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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 633 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PUEBLA , a See also:

state of See also:

Mexico, occupying the See also:

south-See also:

east See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of the See also:

GREAT

great central See also:

plateau, or that See also:

PART

part of it known as the See also:

ANAHUAC

Anahuac table-See also:

LAND

land. It is bounded N. and E. by the state of See also:

VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz, S. by the states of See also:

Oaxaca and See also:

GUERRERO

Guerrero, and W. by the states of See also:

MORELOS

Morelos, Mexico, See also:

TLAXCALA

Tlaxcala and See also:

Hidalgo. See also:

AREA

Area, 12,204 sq. m. Pop. (1900), 1,021,133, largely civilized See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians. Lofty mountains overlook the plateau from the See also:

north-east and See also:

west, three of the highest peaks, See also:

Orizaba, See also:

POPOCATEPETL (Aztec popoca " to smoke," tepetl " mountain ")

Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl rising above the permanent See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-See also:

LINE

line, while another, Malinche, lifts its isolated See also:

mass nearly to that limit. In the south the table-land breaks away and See also:

long fertile valleys See also:

lead downward toward the warm See also:

SOUTHERN

southern plains. The central table-land forms part of the See also:

WATERSHED

watershed between the eastern and western drainage systems, some of the streams in the north and south-east emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, while the Atoyac, which has its source in Tlaxcala, crosses the state and discharges into the Pacific through the Mescala. Puebla has a temperate, healthful See also:

CLIMATE

climate, one of the best in Mexico. The See also:

SOIL

soil is generally fertile and the rainfall abundant. See also:

Agriculture is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. The Mexican, Interoceanic and Mexican Southern See also:

RAILWAYS

railways See also:

CROSS

cross the state and afford ample transportation facilities.

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