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    Before the 1910 Mexican Revolution, most land in post-independence Mexico was owned by wealthy Mexicans and foreigners, with small holders and indigenous...
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    were concessions and land grants made by the Spanish and Mexican governments from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers...
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  • valid land grants. As a result, years of litigation ensued over the validity of many of the Spanish land grants.[citation needed] Spain and Mexico used...
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    New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México [ˈnweβo ˈmexiko] ; Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [jòːtʰó hɑ̀hòːtsò]) is a state in the Southwestern region...
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    Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. Covering 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), it is the...
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  • Land grants in New Mexico and Colorado were awarded to individuals and communities by the Spanish and Mexican governments to encourage settlement and...
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    The Mexico–United States border wall (Spanish: muro fronterizo Estados Unidos–México) is a series of vertical barriers along the Mexico–United States...
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    period until the Mexican Revolution was focused on large private properties. After the Revolution, these were broken up and the land redistributed. Since...
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    take the form of land grants similar to areas of Texas and California. As an extension, there are some New Mexico based Mexican land grants in south central...
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  • Colorado River, cut off land routes from Alta California to the rest of Mexico, further splitting Alta California from Mexico economically and unintentionally...
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    Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial...
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    Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of Earth not submerged by the ocean or another body of water. It makes...
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    The Mexican Revolution (Spanish: Revolución mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December...
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    Carrizozo is a town in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat, with a population of 996 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1899,...
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    The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent...
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    China Manzana in Argentina Bunder in the Netherlands (until 1937) In Mexico, land area measurements are commonly given as combinations of hectares, ares...
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    New Spain (redirect from Colonial Mexico)
    of Española, New Mexico. Oñate eventually learned that New Mexico, while it had a settled indigenous population, had little arable land, no silver mines...
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  • Rancho Las Uvas was a 11,080-acre (44.8 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Clara County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to...
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    peoples of Mexico (Spanish: gente indígena de México, pueblos indígenas de México), Native Mexicans (Spanish: nativos mexicanos) or Mexican Native Americans...
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    rights, as well as overseeing leases and royalties on state land, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The commissioner of public lands is elected to a four-year...
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    The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion...
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    and minor outlying possessions. The United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime borders with Russia, Cuba, The Bahamas, and...
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    portion of North America. From its farthest land points, Mexico is a little over 3,200 km (2,000 mi) in length. Mexico is bounded to the north by the United...
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    "This Land Is Your Land" is a song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. One of the United States' most famous folk songs, its lyrics were written in...
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  • Apple TV+. Following its release, Land of Women reached the platform's Top 10 list in numerous countries, including Mexico, Costa Rica, Latvia, Bulgaria,...
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    had been part of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, most of whose area and population were east of the Rio Grande on land that had been claimed by the new Republic...
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    Party (PRI) as the dominant force. Throughout the 20th century, Mexico implemented land reforms, nationalized key industries, and expanded social welfare...
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  • revolutionary leaders of the Mexican Revolution Land and Liberty (Russia), a 19th-century Russian revolutionary secret society Land and Freedom Column, that...
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    Amarilla Land Grant in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado consists of 594,516 acres (2,405.92 km2) (929 sq miles) of mountainous land. The government...
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    Operation Wetback (category Mexico–United States relations)
    with Mexico. In 1943 more United States Border Control Officers were posted along Mexico's northern border. Pressure from well-connected Mexican land and...
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