Tlaxcala, the smallest state of Mexico, on the plateau of Anahuac, nearly surrounded by Puebla, and touching Mexico state on the west. In Aztec days Tlaxcala was the seat of an independent republic, which survived for a time under the protection of the Spaniards. Area, 1506 sq. m.; pop. (1890) 138,478. The capital, Tlaxcala, stands 7300 feet above the sea, and has some manufactures of woollens. Pop. 4300.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 226
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