APPENDICES
I
The following table gives the area and population of the various states, territories of Tepic, Quintana Roo and Lower California, and the Federal District; also the name of the capital and number of its inhabitants, the figures being for the year 1900:—
| State. | Sq. Miles. | Population. | Capital. | Inhabitants. |
|---|
| Aguas Calientes, | 2,950 | 101,910 | Aguas Calientes, | 35,052 |
| Campeche, | 20,087 | 84,218 | Campeche, | 17,109 |
| Coahuila, | 63,569 | 280,899 | Saltillo, | 23,936 |
| Colima, | 2,700 | 65,026 | Colima, | 20,698 |
| Chiapas, | 29,600 | 363,216 | Tuxtla, | 10,982 |
| Chihuahua, | 87,802 | 327,004 | Chihuahua, | 30,405 |
| Durango, | 42,200 | 371,274 | Durango, | 31,092 |
| Guanajuato, | 12,300 | 1,065,317 | Guanajuato, | 41,486 |
| Guerrero, | 24,996 | 474,594 | Chilpanzingo, | 7,497 |
| Hidalgo, | 8,917 | 603,074 | Pachuca, | 37,487 |
| Jalisco, | 31,846 | 1,137,311 | Guadalajara, | 101,208 |
| Mexico, | 9,247 | 924,457 | Toluca, | 25,904 |
| Michoacan, | 22,874 | 935,849 | Morelia, | 37,278 |
| Morelos, | 2,773 | 161,697 | Cuernavaca, | 9,584 |
| Nuevo Leon, | 23,592 | 326,940 | Monterey, | 62,266 |
| Oaxaca, | 35,382 | 947,910 | Oaxaca, | 35,049 |
| Puebla, | 12,204 | 1,024,446 | Puebla, | 93,521 |
| Queretaro, | 3,556 | 228,489 | Queretaro, | 33,152 |
| San Luis Potosi, | 25,316 | 582,486 | San Luis Potosi, | 61,019 |
| Sinaloa, | 33,671 | 296,109 | Culiacan, | 10,380 |
| Sonora, | 76,900 | 220,553 | Hermosillo, | 10,613 |
| Tabasco, | 10,072 | 158,107 | San Juan Bautista, | 10,543 |
| Tamaulipas, | 32,128 | 220,253 | Victoria, | 10,086 |
| Tlaxcala, | 1,595 | 172,217 | Tlaxcala, | 2,847 |
| Vera Cruz, | 29,201 | 960,570 | Jalapa, | 20,388 |
| Yucatan, | 20,203 | 227,264 | Merida, | 43,630 |
| Zacatecas, | 24,757 | 496,810 | Zacatecas, | 32,856 |
| Tepic, | 11,257 | 149,677 | Tepic, | 15,488 |
| Lower California, | 58,328 | 47,082 | La Paz, | 5,046 |
| Federal District, | 463 | 530,723 | City of Mexico, | 344,721 |
| Quintana Roo, | 15,000 | 85,000 | Santa Cruz de Bravo, | 2,000 |
II
The broken character of the surface of Mexico is shown by the many high mountain peaks which are scattered over the country. Most of these peaks are extinct volcanoes, although one of them, Colima, is in constant eruption. The following table gives the name, location and height of all the peaks over ten thousand feet in height:—
| Mountain. | State. | Elevation. |
|---|
| Popocatepetl, | Mexico, | 17,782 ft. |
| Orizaba, | Vera Cruz, | 17,362 ft. |
| Ixtaccihuatl, | Puebla, | 16,060 ft. |
| Toluca, | Mexico, | 15,019 ft. |
| Colima, | Jalisco, | 14,263 ft. |
| Ajusco, | Federal District, | 13,660 ft. |
| Cofre de Perote, | Vera Cruz, | 13,641 ft. |
| Zapotlan, | Jalisco, | 12,743 ft. |
| Tancitaro, | Michoacan, | 12,653 ft. |
| Zempoaltepec, | Oaxaca, | 11,141 ft. |
| Pico de Quinco, | Michoacan, | 10,900 ft. |
III
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