Guanajuato, a central province of Mexico; is rich in minerals, especially silver, and mining is the chief occupation; but stock-raising is of some importance, and large cotton and woollen factories have of recent years been introduced. The capital, Guanajuato (52), is built on both sides of a deep ravine traversed by a dashing torrent; it is the centre of the mining industry.
Population (circa 1900) given as 1,007,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Guadiana * Guatemala