| Acapulco Acapulco (Officially known as Acapulco de Juárez) is a city, and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay. It is a port of call for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama and San Francisco, California, United States. Acapulco
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| Bill Gates William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. world's wealthiest people Bill_Gates
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| Transportation in Canada Canada is a developed country whose economy includes the extraction and export of raw materials from its large area. Because of this, it has a transportation system which includes more than of roads, 10 major international airports, 300 smaller airports, 72,093 kilometres of functioning railway track, and more than 300 commercial ports and harbours that provide access to the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans as well as the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Transportation_in_Canada
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| Chiapas Chiapas is the southernmost state of Mexico, located towards the southeast of the country. Chiapas is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the north, Veracruz to the northwest, and Oaxaca to the west. To the east Chiapas borders Guatemala, and to the south the Pacific Ocean. Chiapas
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| Don Quixote (; , see spelling and pronunciation below), fully titled ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") is a novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moorish historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli. Don_Quixote
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| List of film institutes List_of_film_institutes
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| IMO The three-letter abbreviation IMO may have several meanings, depending on context Idiopathic Massive Osteolysis (Gorham's Disease) In Memory Of Instant Messaging Online A Web Based Instant Messenger In my opinion Internet slang Independent Market Operator of Ontario, Canada (now the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)) Instituto de la Mujer Oaxaqueña Integrated Mathematical Oncology. IMO
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| Mexico City Mexico City (Spanish:Ciudad de México, D.F. (for Distrito Federal), México or Méjico) is the capital city of Mexico. It is the economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country, and the most populous city, with about 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008. Mexico_City
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| Demographics of Mexico Demographics_of_Mexico
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| Politics of Mexico The politics of Mexico take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, whereby the president of Mexico is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party electoral system. Politics_of_Mexico
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| Economy of Mexico The economy of Mexico is 10th to 12th largest in the world. 1994 crisis, administrations have improved the country's macroeconomic fundamentals. Mexico was not significantly influenced by the recent 2002 South American crisis, and has maintained positive, although low, rates of growth after a brief period of stagnation in 2001. Economy_of_Mexico
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| Foreign relations of Mexico The foreign relations of Mexico are directed by the President of the United Mexican States Foreign_relations_of_Mexico
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| Modafinil Modafinil (Provigil/Alertec/Modavigil) is a stimulant drug manufactured by Cephalon, and is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea. Modafinil
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| NTSC NTSC (National Television System Committee) is the analog television system that was used in most of the Americas, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Burma, and some Pacific island nations and territories (see map). NTSC is also the name of the U.S. standardization body that adopted the NTSC broadcast standard. The first black-and-white NTSC standard for broadcast was developed in 1941 and had no provision for color transmissions. NTSC
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| Nahuatl Nahuatl (, stress being on the first syllable) is a group of related languages and dialects of the Nahuan (traditionally called "Aztecan") branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Collectively they are spoken by an estimated Nahua people, most of whom live in Central Mexico. Nahuatl
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| Politics of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (), a commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Rico is an archipelago located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands, approximately 1,280 miles (2,000 kilometer) off the coast of Florida (the nearest of the mainland United States). Politics_of_Puerto_Rico
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| Americas Americas, or America, are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, comprising the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. America may be ambiguous in English, as it is more commonly used to refer to the United States of America. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people). Americas
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| Track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles.Track racing is also done on grass tracks marked out on flat sportsfields. Such events are particularly common during the summer in Scotland at Highland Games gatherings, but there are also regular summer events in England. Track_cycling
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| Tlaloc For the fictional character from the Legends of Dune books, see Titan (Dune)#Tlaloc. Tlaloc () was an important deity in Aztec religion, a god of rain, fertility, and water. He was a beneficent god who gave life and sustenance, but he was also feared for his ability to send hail, thunder and lightning, and for being the lord of the powerful element of water. Tlaloc
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| Utah Utah
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| List of metro systems metro system is a rapid transit train system. In some cases, metro systems are referred to as subways or undergrounds. The first metro system, the London Underground, was opened in 1863. , there are approximately 140 metro systems in the world. Very often the systems extend beyond administrative boundaries of cities into neighbouring towns and suburbs. List_of_metro_systems
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| Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born July 2, 1942) is a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected President of Mexico in the 2000 presidential election, a historically significant election that made him the first president elected from an opposition party since Francisco I. Vicente_Fox
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| Legal status of Western Sahara Western Sahara, formerly the Spanish colony of Spanish Sahara, is a disputed territory claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front. Its legal status remains unresolved.The territory is mostly administered as the Southern Provinces by Morocco since Spain handed over the territory to Morocco and Mauritania after the Madrid Accords in 1975-76. Legal_status_of_Western_Sahara
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| Yucatán Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. The Yucatan peninsula includes three statesCampeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucatán in the 19th century. The state capital of Yucatán is Mérida. Yucatán
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| Naming conventions Wikipedia:Naming_conventions
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| Aqueduct aqueduct is a water supply or navigable channel (conduit) constructed to convey water. In modern engineering, the term is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose. aqueduct (occasionally water bridge) applies to any bridge or viaduct that transports water—instead of a path, road or railway—across a gap. Aqueduct
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| Tequila Tequila () is an agave-based spirit made primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands (Los Altos) of the western Mexican state of Jalisco. The volcanic soil in the region surrounding Tequila is particularly well suited to the growing of the blue agave, and more than 300 million of the plants are harvested there each year. Tequila
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| Monterrey Monterrey () is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León and a municipality of the same name. It is Mexico's third largest city after Mexico City and Guadalajara. Also known as "Sultana del Norte" (Northern Sultan), Monterrey is an important industrial and business center. Monterrey
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| Diplomacy Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics and culture. International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians. Diplomacy
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| Psychosurgery Talk:Psychosurgery
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| Air traffic control Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other support for pilots when able. In some countries, ATC may also play a security or defense role (as in the United States), or be run entirely by the military (as in Brazil). Air_traffic_control
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| Havana Havana ( Havana
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| 2021 2021 (MMXXI) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 2021
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| Aztec Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic period in Mesoamerican chronology. Often the term "Aztec" refers exclusively to the people of Tenochtitlan, situated on an island in Lake Texcoco, who called themselves Mexica Tenochca or Colhua-Mexica. Aztec
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| List of tram and light-rail transit systems The following is a list of cities that have tram / light-rail systems as part of their public transport system.See also List of United States light rail systems by ridership List of town tramway systems List of rapid transit systems List of suburban and commuter rail systems List of trolleybus systems List_of_tram_and_light-rail_transit_systems
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| Child sacrifice See also Religious abuse, and InfanticideChild sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please, propitiate or force supernatural beings in order to achieve a desired result. As such, it is a form of human sacrifice.Similar in concept but different in meaning is the blood libel, in which groups (such as the Jews or Roma) are falsely accused of killing children and drinking their blood. Child_sacrifice
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| Tohono O'odham The Tohono O'odham are a group of aboriginal Americans who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of the southeastern Arizona and northwest Mexico. "Tohono O'odham" means "People of the Desert." Although they were previously known as the Papago, they have largely rejected this name (meaning literally "tepary-bean eater"), which was applied to them by conquistadores, who had heard them called this by other Piman bands unfriendly to the Tohono O'odham. Tohono_O'odham
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| Saint Patrick's Battalion The Saint Patrick's Battalion () was a unit of several hundred immigrants and expatriates of European descent that fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of . Many of the battalion's members deserted or defected from the U.S. Saint_Patrick's_Battalion
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| Baja California peninsula Baja California peninsula (Spanish:Península de Baja California, meaning Lower California peninsula) is a peninsula in western Mexico. It extends some 1250 km (775 miles) from Mexicali, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in the south, separating the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California (or "Sea of Cortés"). The total area of the Peninsula is 143,396 km2. Baja_California_peninsula
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| Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the United Mexican States. Veracruz
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| List of cemeteries list of cemeteries compiles notable cemeteries, mausoleums, and other places people are buried worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history, and their interments. List_of_cemeteries
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| Sukhoi Su-27 Talk:Sukhoi_Su-27
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| Demographics of Argentina This article is about the demographic features of the population of Argentina, including population density, ethnicity, economic status and other aspects of the population. Demographics_of_Argentina
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| Mérida, Yucatán Mérida (T'hó'Ichkanzihóo (the original name), in Modern Maya) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about 35Gulf of Mexico coast, at . municipality of the same name which surrounds it. In the census of 2005 the population of the city was 734,153, ranking 12th among the most populous Mexican metropolitan areas. The population of the municipality was 781,146. The municipality's area is 858.41 Mérida,_Yucatán
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| List of museums This list of museums is defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. List_of_museums
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| Santa Ana, California Founded in 1869, Santa Ana () is the county seat and most populous city in Orange County, California, and the 53rd-most populous city in the United States with a 2007 estimated population of 339,555. Santa_Ana,_California
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| Senecio Senecio
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| Civil union A civil union is a legally recognized union similar to marriage. Beginning with Denmark in 1989, civil unions under one name or another have been established by law in many developed countries in order to provide same-sex couples with rights, benefits, and responsibilities similar (in some countries, identical) to opposite-sex civil marriage. In some jurisdictions, such as Quebec, New Zealand, and Uruguay, civil unions are also open to opposite-sex couples. Civil_union
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