Mexico and Her People of To-day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Mexicans, and the Development and Resources of Their CountryWinter, Nevin O. (Nevin Otto)
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Mexico and Her People of To-day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Mexicans, and the Development and Resources of Their Country
Winter, Nevin O. (Nevin Otto)
Mexico; National characteristics, Mexican
[3] Mexican statistics of public instruction show that the state of
Jalisco has one school for every 2,354 inhabitants; Aguascalientes, one
for every 3,103; Campeche, one for every 1,236; Coahuila, one for every
2,090; Chihuahua, one for every 2,731; Durango, one for every 2,468;
Guanajuato, one for every 4,596; Hidalgo, one for every 1,020; Michoacan,
one for every 2,888; Morelos, one for every 687; Nuevo Leon, one for
every 1,158; Puebla, one for every 886; Queretaro, one for every 1,444;
San Luis Potosi, one for every 2,592; Sinaloa, one for every 1,041;
Sonora, one for every 1,092; Tabasco, one for every 1,018; Tamaulipas,
one for every 1,777; Tlaxcala, one for every 700; Vera Cruz, one for
every 1,268; Yucatan, one for every 792; Zacatecas, one for every 1,316,
and Mexico, one for every 936.—_Modern Mexico._
[4] F. A. Ober in “Travels in Mexico.”
[5] This citation and some of the other quotations in this chapter, as
well as a number of the historical facts, are from the “Story of Mexico,”
by Susan Hale, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons of London and New York.
[6] “Mexico in Transition” by William Butler.
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
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