Chiapas
a State of the Republic of Mexico, on the Pacific slope, having an of about 500,000. The capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop. about 10,000) is also the principal town. The State is in many parts mountainous, and is also in many parts traversed by noble streams, including the Rio Chiapas. At Palenque are the ruins of an ancient Aztec city of great beauty and magnitude. The valleys have a rich soil and produce maize, sugar, cotton, etc. Trade is, however, in a backward state for lack of roads. The State forms part of the Central American tableland, and has a fine climate, although the whole region is largely clothed in primeval forests. area of 27,527 square miles and a pop.
CHIARI (kē-är'ē), a town of Lombardy, 13 miles W. of Brescia by rail, with manufactures of silk. At one time strongly fortified, it is memorable for the victory here of the Austrians, under Prince Eugene, over the French and Spaniards, under Villeroi, Sept. 2, 1701.
Pop. about 15,000.
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