AREA AND POPULATION

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The administration is carried on, under the direction of the President and a Council, by eight Secretaries of State, heads of the Departments of : — 1. Foreign Affairs ; 2. Interior ; 3. Justice ; 4. Public Instruction and Fine Arts ; 5. Fomento, Colonisation and Industry ; 6. Communications and Public Works ; 7. Finance and Public Credit ; 8. War and Marine.

Local Government.

Each separate State has its own internal constitution, government, and laws ; but inter-State customs duties are not permitted, though State taxes are levied. Each State has its governor, legislature, and judicial officers popularly elected under rules similar to those of the Federation ; and the civil and criminal code in force in the Federal District prevails only in the Federal District and Territories (Tepic, Lower California, and Quintana Roo). All the other States of the Mexican Union have their own special codes based, more or less, on those of the Federal District ; but at the same time they must publish and enforce laws issued by the Federal Government.

Area and Population.

Since 1900 the territory of Quintana Roo has been formed on the S.-W. coast of Yucatan.

Census

Census

Population

States and Territories

Ai'ea, in square miles

Population, ' 1910

Population, 1900

per square mile, 1910

Atlantic States : —

Tamaulipas

32,128

249,253

218,948

6-8

Vera Cruz .

29,201

1,124,368

981,030

33-9

Tabasco

10,072

183,708

159,834

15-8

Campeche .

18,087

85,795

86,542

4-7

Yucatan

35,203

124,692

337,020 1,980,144

314,087 1,760,441

8-9

Total .

14-1

Inland States : —

Chihuahua .

87,802

405,265

327,784

3-7

Coahuila . . ' .

63,569

367,652

296,938

4-6

Nuevo Leon

23,592

368,929

327,937

13-9

Durango

38,009

436,147

370,294

9-8

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Zacatecas .

24,757

475,863

462,190

18-7

San Luis Potosi .

25,316

624,748

575,432

22-7

Aguascalientes .

2,950

118,978

102,416

34-7

j^ Guanajuato

11,370

1,075,270

1,061,724

93-4

Queretaro .

3,556

243,515

232,389

65 3

Hidalgo

8,917

641,895

605,051

67-8

o

Mexico

9,247

1 975,019

934,463

lori

Federal District .

463

1 719,052

541,516

1169-5

Morelos

2,773

179,814

160,115

58-3

Tlaxcala

1,595

1 183,805

172,315

108-0

Puebla

12,204 316,125

1,092,466

1,021,133

83-7

Total .

7,868,411

. 7,191,697

22-7

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