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MEXICO. 



State. Area in sq. miles. 



Chiapas 16,048 



Oaxaca (one-fifth) 6,718 



Yucatan 29,567 



Campeche 25,832 



Tabasco 11,815 



Vera Cruz (one-fourth) 6,558 



Total 96, 538 



Population. 

 242,029 

 152,255 

 302,319 

 90,413 

 140,747 

 145,610 



1,073,373 



This shows that 36 per cent, of the total area of Central America belongs to 

 Mexico. 



In the foregoing list I omitted to take into account that, besides the States 

 referred to, there are in Central America proper the British Colony of Belize or British 

 Honduras, and that part of the State of Panama, in Colombia, which lies north of the 

 isthmus of Panama. 



Taking the area and population of those places from the statistical and geographical 

 data published by the Almanack de Gotha for 1893, and from some official information 

 in possession of Sefior Doctor Don Manuel M. de Peralta, Costa Rican Minister to 

 Washington, a gentleman very well versed in Central American affairs, the following 

 results are obtained : 



Area in square 

 kilometers. 



41,565 

 17,400 



76,579 

 66,905 

 30,600 

 16,986 



250,035 



523,415 



Population. 

 270,000 

 158,800 

 330,000 



94,000 



140,747 

 181,000 



1,174,547 



1,520,000 

 400,000 

 800,000 

 320,000 

 270,000 



200,000 



31.500 



3,541,500 



GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENSION OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 



Mexican Central America 



Five Republics of Central America... . 



British Honduras 



Panama (two-thirds) 



Square miles. Square kilometers. 



96,538 



174,554 



8,300 



19,278 



298,670 



773,450 



The foregoing table shows that a little more than 32 per cent, of the whole of 

 Central America, geographically speaking, belongs to Mexico. 



