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hundred and forty-two interior hamlets (caserios rurales\ 
The Departments, with their chief towns, are as follows : 
Departments. 
Chief Towns. 
Guatemala . 
Guatemala 
(ciudad) 
Amatitlan . 
Amatitlan 
u 
Escuintla 
Escuintla 
u 
Sacatepequez 
Antigua 
u 
Chimaltenango . 
Chimaltenango 
(villa) 
Solola .... 
. . Solola 
u 
Totonicapan 
Totonicapan 
(ciudad) 
Suchitepequez . 
Mazatenango 
(villa) 
Retalliuleu . 
Retalliuleu 
a 
Quezaltenango . 
Quezaltenango 
(ciudad) 
San Marcos . 
San Marcos 
u 
Hueliuetenango . 
Hueliuetenango 
u 
Quiche .... 
Santa Cruz del Quiche 
(villa) 
Santa Rosa . 
Cuajinicuilapa 
u 
Jutiapa 
Jutiapa 
u 
Jalapa .... 
Jalapa 
u 
Chiquimula . 
Chiquimula 
(ciudad) 
Zacapa .... 
Zacapa 
(villa) 
Izabal .... 
Izabal 
(puerto) 
Livingston . 
Livingston 
u 
Baja Verapaz 
Salama 
(ciudad) 
Alta Verapaz 
Coban 
u 
Peten .... 
Sacluk 
(pueblo) 
The Executive appoints over each of these Depart¬ 
ments a Jefe politico, or civil governor; and, like the 
Secretaries of State, they must be men in whom he has 
implicit confidence. I may add that I met fifteen of 
these Jefes in the course of my journey, and found them, 
with two exceptions, men of character and intelligence, 
who would compare favorably with the governors of 
any of the Northern States; nor is this surprising, since 
they are appointed for their fitness, and not elected, as 
the United States governors often are, by a handful of 
