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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 427 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AGUASCALIENTES , an inland See also:

state of See also:

Mexico, bounded N., E. and W. by the state of See also:

ZACATECAS

Zacatecas, and S. by See also:

JALISCO, XALISCO

Jalisco. Pop. (est. 1900) 102,416, a See also:

GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

gradual decrease since the See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census years of 1895 and 1879; See also:

AREA

area, 2970 sq. m. The state occupies an elevated See also:

plateau, extending from two spurs of the Sierra Madre, called the Sierra Fria and Sierra de See also:

LAUREL

Laurel, eastward to the See also:

ROLLING

rolling fertile plains of its eastern and See also:

south-eastern districts. It is well watered by numerous small streams and one larger See also:

RIVER

river, the Aguascalientes or Rio Grande, and has a mild healthy See also:

CLIMATE

climate with a moderate rainfall. The fertile valleys of the See also:

north and See also:

west are devoted to See also:

agriculture and the plains to stock-raising. See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

corn, See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, horses, mules and hides are exported to the neighbouring states. See also:

MINING

Mining See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are still undeveloped, but considerable progress has been made in manufactures, especially of textile fabrics. The state has See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good railway communications and a prosperous See also:

trade. The See also:

capital, Aguascalientes, named from the medicinal hot springs near it, is a flourishing commercial and 'manufacturing See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. Pop.

(est. Igoo) 35,052. It has See also:

cotton factories, smelting See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

POTTERIES, THE

potteries, tanneries, distilleries, and See also:

WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon and See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco factories. It is a station on the Mexican Central railway, 364 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail north-west of the city of Mexico, and is connected by rail with See also:

TAMPICO

Tampico on the Gulf of Mexico. The city is well built, has many See also:

FINE

fine churches and good public buildings, See also:

street cars and electric See also:

LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights. The surrounding See also:

DISTRICT

district is well cultivated and produces an abundance of See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and vegetables. Other prominent towns of the state are Rinc6n de Romos (or See also:

Victoria de Calpulalpam), Asientos de See also:

IBARRA

Ibarra and Calvillo, the first having more and the others less than 5000 inhabitants.

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