of the continent of Central America, only since the Nafta agreement has Mexico been linked with North America. Britannica Atlas 1974 states that Mexico is Middle America (Central). I guess it depends when & where you went to school. We are having this debate so it must have been taught at some time. To the person who tells people to forget history If You (we) DO It will only be repeated again
Thanks

LISTEN MEXICO IS NOT PART OF THE U.S.

You talk about borders as if they were a bad thing. You state that “When the U.S. Americans refers to Mexico as “Latin America” it’s a clarification that those people are something “other” than us.”
When you say these things you assume that it is *bad* to be different from each other, when, in fact, it is our uniqueness and individuality that makes us more valuable. Borders are not wrong, they are something to be respected.

is only Geography mexico is north american

We are not talking about differences in people’s native language, culture or political opinions in here. Mexico’s landmass falls right in North America, no matter or however you’d like to put it. If you were to look in a physical map of the Americas, you automatically would guess Mexico is part of the Northern continent of America because it really is. Even Mexico is part of the North American teutonic plate! If you were to turn the map upside-down, you would get the same result! It’s logic.
I do have to admit even some Mexicans–(yes) themselves–do think Mexico is also located in Central America. But everyone is wrong if we are talking about landmass!
To those who say California was never part of Mexico. That is the most illogical statement I’ve heard. Everyone knows the United States was founded by the people who colonized the thirteen colonies. How else do you explain the Spanish resemblance in California or any other southwestern-most state? Even the names are in Spanish, like Nevada meaning “snowy”. The United States was not always part of those states until the Mexican-American war ended by a peace treaty grating the United States what once used to be known as “Alta California,” and now what we call New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California

Why is this debate still going?

I’m sure I explained the different models that are taught at different countries. Think about the Olympic logo. It represents each habitable continent and there are only 5!!

Anyway Wikipedia says it all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

The seven-continent model is usually taught in China, India and most English-speaking countries.

The six-continent combined-Eurasia model is sometimes preferred in the former states of the USSR and Japan.

The six-continent combined-America model is sometimes taught in Latin America and in some parts of Europe including Greece (equivalent 5 inhabited continents model (i.e. excluding Antarctica) still also found in texts)[20], Portugal and Spain.

Using this latter model as a starting point, the Olympics use only inhabited continents (excluding Antarctica) and thus a five-continent model as depicted in the Olympic logo.

All of Central America is part of North America. Central America is a region in the North American continent, not a continent itself.

Somehow I think the topic changed,it began as a discussion of whether or not Mexico is part of Central America..then Shifted as to whether or not it is North America…Of course Mexico is a North American country along with central america..but Mexico IS NOT central america…Central America is comprised of seven countries.
!.Guatemala
2.Belize
3.Honduras
4.El Salvador
5.Nicaragua
6.Costa Rica
7.Panama

OMG! English is not a Latin Language! English is a West Germanic language. English have a strong influence of Latin as well as many borrowed words from Spanish.

Latin languages (major ones) Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Rumanian, Gallego, Catalan.