APPENDIX I

The following table gives the names of the departments in Guatemala, the name of the chief town, or capital, and the number of inhabitants and elevation of that city, the compilation being made from the latest and most reliable statistics available:—

DEPARTMENTSCHIEF TOWNINHABITANTSELEVATION (feet)
Alta VerapazCoban24,4754,010
AmatitlanAmatitlan10,0004,212
Baja VerapazSalamá7,1252,831
ChimaltenangoChimaltenango14,0005,365
ChiquimulaChiquimula10,6021,232
EscuintlaEscuintla12,0001,248
GuatemalaGuatemala City85,0004,810
HuehuetenangoHuehuetenango10,0007,052
IzabalLivingston1,50045
JalapaJalapa10,0004,777
JutiapaJutiapa12,0002,821
PetenFlores6,000478
QuezaltenangoQuezaltenango22,2657,351
QuichéSante Rosa del Quiché6,2375,492
RetalhuleuRetalhuleu10,000968
SacatepequezAntigua8,0005,314
San MarcosSan Marcos10,0007,150
Santa RosaCuajinicuilapa2,0003,214
SololáSololá15,0006,974
SuchitepequezMazatenango10,0001,085
TotonicapanTotonicapan25,1967,894
ZacapaZacapa12,000536

APPENDIX II

The Republic of Honduras is composed of sixteen departments, or provinces, and one territorial district. The territory of Mosquitia is situated in the extreme northeastern section of the country and is the second largest political division in the republic, comprising about one-fifth of the entire landed surface and with a population of four thousand, mostly a mixed race of negroes and Indians. This is an average of about one person for every two square miles. The country is covered with a dense forest of tropical verdure, through which the waters of several rivers course. Along the rivers the lands have been partially explored but much of the interior is still unknown. The Bay Islands department comprises a group of five low islands lying at a distance of from twenty-five to fifty miles from the northern shore. The names of the islands are Utila, Roatan, Elena, Barbareta and Bonaca, and they contain a total population of about five thousand whites, negroes and Indians. The English language is quite commonly used on those islands for they were long under the sovereignty of England.

The names of the different departments, together with the capital city, its population and elevation, according to the best and most recent statistics available, are as follows:—

DEPARTMENTCAPITALPOPULATIONELEVATION (feet)
TegucigalpaTegucigalpa12,0003,200
CopanSanta Rosa10,0003,400
CholutecaCholuteca8,636250
GraciasGracias5,3242,520
OlanchoJuticalpa11,1031,500
El ParaisoDanli8,8782,300
Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara3,593750
ValleNacaome8,913110
ComayaguaComayagua7,2061,650
La PazLa Paz4,4902,000
IntibucaLa Esperanza4,0264,950
CortesSan Pedro Sula7,182255
YoroYoro6,1272,000
ColonTruxillol4,040sea level
AtlantidaLa Ceiba3,379sea level
Bay IslandsCoxin Holel500sea level

The uneven character of the configuration of the earth’s surface and the effect of the trade winds gives the Central American republics a great variety of climate. The so-called “seasons,” the wet and dry, do not always express the real conditions, for local conditions influence the temperature and amount of rainfall. There is a wide difference, for instance, between the Atlantic and Pacific slopes. On the Atlantic coast there is literally no dry season. The central plateaus have a climate of their own subject neither to excessive droughts or heavy rains. When you consider that the highest temperature inland rarely exceeds 90° F. and does not go below 50° F. it will be seen that the land is quite inhabitable, for there are no great extremes. The “wet” season from May to November is called invierno, or winter, and the “dry” season from November to May is termed verano, or summer.