Jalisco

Jalisco, a state of Mexico, on the Pacific, with an area of 38,840 sq. m. It is traversed by the Sierra Madre, and in great part forms a plateau. The climate is healthy away from the coast. The principal river is the Rio Grande de Santiago; in the south-east is the lake of Chapala (q.v.). Silver and copper mining and agriculture have been the chief industries; but within recent years a number of cotton, woollen, paper, and tobacco factories have been established. Pop. (1879) 983,484; (1895) 1,107,863. The capital is Guadalajara (q.v.).