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SAN

SAN LUIS See also:
POTOSI
POTOSI , a See also:

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

city of See also:

Mexico and See also:

capital of a See also:

state of the same name, near the See also:

head of the valley of the Rio Verde (a tributary of the Panuco), 215 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.W. of the city of Mexico. Pop. (1900) 61,019. The city is served by the Mexican Central and the Mexican See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. It is built on a broad level space, laid out regularly with straight well-paved streets and shady plazas. The See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of the city, 6168 ft. above See also:

sea-level, gives it a cool temperate See also:

CLIMATE

climate, though the See also:

sun temperatures are high. The See also:

WATER

water-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply was formerly very deficient, but two artesian See also:

wells have been drilled to a See also:

DEPTH

depth of 450 ft. and furnish 30,000 gallons a See also:

day each, in addition to which a large See also:

dam 3 m. above the city has been built, having a storage capacity of 7,500,000 cubic meters (1,650,000,000 gallons), or 18 months' supply, which is used for See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation and domestic purposes. The better class of residences are usually two storeys high, and include many See also:

FINE

fine specimens of See also:

SPANISH

Spanish colonial See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture; but the suburbs consist chiefly of wretched hovels and stretch out over a large See also:

AREA

area. Among the more notable public buildings are the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral and See also:

government See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace fronting on the Plaza See also:

Mayor, the latter conspicuous for its See also:

FACADE

facade of See also:

rose-coloured See also:

stone; the churches of El Carmen, San Francisco and Guadalupe; the La Paz See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, See also:

mint, See also:

PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary and the Instituto Cientifico, in which See also:

law, See also:

MEDICINE

medicine and See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science are taught. San Luis Potosi is an important railway and distributing centre, with a considerable See also:

trade in 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, See also:

TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, hides and minerals. Its proximity to the See also:

PORT

port of See also:

TAMPICO

Tampico, with which it was connected by a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Mexican Central railway in 1885, has greatly increased its commercial importance, though in earlier days it was also one of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal centres of the See also:

DILIGENCE

diligence and See also:

pack-See also:

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic of this See also:

PART

part of Mexico. The city has See also:

cotton and woollen factories using See also:

MODERN

modern machinery, and the smelting See also:

WORKS

works of the Metalurgica Mexicana See also:

COMPANY

company, an See also:

AMERICAN

American enterprise.

San Luis Potosi was founded in 1586. It was an important centre of colonial See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and played an important part in the See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

WARS

wars and See also:

POLITICAL

political disorders following Mexican See also:

independence. It was the seat of the Mexican government of Benito See also:

JUAREZ, BENITO PABLO (1806-1872)

Juarez in 1863, but was soon afterwards captured by the See also:

French under See also:

BAZAINE, ACHILLE FRANCOIS (1811–1888)

Bazaine. It was recovered by Juarez in 1867, after the French had retired.

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