12 
GUATEMALA. 
been many times ruined by the terrible earthquakes to 
which this region is especially subject. 
The republic is divided into fourteen departments 
twenty-nine districts, and two hundred and twenty-eight 
towns. 
Departments. 
Principal Cities. 
Santa Ana. 
Santa Ana (25,000). 
Ahuachapan. 
Ahuachapan. 
Sonsonate. 
Sonsonate (8,000). 
La Libertad. 
Nueva San Salvador (Santa Tecla). 
San Salvador. 
San Salvador (30,000). 
Chalatenango. 
Chalatenango. 
Cuscatlan. 
Cojutepeque. 
La Paz. 
Santa Lucia (Zacatecoluca) . 
San Vincente. 
San Vincente (10,000). 
Cabanas. 
Sensuntepeque. 
Usnlutan. 
Usulutan. 
San Miguel. 
San Miguel. 
Gotera. 
Gotera. 
La Union. 
San Carlos (La Union). 
The legislative power is exercised by two chambers, — 
one of Deputies, the other of Senators; each Department 
elects a senator and a substitute, each District a repre¬ 
sentative and his substitute. The executive power is in 
the hands of a citizen elected as President by the people 
directly; should there be no election by an absolute 
majority of votes, the General Assembly elects from the 
three citizens who have obtained the greatest number of 
votes. Three senators are designated as heirs-apparent. 
The term of office is four years, without immediate 
re-election. The judiciary is similar in order and func¬ 
tions in all these republics, and will be described as in 
Guatemala. The organized militia numbers about thirteen 
thousand men; and in case of invasion, war lawfully 
