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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 449 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HIDALGO , an inland See also:

state of See also:Mexico, bounded N. by See also:San Luis See also:Potosi and See also:Vera Cruz,E.by Vera Cruz and See also:Puebla,S.by See also:Tlaxcala and Mexico (state), and W. by See also:Queretaro. Pop. (1895) 551,817, (1900) 605,051. See also:Area, 8917 sq. m. The See also:northern and eastern parts are elevated and mountainous, culminating in the Cerro de Navajas (10,528 ft.). A considerable area of this region on the eastern See also:side of the state is arid and semi-barren, being See also:part of the elevated tableland of Apam where the maguey (See also:American See also:aloe) has been grown for centuries. The See also:southern and western parts of the state consist of See also:rolling plains, in the midst of which is the large See also:lake of Metztitlan. Hidalgo produces cereals in the more elevated districts, See also:sugar, maguey, See also:coffee, beans, See also:cotton and See also:tobacco. Maguey is cultivated for the See also:production of See also:pulque, the See also:national drink. The See also:chief See also:industry, however, is See also:mining, the See also:mineral districts of See also:Pachuca, El Chico, Real del See also:Monte, San Jose del Oro, and Zimapan being among the richest in Mexico. The mineral products include See also:silver, See also:gold, See also:mercury, See also:copper, See also:iron, See also:lead, See also:zinc, See also:antimony, See also:manganese and See also:plumbago. See also:Coal, See also:marble and opals are also found.

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Rail-way facilities are afforded by a See also:branch of the Vera Cruz and Mexico See also:line, which runs from Ometusco to Pachuca, the See also:capital of the state, and by the Mexican Central. Among the See also:principal towns are Tulancingo (pop. 9037), a See also:rich mining centre 24 M. E. of Pachuca, Ixmiquilpan (about 9000) with silver mines 8o m. N. by W. of the Federal Capital, and Actopan (2666), the chief See also:town of the See also:district N.N.W. of Pachuca, inhabited principally by See also:Indians of the Othumies nation.

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