234 POPULATION FEDERAL DISTRICT VALLEY. 



2d. The district of Cuernavaca, with the cantons of Cuernavaca, 

 Ciudad Morelos or Cuautla de Amilpas, and Xonatepec, and 17 

 municipalities. 



3d. The district of Tasco, with the cantons of Tasco, Axuchitlan, 

 Teloloapan, Texupilco, Sultepec, Temascaltepec, and Zacualpan, 

 with 1 8 ayuntimientos or municipalities. 



4th. The district of Toluca, with the cantons of Toluca, Ixtla- 

 huaca, Tenango, Tenancingo, and 25 municipalities. 



5th. The district of Tlalpam, with the cantons of Tlalpam, 

 Chalco, Tezcoco, Teotihuacan, Zumpango, Tlanepantla, Quautitlan 

 and 49 municipalities. 



6th. The district of Tula, with the cantons of Tula, Huichapan, 

 Actopan, Xilotepec, Ixmiquilpan, Zimapan, and 25 municipalities. 



7th. The district of Tulancingo, with the cantons of Tulancingo, 

 Pachuca, Apam, and 15 municipalities. 



8th. The district of Huejutla, with the cantons of Huejutla, 

 Mextitlan, Zacualtipan, Yahualica, and 21 municipalities. 



The population in these districts was estimated in 1842, accord- 

 ing to Miihlenpfordt, at : 



1st District, . . . . . . 101,250 



2d " 104,100 



3d « 187,444 



4th " 255,119 



5th " 278,800 



6th " 241,539 



7th " . . . . . 128,166 



8th " 100,855 



The call for congress in that year estimated the population of the 

 State at 1,389,502, to which if we add 10 per cent, for increase 

 since that period, we shall have a population at present of about 

 1,528,452. 



The Federal District includes the city of Mexico, in the valley of 

 that name, together with the towns and villages of Tacubaya, Cha- 

 pultepec, Santa Fe, Tacuba, Guadalupe, Azcapotzalco, Los Reyes, 

 St. Angel, Mixcoac, and Mexicalcingo. Its inhabitants may be 

 estimated at 450,000, — about 200,000 of whom reside in the 

 capital. 



The Valley of Mexico is in the midst of the ridges of the Mexi- 

 can Sierras, at a height of 7,500 feet above the level of the ocean. 

 It is oval in shape, and hemmed in on all sides by porphyritic moun- 

 tains and eminences, from which the volcanoes of Popocatepetl and 

 Iztaccihuatl, shoot up beyond the region of eternal snow. 



