Borders of Mexico
{{Short description|Political boundaries between the United States and neighboring territories}}
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Mexico shares international borders with three nations:
- To the north the United States–Mexico border, which extends for a length of {{convert|3141|km|mi}}{{cite book|title=United States-Mexico Border Environmental Indicators, 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8FINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT7|year=1998|publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency|page=7}} through the states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
- To the southeast, the Belize–Mexico border, {{convert|251|km|mi}} long,{{cite web | url=http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/geography/Afghanistan-to-Comoros/Belize.html | title=Belize | publisher=Nations Encyclopedia | access-date=7 April 2018}} limiting the state of Quintana Roo, almost exclusively following the course of the Río Hondo.
- Also to the southeast, the Guatemala–Mexico border, measuring {{convert|871|km|mi}}{{cite web | url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/28/1626359/-Mexico-s-Great-Wall-At-Border-With-Guatemala | title=Mexico's Great Wall At Border With Guatemala | publisher=Daily Kos | access-date=7 April 2018}} and touches the states of Campeche, Tabasco and Chiapas, and includes stretches of the Río Usumacinta, Río Salinas and Río Suchiate.
Maritime borders
Five nations and Mexico share a marine border:
- in the Pacific Ocean with Guatemala and the United States;
- beside the United States in the Atlantic Ocean; and alongside Belize, Cuba, and Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea.
Based on six locations and spanning 263 kilometers(163 miles), the 2005 pact establishes the maritime border between Mexico and Honduras. In 1976 accord established Mexico's and Cuba's maritime boundary.{{citation |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%202416/v2416.pdf |title=Treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations |publisher=United Nations |volume=2416 |id=I. Nos. 43566-43602 |date=February 2007 |access-date=Aug 7, 2024}}
The United States and other nations have three accords dating back to 1970, 1978, and 2000 that have established a shared maritime boundary of 785 km(486 mi). (565 km in the Pacific Ocean and 621 km in the Gulf of Mexico).
See also
References
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