The Gulf of Mexico is renamed in the Gulf of America, the internal department announced on Friday, while the highest summit of North America, the name of Denley of Alaska, has been changed back to Mount McCinley, both are in response For a controversial executive order Signed by President Trump after taking over.
The internal department said in a news release that the name “confirms the country's commitment to preserve the extraordinary heritage of the United States and ensures that the future generations of Americans celebrate their heroes and historical property legacy Are.”
The agency said, “The American board of the department on geographical names will now” be tasked to update the official federal naming in the geographical name information system to reflect these changes.
While the US Gulf will be applied to federal contexts, other countries will not need to identify the name.
Mexico and America share almost the same number of beach miles with Gulf. According to US State DepartmentThe sea border in the Gulf between the US and Mexico begins in the center of Rio Grande's mouth, wherever it can be located, and runs in a certain line. For most parts, the US has maritime jurisdiction on its part of the Gulf of Mexico, while Mexico has jurisdiction on its share.
President during transition Trump revealed his plans To change the name of the Gulf. In response, Mexican President Claudia Shinbam Organized a news conference Where she stood before the 17th -century world map and jokingly said that North America should be renamed as “Mexican America”.
In 2015, Mount McCinley was renamed by the then President Barack Obama from Denali named Traditional Native Alaska. It was long informally known as Denali in Alaska, despite the official federal designation Mount McCinley.
Alaska's Republican Sen Lisa Murkovsky criticized Trump's plan to change Denali's name last month.
Murkovsky said in a statement, “You cannot improve the name that Alaska's Koyukon Athabasans has given North America's highest peak, Denali – The Great One.” “For years, I advocated restoring the right name for this royal mountain to honor the first people of Alaska in Congress, who have been living on these land for thousands of years. Should go. “
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