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GUERRERO , a Pacific See also:coast See also:state of See also:Mexico, bounded N.W. by See also:Michoacan, N. by Mexico (state) and See also:Morelos, N.E. and E. by See also:Puebla and See also:Oaxaca, and S. and W. by the Pacific. See also:Area, 24,996 sq. m. Pop., largely composed of See also:Indians and mestizos (1895), 417,886; (1900) 479,205. The state is roughly broken by the Sierra Madre and its spurs, which See also:cover its entire See also:surface with the exception of the See also:low coastal See also:plain (averaging about 20 M. in width) on the Pacific. The valleys are usually narrow, fertile and heavily forested, but difficult of See also:access. The state is divided into two distinct zones—the tierras calientes of the coast and See also:lower See also:river courses where tropical conditions prevail,and the tierras templadas of the See also:mountain region where the conditions are subtropical. The latter is celebrated for its agreeable and healthy See also:climate, and for the variety and See also:character of its products. The See also:principal river of the state is the Rio de See also:las Balsas or Mescala, which, having its source in See also:Tlaxcala, flows entirely across the state from W. to E., and then southward to the Pacific on the frontier of Michoacan. This river is 429 M. See also:long and receives many affluents from the mountainous region through which it passes, but its course is very precipitous and its mouth obstructed by See also:sand bars. The agricultural products include See also:cotton, See also:coffee, See also:tobacco and cereals, and the forests produce See also:rubber, See also:vanilla and various textile See also:fibres. See also:Mining is undeveloped, although the See also:mineral resources of the state include See also:silver, See also:gold, See also:mercury, See also:lead, See also:iron, See also:coal, See also:sulphur and See also:precious stones. The See also:capital, Chilpancingo, or Chilpancingo de los Bravos (pop. 7497 in 1900), is a small See also:town in the Sierra Madre about rro m. from the coast and 200 M. S. of the Federal capital. It is a healthy well-built town on the old Acapulco road, is lighted by See also:electricity and is temporarily the western See also:terminus of the Interoceanic railway from See also:Vera Cruz. It is celebrated in the See also:history of Mexico as the See also:meeting-See also:place of the revolutionary See also:congress of 1813, which issued a See also:declaration of See also:independence. Chilpancingo was badly damaged by an See also:earthquake in See also:January 1902, and again on the 16th of See also:April 1907. Other important towns of the state are Tixtla, or Tixtla de Guerrero, formerly the capital (pop. 6316 in 1900), 3 M. N.E. of Chilpancingo; Chilapa (8256 in 1895), the most populous town of the state, partially destroyed by a See also:hurricane in 1889, and again by the earthquake of 1907; Iguala (6631 in 1895); and Acapulco. Guerrero was organized as a state in 1849, its territory being taken from the states of Mexico, Michoacan and Puebla. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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