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Historical Values
Year Value
1996 strategic location on southern border of US
1997 strategic location on southern border of US
1998 strategic location on southern border of US
1999 strategic location on southern border of US
2000 strategic location on southern border of US
2001 strategic location on southern border of US
2002 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2003 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2004 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2005 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2006 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2007 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2008 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2009 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2010 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2011 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2012 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2013 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2014 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2015 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2016 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2017 strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
2018 note 1: strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, almost certainly originated in Mexico note 2: Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire
2019 note 1: strategic location on southern border of the US; Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire note 2: the "Three Sisters" companion plants - winter squash, maize (corn), and climbing beans - served as the main agricultural crops for various North American Indian groups; all three apparently ori
2020 note 1: strategic location on southern border of the US; Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire note 2: the "Three Sisters" companion plants - winter squash, maize (corn), and climbing beans - served as the main agricultural crops for various North American Indian groups; all three apparently ori
2021 note 1: strategic location on southern border of the US; Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire note 2: some of the world's most important food crops were first domesticated in Mexico; the "Three Sisters" companion plants - winter squash, maize (corn), and climbing beans - served as the main agri
2022 note 1: strategic location on southern border of the US; Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire note 2: some of the world's most important food crops were first domesticated in Mexico; the "Three Sisters" companion plants - winter squash, maize (corn), and climbing beans - served as the main agri
2023 note 1: strategic location on southern border of the US; Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire note 2: some of the world's most important food crops were first domesticated in Mexico; the "Three Sisters" companion plants - winter squash, maize (corn), and climbing beans - served as the main agri
2024 note 1: strategic location on southern border of the US; Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire note 2: some of the world's most important food crops were first domesticated in Mexico; the "Three Sisters" companion plants -- winter squash, maize (corn), and climbing beans -- served as the main ag
2025 note 1: strategic location on southern border of the US; Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, which is a belt bordering the Pacific Ocean that contains about 75% of the world's volcanoes and up to 90% of the world's earthquakes note 2: the Sac Actun cave system at 348 km (216 mi) is the longest underwater cave in the world and the second longest cave worldwide, after Mammoth Cave in the United States ( see "Geography - note" under United States ) note 3: the prominent Yucat n P