Territorial change of Mexico

“Mexico” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1868 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1868 – 1876, at ≈ 2.00 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1868 – 1876 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1868: number 134 of 8.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• United States — 65 frames
• Guatemala — 65 frames
• Kingdom of England — 57 frames
• Belize — 13 frames
• Kingdom of France — 1 frames
• List of factions in the Mexican Revolution — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 1 by area.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Republic of Yucatán · New Spain · First Mexican Empire · Restored Republic

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America.

Wikipedia (English) “Mexico”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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