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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 636 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TEPIC , a territory of See also:

Mexico facing on the Pacific Ocean and bounded N., E. and S. by See also:Sinaloa, See also:Durango and See also:Jalisco. See also:Area 11,275 sq. m. Pop. (1900) 150,098. The active See also:volcano of Ceboruco rises in the western See also:part of the territory. The slopes and valleys are densely wooded, the See also:lower regions being very fertile and adapted to tropical See also:agriculture. The rainfall is abundant, and the See also:climate hot, See also:damp and malarial. The Rio Grande de See also:Lerma, or See also:Santiago, is the See also:principal See also:river, whose See also:sources are to be found on the high See also:plateau in the See also:state of Mexico. The next largest river is the Mezquital, which has its sources in the state of Durango, not far from the See also:city of that name. The products of the territorial See also:coast lands are See also:sugar, See also:cotton, See also:tobacco, See also:maize, See also:palm oil, See also:coffee, See also:fine See also:woods and medicinal See also:plants. See also:Mining attracts much See also:attention in the sierras, and its See also:mineral deposits are See also:rich. There are cotton and cigarette factories at the See also:town of Tepic, besides sugar See also:works and distilleries on the plantations.

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capital of the territory is Tepic (pop. 1900, 15,488), attractively situated on a small plateau 2950 ft. above See also:sea level, 26 m. E. by S. of its See also:port, See also:San See also:Bias, with which it is connected by See also:rail. The territory of Tepic was detached from the State of, Jalisco in 1880 on See also:account of the belligerent attitude of its See also:population, chiefly composed of See also:Indians. A territorial See also:form of See also:government places it more directly under the See also:control of the See also:national executive.

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