Mexico*
General Country Information
Capital: Mexico City
Population: 108,700,891 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Federal Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 19.512 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 47.462 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 3.427 million (2006)
Internet users: 18.622 million (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.47
World Rank 2005/2006: 66
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
La Asociacion Tijuana en Apoyo al Sordo (APSOR)
apsor@telnor.net
Association Mexican de Sordos (Mexican Association of the Deaf)
+1 525 684-8971
Confederation Mexicana de Limitados Fisicos y Representantes de Defcientes Mentales, A.C.
Alcala_184@hotmail.com
Centro De Vida Independiente Para Mujeres Con Discapacidad A.C. (CEVIMUDI)
whirlwind@sfsu.edu
Fundacion Mexicana de Integracion Social (Mexican Foundation of Social Integration)
santiago@vidaindependiente.com, fundacion@vidaindependiente.com
Gerardo Nigenda (Education for People with Disabilities in Oaxaca)
+525 516-9258
Project PROJIMO (Program of Rehabilitation Organized by Disabled Youth of Western Mexico)
PROJIMO_AC@hotmail.com
Union Mexicana de Organizaciones e Instituciones de y para Ciegos (Mexican Union of Blind Organizations and Institutions)
grupo_valentin_hauy@hotmail.com