The 12 intencias and 3 provincias of the colonial days appeared in the constitution of 1824 as 19 states and 5 territories. Party triumphs assisted several to admission, and despite the loss of about half the soil to the northern republic, so far a comparatively useless border waste, the country now embraces 28 states and 2 territories.[1]
- ↑ The following alphabetical table supplies their respective areas, populations, and capitals, according to the latest statistics:
217-23; 1854, 204-36; 1855, 100-46, 410-1; Mex., Col. Ley., i. 116-17; iv. 31-44, 56-60, 76, 285, 348-56; viii. 228-30; Dublan y Lozano, Leg. Mex., vi. 385-99, 455, 563, 604; ix. 180-8; Mex. Bol. Leg., 1863, 107-15. Also, with comments on mismanagement, Paz, Ley Inst.; Sagazeta, Acus., 1-13; Mex., Reg. Junta, 1-12; Mex. Ordenanzas Municip., 1843; Mex. Ayunt., 1841, 1-72; Berasueta al Sindico San Miguel, 1-36; Pap. Var., li. pt 3; lxxx. pt 20; lxxxiii. pts 1-3; lxxxiv. pt 10; cxlv. pt l; clxxxiii. pt 2; Mex., Col. Ley. Imp., vi. passim.
