Mexican Federal Highway 261

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Federal Highway 261
Carretera Federal 261
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Federal Highway 261 (Carretera Federal 261) is a Federal Highway of Mexico. It connects Campeche City with Umán in Yucatán (230.83 kilometres (143.43 mi)) and Mérida with Progreso (35.04 kilometres (21.77 mi)); it also serves as a bypass of the latter city (6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi)). [1]

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Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometres (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 120 million people, the country is the eleventh most populous state and the most populous Spanish-speaking state in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, a special federal entity that is also the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the state include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana and León.

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