CHAPTER V. 



STATE OF MEXICO AREA DIVISIONS POPULATION FEDERAL 



DISTRICT VALLEY HIGHWAYS — LAKE S ZUMPANGO, CRIS- 



TOVAL, CHALCO, XOCHIMILCO, TEZCOCO SALT-WORKS CI- 

 TIES SAN AUGUSTIN FESTIVAL — TEZCOCO TACUBA 



TOLUCA CASCADE OF REGLA TOWNS VALLEY OF CUER- 



NAVACA ACAPANTZINGO ITS INDIAN ISOLATION MINES IN 



THE STATE. 



THE STATE OF MEXICO. 



This State, which includes the national capital and the federal 

 district, lies between 16° 34' and 21° 7' of north latitude and 100°, 

 17 , 30" and 105°, 7', 30" W. longitude from Paris. It is bounded, 

 west by the States of Guanajuato and Michoacan ; south-west by 

 the shores of the Pacific for 87 leagues ; north by Queretaro ; east 

 by Puebla ; and north-east by Vera Cruz. Its greatest breadth 

 from east to west, from Chilapa on the boundaries of Puebla, to the 

 haven of Zacatula, is, 104 leagues, and its extreme length from 

 north to south, from Berdosas on the confines of Vera Cruz, to the 

 west coast in the neighborhood of Acapulco and the boundary of 

 Puebla in that direction, is, 124 leagues. The area of the State is 

 5,842 square leagues, more than two-thirds of which are covered 

 with mountains and spurs of mountains, interspersed with vallies 

 lying between 6,500 and 7,500 feet above the level of the sea. 

 The Nevada de Toluca is the only mountain of extraordinary eleva- 

 tion in the State of Mexico, which breaks the uniformity of its lofty 

 table lands. Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl, on the eastern limit of 

 the Valley of Mexico, belong, it will be recollected, to the State of 

 Puebla. 



The political divisions consist of eight districts, with 38 partidos, 

 or cantons, and 183 ayuntimientos or municipalities, subdivided into 

 about 450 cities, towns and villages, as well as into a great number 

 of haciendas, and minor dependencies. 



1st. The district of Acapulco, with the cantons of Acapulco, 

 Tecpau. Chilapa, Tixtla, and 13 municipalities. 



