[Handbook of Latin American Population Data]
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HANDBOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN POPULATION DATA
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POPULATIONS OF THE OTHER AMERICAN REPUBLICS BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS AND BY CITIES OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS
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Compiled by
THE OFFICE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS r I ■ Washington, D. C.
January 1945
CONTENTS
Table ' Page
Preface ................................................................... ▼
1. Population, area, and density of population of the American Republics ................................................................. 1
2. Population of the capitals of the American Republics................... 4
3. Argentina: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ..................................................... 6
4. Argentina: Population, area, and density of population, by gobernaciones ............................................................. 7
5. Argentina: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by provincia and departamento......................... 7
6. Bolivia: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ............................._•..................... 10
7. Bolivia: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento and provincia........................ 11
8. Brazil: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ................................................... 12
9. Brazil: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by estado and municipio ............................ 13
10. Chile: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions..................................................... 20
11. Chile: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by provincia and departamento........................ 21
12. Colombia: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions .................................................... 23
13. Colombia: Population, area, and density of population, by territorios .............................................................. 24
14. Colombia: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento and municipio ....................... 24
15. Costa Rica: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions .................................................... 26
16. Costa Rica: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by provincia and canton............................. 27
17. Cuba: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions .................................................... 28
18. Cuba: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by provincia and término municipal................... 28
19. Dominican Republic: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions...................................... 31
20. Dominican Republic: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by provincia and común.......................... 31
21. Ecuador: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ................................................... 32
22. Ecuador: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by provincia and cantón........................ • i 33
23. El Salvador: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions .................................................... 34
24. El Salvador: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento and municipio........................ 35
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CONTENTS—(Continued)
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25. Guatemala: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ................................................. 36
26. Guatemala: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento and municipio................. 36
27. Honduras: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ................................................... 38
28. Honduras: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento and municipio......................... 38
29. Mexico: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ................................................... 40
30. Mexico: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by estado and municipio............................... 41
31. Nicaragua: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ..................................................... 47
32. Nicaragua: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento and municipio......................... 47
33. Panama: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions .................................................... 48
34. Panama: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by provincia and distrito............................ 49
35. Paraguay: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions...................................................... 50
36. Paraguay: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento and partido........................... 50
37. Peru: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions .................................................... 53
38. Peru: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento and provincia........................ 54
39. Uruguay: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions...................................................... 55
40. Uruguay: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by departamento .................................... 56
41. Venezuela: Population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions ..................................................... 57
42. Venezuela: Population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants, located by estado and distrito ............................. 58
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PREFACE
Up to the present, there has been readily available no compendium of reliable and at the same time current information as to the population and area of the major civil divisions of the other American Republics. Nor has any work attempted to present a complete list of the towns and cities of 5,000 or more inhabitants in these countries. It is to fill these needs that this compilation has been made.
A work of this kind cannot contain the latest population figures for every country, nor is it possible to obtain data which are uniformly reliable and complete. This work includes a table of population, area, and density of population, by major civil divisions, and a table of the population of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants for »each of the Republics of Latin America except Haiti, where no acceptable estimates of the population are available.1 The civil divisions tables are, without exception, complete, authentic, and of recent date. The same may be said of all but five of the tables of urban population— Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Attention is called to the specific weaknesses of these tables in the respective textual prefaces.
The urban population figures cited in this work are, without exception, the population figures of towns and cities of 5,000 or more inhabitants. In addition to this information, each table contains the names of the major and secondary civil divisions in which the towns and cities are located. In the continental United States the major civil divisions uniformly are designated as states; comparable entities in the other American Republics variously are known as estados, provincias, departamentos (départements in Haiti), or territorios. Each state in the United States is divided into a variable number of secondary civil divisions known as counties (parishes in the State of Louisiana). Depending on the country in Latin America, secondary civil divisions are designated as municipios (municipios in Brazil), términos municipales, departamentos, provincias, cantones, comunes, distritos, partidos, or, in Haiti, arrondissements.
The inclusion of secondary civil divisions in the urban population tables serves a double purpose: They are guides to the accurate identification and location of the towns listed, and they reveal the extent to which the larger towns in Latin America bear the names of secondary civil divisions. The importance of this second point should not be overlooked: English-language sources of Latin American urban population statistics are notoriously inaccurate, due primarily to a misunderstanding of the word municipio, occasionally to a misunderstanding of the words común, cantón, distrito, and partido. The assumption that a municipio is a municipality, ergo a town, is the apparent cause of most of the errors committed in reporting Latin American urban population statistics. To avoid such errors it is only necessary to remember that a municipio is an administrative unit, comparable in every physical respect to a county in the United States.
1 The population of Haiti (table 1) and that of Port-au-Prince (table 2) are widely quoted estimates that have little or no basis in fact. For further information concerning the situation with respect to population statistics in Haiti see:
Taeuber, Irene B. (Editor). General censuses and vital statistics in the Americas. United States Government Printing Office, 1943, pp. 49-51.
Victor, Rene. Recensement et démographie. Imprimerie de l’état, Port-au-Prince, 1944. 130 pp. _ Young, Chester W. Observations relatives à la population à la Republique d’Haiti. Estadística (Journal of the Inter-American Statistical Institute), 1 (3) :21-25. Mexico, D. F., September 1943.
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All geographical names follow present official spellings as given in the sources cited. In the tables of urban population the names of the national capitals appear in Roman capital letters; the capitals of major civil divisions are in italics. The populations of the national capitals are also given in table 2. The latest available total population figures for each of the American Republics are included in table 1. In spite of the differences in the dates of these figures their sum has been given to show the approximate population of the Latin American Republics in relation to that of the United States.
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Table 1.—POPULATION. AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION OF THE
AMERICAN REPUBLICS
Republic Year Population Area Population per square mile
Square kilometers Square miles
Argentina 1943 . 13,906,694 2,778,412 1,072,745 12.96
Bolivia . 1942 3,533,900 1,077,544 416,040 8.49
Brazil. 1942 43,550,000 8,511,189 3,286,169 13.25
Chile „ 1943 5,237,432 741,767 286,396 18.29
Colombia 1944 10,082,000 1,139,155 439,825 22.92
Costa Rica 1943 706,596 49,827 19,238 36.73
Cuba 1943 4,778,583 114,524 44,217 108.07
Dominican Republic. . 1944 1,969,773 49,543 19,129 102.97
Ecuador 1944 3,171,367 270,670 104,506 30.35
El Salvador 1943 1,880,000 34,126 13,176 142.68
Guatemala 1943 3,450,732 108,889 42,044 82.07
Haiti. 1942 3,000,000 27,704 10,700 280,37
Honduras 1943 1,173,032 153,226 59,160 19.83
Mexico 1943 21,153,321 1,964,647 758,550 27.89
Nicaragua 1943 1,048,603 148,000 57,144 18.35
Panama 1940 631,637 74,010 28,575 22.10
Paraguay 1941 1,040,420 389,834 150,516 6.91
Peru 1943 7,395,687 1,249,049 482,257- 15.34
Uruguay L 1941 2,185,626 186,926 72,172 30.28
Venezuela 1942 3,993,203 912,050 352,141 11.34
Sub-total 133,888,606 19,981,092 7,714,700 17.35
United States. 1943 136,485,262 7,827,989 3,022,387 45.16
Total 270,373,868 27,809,081 10,737,087 25.18
Sources:1
ARGENTINA
1. Dirección general de estadística y censos de la Nación. La población de la República Argentina al 31 de diciembre de 1943 (cifras provisionales). Buenos Aires, May 9, 1944. Mimeographed.
2. “A statistical resumé of the Argentine Republic: Area and population.” Comments on Argentine Trade (Buenos Aires) 23(8) :69. March 1944.
BOLIVIA
1. Dirección general de estadística, Sección demografía. Población, extensión superficial y densidad de la República de Bolivia en 1942. (Population estimated as of December 31, 1942.) Typewritten table, Pan American Union, Statistical Division.
2. Ibid.
1 The first citation refers to population, the second one to area.
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Table 1 .—POPULATION, AREA. AND DENSITY OF POPULATION OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS—Continued
BRAZIL
1. Instituto brasileiro de geografía e estatistica. (Population estimated as of December 31, 1942.) Pan American Union, Statistical Division.
2. ---, Comissáo censitária nacional. Sinopse preliminar dos resultados
demográficos, recenseamento geral do Brasil, realizado em 1° de setembro de 1940. Rio de Janeiro, 1941, p. 43.
CHILE
1. Dirección general de estadística. Estadística Chilena, Año XVI, No. 12, diciembre de 1943, p. 745. (Population-estimated as of December 31, 1943.)
2. . Demografía y asistencia social, Año 1938, p. 7.
COLOMBIA
1. Contraloría general de la República, Dirección nacional de estadística. Boletín, No. 643. (Population estimated as of December 31, 1944.) American Embassy, Bogotá, December 29, 1944, Report No. 590.
2. , -. Anuario general de estadística: Colombia, 1941. Bogotá,
1942, p. 1.
COSTA RICA
1. Dirección general de estadística. Informe, Año 1943. San José, C. R., 1944, p. 69.
2. Ibid.
CUBA
1. Dirección general del censo. Censo de 1943. La Habana, 1944. (Enumerated population of July 25, 1943.)
2. Ibid.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1. Dirección general de estadística. Población de la República Dominicana (estimated as of June 30, 1944). Typewritten table, Office of the'Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Research Division.
2. Ibid.
ECUADOR
1. República del Ecuador. Registro oficial, Año I, No. 49, 29 de julio de 1944, pp. 332-334. Población de la República del Ecuador, al 1° de enero de 1943 (estimated).
2. Ministerio de previsión social. Bioestadística en el cosmos ecuatoriano. Quito, 1943, p. 13.
EL SALVADOR
1. Dirección general de sanidad. (Population estimated as of June 30, 1943.) Typewritten table, United States Bureau of the Census, Division of Vital Statistics.
2. Dirección general de estadística. Anuario estadístico de 1942, Tomo I. San Salvador, 1943, p. 17.
GUATEMALA
1. Diario de América Central, órango oficial del gobierno, March 1, 1944. (Population estimated as of December 31, 1943.)
2. Data prepared by the Sección de ingeniería for the Secretaría de relaciones exteriores of Guatemala, sent to the United States Bureau of the Census, Division of Vital Statistics, by Señor Guillermo Schwartz, Director general de estadística, March 21,1944.
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Table L—POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION OF THE
AMERICAN REPUBLICS—Continued
HAITI
1. Service national d’hygiene et d’assistance publique. Rapport annuel du dir ecteur général, 1941-1942. Port-au-Prince, Septembre 1943, p. 179. (Total estimated population, 1942.)
2. Woodring, W. P., et al. Geology of the Republic of Haiti. Port-au-Prince, 1924.
HONDURAS
1. Secretaría de gobernación, justicia, sanidad y beneficencia. Informe de los actos realizados por el poder ejecutivo..., Año fiscal de 1942-43. Tegucigalpa, 1944, p. 60. (Estimated population as of June 30, 1943.)
2. Dirección general de estadística. Resumen del censo general de población, levantado el 30 de junio de 1940. Tegucigalpa, 1942, p. 7.
MEXICO
1. Dirección general de estadística. Revista de estadística, junio de 1944, p. 577. (Provisional population as of June 30, 1943.)
2. . Anuario estadístico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 1941.
México, 1943, p. 25. Excludes 4,718 square kilometers of uninhabited islands.
NICARAGUA
1. Dirección general de estadística. Población de Nicaragua estimada al 31 de diciembre de 1943. Published in La Noticia (Managua), 25 de agosto de 1944.
2. . Anuario estadístico general de 1938.
PANAMA
1. Sección de estadística. Estadística panameña, Vol. 1, No. 6, Marzo de 1942, p. 2. (Census of September 8, 1940.)
2. Ibid.
PARAGUAY
1. Dirección general de estadística. Anuario estadístico de la República del Paraguay, 1940-41, p. 33. (Population estimated as of December 31, 1941.)
2. . Ibid., p. 11. See also Ministerio de agricultura, comercio e indus-
trias. Boletín, diciembre de "1940.
PERU
1. Ministerio de hacienda y comercio. (Population estimated as of June 30, 1943.) Pan American Union, Statistical Division.
2. Dirección nacional de estadística. Censo nacional de población, 9 de junio de 1940. Lima, 1943.
URUGUAY
1. Dirección general de estadística. Síntesis estadística de la República Oriental del Uruguay, 1941-42. (Population estimated as of December 31, 1941.)
2. Ibid.
VENEZUELA
1. Dirección general de estadística. (Total population, including 100,600 forest Indians, estimated as of July 1, 1942.) Pan American Union, Statistical Division.
2. . Anuario estadístico de Venezuela, 1942, p. 22.
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UNITED STATES
1. United States Bureau of the Census. (Total population of the United States, excluding territories and possessions, but including persons in the armed forces, estimated as of July 1, 1943.) Release P44, No. 5, March 24, 1944.
2. . Sixteenth census report on population, Vol. 1, 1942.
Table 2.—POPULATION OF THE CAPITALS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS
Republic Capital Population Year Remarks
Argentina Buenos Aires 2,567,763 1943 Estimated
Bolivia La Paz________ 301,000 1942 Estimated
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1,563,787 1940 Enumerated
Chile Santiago 952,075 1940 Enumerated
Colombia. Bogotá __ 395,300 1942 Estimated
Costa Rica San José 74,872 1943 Estimated
Cuba La Habana 676,376 1943 Enumerated
Dominican Republic Ciudad Trujillo 120,380 1944 Estimated
Ecuador Quito 165,924 1944 Estimated
El Salvador San Salvador 105,193 1942 Estimated
Guatemala Guatemala 163,826 1940 Enumerated
Haiti Port-au-Prince 125,000 1944 Estimated
Honduras Tegucigalpa 47,223 1940 Enumerated
Mexico __ Ciudad de México. _ 1,448,422 1940 Enumerated
Nicaragua Managua 87,620 1941 Estimated
Panama Panamá 111,893 1940 Enumerated
Paraguay Asunción 100,000 1944 Estimated
Peru Lima.. 533,645 1940 Enumerated
United States Washington 1 889,993 1943 Estimated
Uruguay Montevideo 708,233 1943 Estimated
Venezuela Caracas 266^706 1941 Provisional
1 Total civilian and military population of the District of Columbia, estimated as of November, 1943. According to the census of 1940, the population was 663,091.
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ARGENTINA
The third and most recent national population census in Argentina was taken June 1, 1914. Since 1926 the Dirección general de estadística y censos de la nación has published estimates of the population as of December 31 of each year,1 supplemented since 1931 by annual mimeographed releases.2 These estimates are based on the census of 1914, adjusted according to current statistics on births, deaths, emigration, and immigration. According to the Comité nacional de geografía of Argentina, the failure of the Dirección general de estadística to include net internal migration data in its formula for estimating the population of the provinces and territories results in the underestimation of the population in those territories (Chaco, Misiones, and Formosa) that have in recent years attracted large numbers of settlers from adjacent provinces. The Dirección general de estadística does not publish separate population figures for the national territories. It has been necessary, therefore, to use a second source in order to show the approximate distribution of population in the territories (table 4).
In addition to the national census of 1914, and the subsequent estimates of population by provinces and territories, there are a few recent censuses of such civil divisions as the Federal Capital (1936), Buenos Aires Province (1938), Mendoza Province (1942), Chaco Territory (1934), and La Pampa Territory (1935). According to Decree No. 1078 of October 6,1943, a national census of “population, manufacturing and extractive industries, commerce, agriculture, cattle raising, housing and real estate, public schools and other economic and social activities” was to have been taken within one year from the date of the decree. On September 15, 1944, it was announced in El Mundo of Buenos Aires that the Fourth General Census will be completed by December 1, 1945.
At the present time Argentina is divided into a federal district (Capital Federal), 14 provinces, and 9 territories (gobernaciones). Each of the provinces and territories is divided, in turn, into a variable number of departments (departamentos or partidos). In accordance with a decree of September 23, 1943, the Territory of Los Andes was divided among the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, and Catamarca, but no revised population and area figures for these provinces have as yet been made available in a published source.
Estimates of the population of the principal cities in Argentina are published in certain newspapers, magazines, and government publications with a fair degree of regularity. It is impossible, however, to obtain comparable data for the other urban centers in Argentina. As a result many conflicting estimates of population have been made, and not infrequently the population of a department has inadvertently been cited as the population of a town or city of the same name. The list of urban centers with 5,000 or more inhabitants (table 5), though admittedly incomplete, is derived exclusively from official or semi-official, dated sources.
1 Dirección general de estadística y censos de la Nación. La población y el movimiento demográfico de la República Argentina. Serie D. Buenos Aires, 1926, to date.
2-------. La población de la República Argentina al SI de diciembre de 1931 (cifras provisio-
nales) . Buenos Aires, 1932, to date.
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Table 3.—ARGENTINA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION,
BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Dec. 31,1943 Area Population
Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer8 Per square mile8
Capital Federal 42,457,494 192 74
Provincias
Buenos Aires 3,633,256 307,569 118,752 11.81 30.59
Catamarca 162,115 71,931 27,773 2.25 5.84
Córdoba 1,358,523 168,854 65,195 8.04 20.84
Corrientes 553,013 89,355 34,500 6.19 16.03
Entre Ríos - 795,867 76,216 29,427 10.44 27.04
Jujuy 124,996 43,665 16,859 2.86 7.41
La Rioja 116,688 92,331 35,649 1.26 3.27
¿Mendoza 552,545 150,839 58,239 3.66 9.49
Salta 233,465 129,574 50,029 1.80 4.67
San Juan 237,929 86,137 33,257 2.76 7.15
San Luis 210,940 76,748 29,632 2.75 7.12
Santa Fé 1,613,586 133,007 51,354 12.13 31.42
Santiago del Estero 536,498 135,254 52,222 3.97 10.27
Tucumán • 590,338 22,524 8,697 26.21 67.88
Gobernaciones 729,441 1,194,214 461,086 0.61 1.58
Total 13,906,694 52,778,412 1,072,745 5.00 12.96
1 Dirección general de estadística y censos de la Nación. La población de la República Argentina al 31 de diciembre de 1913 (cifras provisionales). Buenos Aires, May 9, 1944. Mimeographed.
2 “A statistical resumé of the Argentine Republic : Area and population.” Comments on Argentine Trade (Buenos Aires) 23 (8) :68-69. March 1944.
8 Computed.
4 Includes suburban population of Flores and Belgrano.
6 The discrepancy between the total area and the sum of the areas of the civil divisions is present in the source.
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Table 4.—ARGENTINA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY GOBERNACIONES
Gobernaciones Estimated population1 Jan. 1, 1942 Area Population
Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer2 Per square mile2
Chaco 345,900 99,633 38,468 3.47 8.99
Chubut 89,400 224,686 86,751 0.40 1.03
Formosa 72,200 72,066 27,825 1.00 2.59
La Pampa __ 154,000 143,440 55,382 1.07 2.78
Los Andes3 7,300 62^642 24'186 0.12 0.30
Misiones 196^600 29,801 11,506 6.60 17.09
Neuquén 78,500 94,078 36,324 0.83 2.16
Río Negro 139,600 203,013 78,383 0.69 1.78
Santa Cruz 19,400 243¿43 94,187 0.08 0.21
Tierra del Fuego 2,200 20,912 8¿74 0.10 0.27
Total ^1,095,500 1,194,214 461,086 0.92 2.38
1 “A statistical resumé of the Argentine Republic: Area and population.” Comments on Argentine Trade (Buenos Aires) 23 (8) :68-69. March 1944. Footnote in this source explains that the population figures are those of the census authorities in each of the territories. The total exceeds by 393,266 the estimate made by the Dirección general de estadística, but the latter does not release separate figures for each of the territories.
2 Computed.
8 By an official decree of September 23, 1943, the departments of the Territory of Los Andes were divided among the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, and Catamarca.
4 The discrepancy between the total population and the sum of the populations of the national territories is present in the source.
Table 5.—ARGENTINA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND DEPARTAMENTO
Urban center Provincia or gobernación Departamento Population Source
Alta Gracia Córdoba Santa María 12,368 1
Añatuya Santiago del Estero Veintiocho de Marzo 8,000 1
Apóstoles Misiones Apóstoles 9,000 1
Avellaneda Buenos Aires Avellaneda,. 399,021 2
Azul Buenos Aires Azul _ 30,000 1
Bahía Blanca Buenos Aires Bahía Blanca 121,055 2
Basavilbaso Entre Ríos Uruguay 7,583 3
Bell Ville Córdoba Unión. _ 24,038 1
Bella Vista Tucumán Famaillá 5,986 4
Bragado Buenos Aires Bragado 16^329 4
Rueños Aires Capital Federal 2,567,763 2
Cañada de Gómez Santa Fé Iriondo 16,808 4
Casilda Santa Fé Caseros • 16,200 4
Castex La Pampa Conhello 6 ¿00 1
Catamarca Catamarca Capital 22,000 1
Chajarí Entre Ríos Federación 8 ¿64 3
Chilecito La Rioja Chilecito 6,372 4
Chivilcoy Buenos Aires Chivilcoy 37^000 1
Colón Entre Ríos Colón 10,180 3
Comodoro Rivadavia _ _ Chubut Escalante 22'000 1
Concepción Tucumán Chicligasta 5 ¿00 1
Concepción , Misiones Concepción 6 ¿00 1
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Urban center Provincia or gobernación Departamento Population Source
Concepción del Uruguay _ Entre Ríos Uruguay i. 30,071 4
Concordia Entre Ríos.. Concordia 37,764 3
Córdoba Córdoba Capital 339,375 4
Corrientes Corrientes Capital 59,323 4
Cosquín Córdoba _ Punilla. 6,352 1
Crespo Entre Ríos Paraná 6,193 3
Cruz del Eje Córdoba Cruz del Eje 19,173 1
Curuzú Cuatiá _ Corrientes _ _ _ Curuzú-Cuatiá 15,000 1
Deán Funes Córdoba Tulumba 11,755 1
Diamante Entre Ríos Diamante 11,518 3
Esperanza Santa Fé Colonias 16,192 4
Esquel Chubut Futaleufú 6,000 4
Federación Entre Ríos Federación 6,171 3
Federal Entre Ríos Paraná __ 6,036 3
Feliciano Entre Ríos Feliciano 6,821 3
Fernández Santiago del Estero. Robles 7,431 4
Formosa Formosa Capital 18,500 1
General Acha La Pampa Utracán 6,000 1
General Pico La Pampa Mar acó 14,500 1
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Godoy Cruz 12,000 1
González Chaves Buenos Aires González Chaves . . 8,173 4
Goya. Corrientes Goya 23,170 4
Gualeguay . Entre Ríos Gualeguay 24,457 3
Gualeguaychú Entre Ríos _ Gualeguaychú 32,015 3
Güemes. _ Salta Campo Santo 7,000 4
Jachal San Juan Jachal 5,000 1
Jujuy Jujuy Capital 19,257 4
Laboulaye. __ Córdoba Presidente Roque 14,911 1
La Banda. Santiago del Estero. La Banda 15,889 4
La Paz Entre Ríos La Paz 15,431 3
La Plata Buenos Aires La Plata 256,378 2
La Rioja La Rioja Capital 15,312 4
Las Conchas Buenos Aires Las Conchas 23,540 4
Ledesma _ Jujuy . _ _ Ledesma 8,000 1
Lomas de Zamora Buenos Aires Lomas de Zamora... 100,000 1
Lucas González Entre Ríos Nogoyá 5,118 3
Mantero. _ Entre Ríos Uruguay 5,078 3
Mar del Plata Buenos Aires General Pueyrredón. 94,500 4
Marcos Juárez. _ Córdoba Marcos Juárez 12,912 1
Mendoza Mendoza Capital 100,429 2
Mercedes Corrientes Mercedes 15,000 1
Mercedes . San Luis Pedernera 37,666 4
Monteros Tucumán Monteros 8,500 1
Neuquén _ Neuquén Confluencia 7,500 1
Nogoyá Entre Ríos Nogoyá 11,880 3
Paraná Entre Ríos Paraná 76,600 4
Paso de los Libres Corrientes Paso de los Libres .. 6,000 4
Pergamino Buenos Aires Pergamino 37,956 4
Pirané Formosa __t Pirané 5,000 1
Posadas Misiones Posadas 38,516 4
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Table 5.—ARGENTINA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND DEPARTAMENTO—Continued
Urban eenter Provincia or gobernación Departamento Population Source
Quilines Buenos Aires. _ Quilmes _ 50,000 1
Rafaela Santa Fé Castellanos _ 25,931 4
Reconquista Santa Fé. _ General Obligado 9,058 4
Resistencia Chaco Capital 25,150 4
Río Cuarto Córdoba Río Cuarto _ 37,786 4
Río Gallegos Santa Cruz _____ Guar Aiken 6,325 1
Rivadavia Mendoza Rivadavia.; 6,375 4
Rosario Santa Fé Rosario 521,210 2
Rosario Tala Entre Ríos__ Rosario Tala _ 10,568 3
Salta Salta Capital 42,931 4
San Carlos de Bariloche. Río Negro Bariloche______ 6,000 4
San Fernando Buenos Aires San Fernando 46,950 4
San Francisco Córdoba San Justo ’ 19^651 1
San Isidro Buenos Aires San Isidro 61,581 4
« San José Entre Ríos Colón. _ 6,753 3
San Juan San Juan Capital 80,000 2
San Luis_____________ San Luis Capital.. 30,021 4
San Martín Mendoza San Martín. 8,000 4
San Nicolás Buenos Aires San Nicolás 28,729 4
San Pedro __ Jujuy_ _ San Pedro _ _ 6,000 1
San Rafael Mendoza San Rafael 20,822 4
San Salvador Entre Ríos__ Colón 6,000 3
Santa Ana Misiones Candelaria 5,000 1
Santa Fé Santa Fé Capital 149,926 2
Santa Rosa La Pampa. _ _ Toay 13,305 4
Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero. Capital 58,925 4
Seis de Septiembre Buenos Aires _ _ Seis de Septiembre _ 30,400 4
Tandil Buenos Aires Tandil 31,115 4
Tilcara Jujuy Tilcara 8,000 1
Tinogasta Catamarca Tinogasta 5,102 4
Toay La Pampa Toay 5,000 1
Trelew Chubut Rawson 7,000 1
Tres Arroyos Buenos Aires Tres Arroyos 29,000 1
Tucumán Tucumán Capital. 169,566 2
Urdinarrain Entre Ríos Gualeguay chú _ _ 7,010 3
Vicente López Buenos Aires Vicente López 95,770 4
Victoria Entre Ríos Victoria. 21,850 3
Viedma Río Negro Adolfo Alsina 6,000 1
Villa Dolores - Córdoba San Javier 13,800 1
. Villa María Córdoba Tercero Abajo 32,158 4
Villaguay Entre Ríos Villaguay 14,108 3
Sources: 1. Diccionario comercial e industrial de la República Argentina, 1942. Bueno? Aires, Editorial Atlantida, S. A. 1232 pp.
2. “Population of the principal Argentine cities.” Comments on Argentine Trade (Buenos Aires) 23 (8):69. March 1944.
3. Provincia de Entre Ríos, Dirección general de estadística. Sintesis estadística, Año 1941, pp. 6-7. (Población probable al 81 diciembre 1941.)
4. Ministerio de obras públicas de la Nación. Obras sanitarias de la Nación. Memoria del directorio, correspondiente al año 1941. Buenos Aires, 1942, pp. 140-141. A few of the figures cited above are from the Memoria for 1940.
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BOLIVIA
The last national population census in Bolivia was taken September 1, 1900. All official estimates of the population since that time have been based upon this admittedly incomplete enumeration. With the exception of the period of the Chaco War (1933-1935), during which time the death rate was abnormally high, the Bolivian Statistical Office has assumed that the population has increased at the geometric rate of 1.75 percent per year. The adoption of this empirical method of estimating population was necessitated by the lack, prior to 1941, of a system of civil registration.
A census was taken in the city of La Paz1 on October 15, 1942, and a nearly complete enumeration of the population was made in the city of Santa Cruz2 on or about October 22, 1942. No official publication of the Dirección general de estadística of Bolivia has been located in Washington that gives, for any recent year, the estimated population of towns and cities. Therefore the list of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants (table 7) is admittedly incomplete.
* Dirección general de estadística. Censo demográfico de La Paz. La Paz, 1943. Typescript tables. Library oí Congress, Documents Division.
2 Results do not appear to have been published.
Table 6.—BOLIVIA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Dec. 31,1943 Area Population
Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer2 Per square mile2
DEPARTAMENTOS Beni 65,200 207,213 80,005 0.31 0.81
Chuquisaca 414,300 50,875 19,643 8.14 21.09
Cochabamba 665,100 60,417 23,327 11.01 28.51
La Paz 2 903,200 111,577 43,080 * 8.09 20.97
Oruro 174,500 52,800 20,386 3.30 8.56
Pando 18,300 83,929 32,405 0.22 0.56
Potosí 659,900 106,960 41,297 6.17 15.98
Santa Cruz 424,800 372,747 143,918 1.14 2.95
Tarija 208,600 31,026 11,979 6.72 17.41
Total 3,533,900 1,077,544 416,040 3.28 8.49
1 Dirección general de estadística. Sección demografía. Población, extensión superficial y densidad de la República de Bolivia en 19 hS. Typewritten table, Pan American Union, Statistical Division.
2 Computed.
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Table 7.—BOLIVIA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND PROVINCIA
Urban center Departamento Provincia Population
Cobija Pando | Tahuamanu 5,000
Cochabamba Cochabamba - Cercado 60,000
La Paz La Paz Murillo 301,000
Oruro : Orino Cercado 50,000
Potosí Potosí Frías x 40,000
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Cercado 32,800
Sucre Chuquisaca Oropeza 30,000
Tarija Tarija Cercado 27,000
Trinidad Beni Cercado 8,000
Source: See footnote 1, table 6.
BRAZIL
The first national population census in Brazil was taken in 1872, followed by the censuses of 1890, 1900, 1920, and 1940. The census of September 1, 1940, prepared and executed by the Instituto brasileiro de geografía e estatistica, solicited a wide range of information concerning individuals, families, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation and communications, services, and social institutions. Preliminary figures only of the urban, suburban, and rural distribution of houses and population, by municipios and distritos, are available from this census.1
In accordance with provisions in the Brazilian Constitution of 1937, five new federal territories were created by Decree No. 5812 of September 13, 1943.2 All states and territories in Brazil are divided into municipios (counties) and districts, the number of which is equal to the number of villages, towns, or cities in the municipio. The largest town or city in a municipio is the sede or county seat,* and bears the name of the municipio. In addition to having one or more urban centers, every municipio has a rural population. It is never correct to assume, therefore, that the population of a municipio is equivalent to that of a town of the same name.
For purposes of the census, the population of Brazil is divided into urban, suburban, and rural categories. Every town, regardless of size, has areal limits within which the population is arbitrarily designated as urban. Beyond the periphery of the urban nucleus is a delineated zone in which the inhabitants are classed as suburban. By definition the combined urban and suburban population of some Brazilian “towns” may be considerably less than 100. Table 9 gives the population of all towns in Brazil having a combined urban and suburban population of 5,000 or more inhabitants.
1 Instituto brasileiro de geografía e estatistica. Comissáo censitária nacional. Recenseamento geral de 1940 (resultados preliminares). Mimeographed tables, by major civil divisions; Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Reference Library.
For area and population of municipios see, Recenseamento geral do Brasil, realizado em 1° de setembro de 1940. Sinopse preliminar dos resultados demográficos. Rio de Janeiro, 1941. 43 pp., map.
2 Amapá, Guaporé, Iguagú, Ponta Pora, and Rio Branco. For location see Civil Divisions Base Map of the Americas, 1:5,000,000. American Geographical Society, New York, 1944.
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Table 8.—BRAZIL: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY
MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Area Population
Civil divisions population1
Sept. 1, 1940 Square Square Per square Per square
kilometers1 miles2 kilometer2 mile2
Distrito Federal 1,781,567 1,167 451
ESTADOS
Alagoas 957,628 28,571 11,031 33.52 86.81
Amazonas 3427,264 1,542,279 595'474 0.28 0.72
Baia ; 3,938,909 557,703 215,329 7.06 18.29
Ceará 2,101,325 148,591 57,371 14.14 36.63
Espirito Santo 758,535 42,846 16^543 17.70 45.85
Goiaz 832'869 632’816 244'330 1.32 3.42
Maranhao 1,242721 346^217 133,674 3.59 9.30
Mato Grosso 3332,177 1,155,961 446,317 0.29 0.74
Minas Gerais 6,798,647 585'804 226'179 11.61 30.06
Farà 935,679 1,219'250 470752 0.77 1.99
Paraiba 1,432,618 55,920 21,591 25.62 66.35
Paraná 1,916,015 148,445 57,315 8.06 20.87
Pernambuco f2,693,551 99,235 38,315 27.14 70.30
Piaui ’ 826,320 245^582 94,819 3.37 8.72
Rio de Janeiro 1,862,900 42,404 16,372 43.93 113.79
Rio Grande do Norte 774,464 52,411 20'236 14.78 38.27
Rio Grande do Sul 3,350,120 285,289 110,150 11.74 30.41
Santa Catarina 1,140,511 80^596 31,118 14.15 36.65
Säo Paulo 7'239,711 247,239 95359 29.28 75.84
Sergipe 545,962 21,552 8,321 25.33 65.61
TERRITORIOS
Acre 81,326 148,027 57,153 0.55 1.42
Amapá ' 21,191 143,716 55,489 0.15 0.38
Guaporé 325,015 251,194 96,986 0.10 0.26
Iguaçû 96,848 65,854 25,426 1.47 3.81
Ponta Porä 90,912 101,239 39,088 0.90 2.33
Rio Branco 12,130 252,365 97,438 0.05 0.13
Fernando de Noronha... 1,065 19 7' 56.05 152.14
OTHER DIVISIONS
Serra dos Aimorés4 67,103 8,897 3,435 7.54 19.54
Total 41,565,083 8,511,189 3,286,169 4.88 12.65
1 Servilo nacional de recenseamento. (Preliminary results of the census of September 1, 1940.) Typewritten table. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Research Division.
2 Computed.
3 Provisional figures pending more accurate computation of populations of Amapa and Guaporé.
4 Disputed area between Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo.
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Table 9.—BRAZIL: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5.000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS. LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO
Urban center Estado Municipio Population
Alagoinhas Baia Alagoinhas 13,461
Alegrete Rio Grande do Sul Alegrete 16,475
Além Paraíba Minas Gérais Além Paraíba 9,645
Alienas Minas Gérais— Alienas „ 7,561
Americana Sao Paulo Americana 5,880
Amparo Sao Paulo Amparo 9,662
Anápolis Goiaz Anápolis 8,204
An tonina Paraná Antonina.» 5,777
Aparecida Sao Paulo Aparecida 5,098
Aquidauana Mato Grosso Aquidauana 5,926
Aracajú Sergipe Aracajú 50,670
Aracatí Ceará Aracatí 6,803
Aragatuba Sao Paulo Araçatuba.. _ 17,013
Ar aguarí • Minas Gérais Araguarí 16,086
Araraquara Sâo Paulo Araraquara 28,267
Araras Sao Paulo Araras 7,345
Araxá. Minas Gérais Araxá 10,216
Areia Branca Rio Grande do Norte. Areia Branca 6,015
Ar golas Espirito Santo Espirito Santo 7,306
Arroio dos Ratos Rio Grande do Sul Sâo Jerónimo 6,415
Assiz Sâo Paulo Assiz 9,132
Avaré Sâo Paulo Avaré 10,533
Bagé Rio Grande do Sul Bagé 31,763
Barbacena Minas Gérais Barbacena 19,466
Bar ir í Sâo Paulo Barirí ■5„5O9
Barra do Piraí Rio de Janeiro *- Barra do Piraí 15,318
Barra Mansa Rio de Janeiro Barra Mansa ’8,.957
Barreiros Fernambuco Barreiros 6,240
Barretes Sâo Paulo Barretos „ O 17,272
Batatais Sâo Paulo Batatais 8,606
Baturité Ceará Baturité 5,320
Baurú Sâo Paulo Baurú 33,418
Bebedouro Sâo Paulo Bebedouro 11,876
Bela Vista Mato Grosso Bela Vista 5,694
Belém Pará Belém 166,662
Belmonte Baia Belmonte 6,413
Belo Horizonte Minas Gérais Belo Horizonte 179,770
Bezerros Fernambuco Bezerros 6,880
Biriguí Sâo Paulo. Biriguí 8,424
Blumenau Santa Catarina. Blumenau 14,230
Bom Conselho Fernambuco Bom Conselho 5,333
Bom Despacho Minas Gérais Bom Despacho 7,932
Bonfim Baia Bonfim 7,269
Botucatú Sâo Paulo Botucatú 19,753
Braganga Sâo Paulo Braganga 12,942
Brusque Santa Catarina. Brusque 6,086
Cabedelo Paraíba Joáo Pessoa 5,897
Cabo Frió Rio de Janeiro Cabo Frió 5,759
Cagapava Sâo Paulo Caçapava 7,677
Cacho eirá Baia Cacho eira 10,431
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Table 9.—BRAZIL. POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado Municipio Population
Cachoeira Rio Grande do Sul Cachoeira 17,498
Cachoeira Sâo Paulo Cachoeira 5,371
Cachoeiro de Itapemirim. Espirito Santo Cachoeiro de Itapemirim. 19,208
Cafelândia _ Sâo Paulo Cafelândia 5,541
Cajazeiras Paraíba Cajazeiras 8,294
Camocim Ceará Camocim __ _ _ 7,820
Campiña Grande Paraíba Campiña Grande 34,023
Campinas Sâo Paulo Campinas 78,914
Campo Belo Minas Gérais __ Campo Belo 7,312
Campo Grande Mato Grosso Campo Grande 23,460
Campos _ Rio de Janeiro Campos. _' 52,677
Canavieiras _ Baia Canavieiras í 5,728
Canoas Rio Grande do SuL _ Canoas 12,066
Capi varí _ Sâo Paulo Capivarí________ 6,001
Carangola. Minas Gérais Car angola 8,892
Carazinho Rio Grande do Sul Carazinho ________ 7,817
Car pina Fernambuco Carpina 9,861
Caruarú Fernambuco ______ Caruarú 24,634
Casa Branca : Sâo Paulo Casa Branca 7,294
Castro Paraná____________ Castro 5,816
Castro Alves Baia. _ Castro Alves 7,349
Üätaguazes. Minas Gérais Cataguazes 9,206
G&tanduva_ Sâo Paulo _ _ Catanduva 17,073
‘Catende_ ___ Fernambuco _ _ _ _ Catende____________ 5,306
Camambú - Minas Gérais Caxambú 6,005
Caxias. Maranhâo Caxias 7,254
Cavias Rio de Janeiro Nova Iguassú 24,050
Caídas Rio Grande do Sul Caxias 17,409
Conquista Baia______ Conquista 7,718
‘Conselheiro Lafaiete Minas Gérais Conselheiro Lafaiete 14,488
Corinto _ Minas Gérais Corinto 5,142
Corumbá Mato Grosso Corumbá 13,345
Crato Ceará Crato 10,142
Cruz Alta _ Rio Grande do Sul Cruz Alta 16,331
Cruzeiro Sâo Paulo Cruzeiro 11,863
Cuiabá Mato Grosso __ Cuiabá__________ 18,940
Curitiba Paraná Curitiba 101,204
Cúrvelo Minas Gérais Cúrvelo 8,700
Diamantina Minas Gérais Diamantina 9,907
Divinópolis Minas Gérais Divinópolis__________ 9,616
Dois Córregos Sâo Paulo Dois Córregos 5,670
Dom Pedrito Rio Grande do Sul Dom Pedrito _ 10,078
Dores do Indaiá Minas Gérais Dores do Indaiá 5,664
Entre Ríos Rio de Janeiro. _ Entre Ríos 10,600
Escada Fernambuco _ Escada 5,716
Espirito Santo Espirito Santo _ Espirito Santo 5,749
Estância . Sergipe _ Estância 10,422
Feira de Santana - Baia _ Feira de Santana 14,222
Floriano Piauí Floriano 7,311
Florianópolis Santa Catarina Florianópolis 25,253
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Table 9.—BRAZIL. POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado Municîpio Population
Formiga Minas Gérais Formiga 9,216
Fortaleza Ceará Fortaleza 142,453
Franca Sâo Paulo. Franca 21,022
Garanhuns Fernambuco Garanhuns 16,440
Gar ça Sâo Paulo Garça 7;962
Goiana Fernambuco Goiana 9,828
Goiânia Goiaz Goiânia 15,406
Goiaz _ Goiaz Goiaz 5,991
Governador Valadares Minas Gérais Governador Valadares. . 5,921
Gravatâ * Fernambuco _ _ _ _ Gravatâ 8778
Guarabira Par alba_________ Guarabira 6,180
Guaratinguetâ Sâo Paulo Guaratinguetâ 15,654
Guani jâ Sâo Paulo Guarujâ 5493
Guarulhos Rio de Janeiro Campos 6448
Guarulhos Sâo Paulo Guarulhos 6,738
Guaxupé Minas Gérais Guaxupé.-j. 8,741
Ibitinga Sâo Paulo Ibitinga 5^377
Iguatu Ceará_____________ Iguatû 7456
Ijiri Rio Grande do Sul Ijui 5,650
lihéus Baia____________ lihéus 15,707
Ipameri Goiaz _________ Ipameri 7452
Ipu Ceará __ Ipû 5742
Itabaiana Paraíba Itabaiana 8,185
Itabirito Minas Gérais Itabirito 5,014
Itabuna Baia Itabuna 15,868
Itajai Santa Catarina Itajai 13,367
Itajubâ Minas Gérais Itajubâ 14,940
Itaperuna Rio de Janeiro Itaperuna 6792
Itapetininga Sâo Paulo________ Itapetininga 13,007
I tapir a Sâo Paulo _______ Itapira 7,975
Itararé Sâo Paulo Itararé 5,150
Itatiba Sâo Paulo_______ Itatiba 5744
Ita una Minas Gérais Itaûna 5,147
Itû Sâo Paulo Itû 13,977
Jaboatâo Fernambuco Jaboatâo 13,102
Jaboticabal Sâo Paulo Jaboticabal 11,938
Jacareî Sâo Paulo. Jacareî 11765
Jacarezinho Paraná Jacarezinho 573O
Januâria Minas Gérais. Januâria 5,961
Jaguarâo _ Rio Grande do Sul Jaguarâo 10,747
Jaû__ Sâo Paulo Jaû 18765
Jequié Baia Jequié 13,403
Joâo Pessoa Paraíba Joâo Pessoa 73,234
Joinville Santa Catarina Joinville 16,883
José Bonifâcio _ _ Rio Grande do Sul__ José Bonifâcio 7,683
Juazeiro Baia Juazeiro 10,079
Juazeiro Ceará Juazeiro 23,761
Juiz de Fora Minas Gérais Juiz de Fora 72,254
Jundiai Sâo Paulo Jundiai 29,891
Laguna Santa Catarina Laguna 8,571
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Table 9.—-BRAZIL POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5.000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS. LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado Municipio Population
Lajes Santa Catarina Lajes 7,633
Lambari : Minas Gerais Lambari 5,539
Lavras Minas Gerais Lavras x 11,350
Leopoldina Minas Gerais Leopoldina 7,393
Limeira..... Säo Paulo Limeira 17,542
Limoeiro Pernambuco Limoeiro 12,601
Lins Säo Paulo Lins 17,403
Livramento Rio Grande do Sul Livramento 27,048
Londrina Paraná Londrina 10,719
Lorena Säo Paulo Lorena j« 10,262
Maca6_ Rio de Janeiro Macae 9,719
Macau Rio Grande do Norte. Macau 6,656
Maceid Alagoas Maceid , 85,949
Machado Minas Gerais Machado 5,596
Mafra Santa Catarina Mafra 7,379
Mage Rio de Janeiro Mage 5,224
Manaus : Amazonas Manaus 67,866
Maragogipe Baia Maragogipe 8,622
Mariana Minas Gerais Mariana 5,262
Mar ilia , Säo Paulo . ,. Marilia 24,794
Merit! Rio de Janeiro Nova Iguassu 38,645
Miracema Rio de Janeiro.; Miracema 6,325
Mirassol Säo Paulo Mirassol 7,052
Mococa Säo Paulo ,. Mococa 7,819
Mogi das Cruzes Säo Paulo Mogi das Cruzes 14,515
Mogi Mirim Säo Paulo Mogi Mirim 8,449
Montenegro Rio Grande do Sul Montenegro 7,180
Montes Claros Minas Gerais Montes Claros 13,972
Moreno Pernambuco Moreno 7,376
Mossor6 Rio Grande do Norte. Mossorö 13,643
Muriad Minas Gerais Muriad 9,418
Muritiba Baia Muritiba 7,107
Natal Rio Grande do Norte. Natal 51,896
Nazar^ Baia Nazare , 13,482
Nazare Pernambuco Nazard 5,471
Neves Rio de Janeiro Säo Gongalo 34,603
Nil6polis Rio de Janeiro Nova Iguassu 22,594
Niter6i Rio de Janeiro Niteröi 125,974
Nova Friburgo Rio de Janeiro Nova Friburgo 16,388
Nova Iguassd.. Rio de Janeiro Nova Igjiassu 20,854
Nova Lima Minas Gerais Nova Lima 16,441
Novo Hamburgo Rio Grande do Sul Novo Hamburgo < 13,029
Novo Horizonte Säo Paulo Novo Horizonte 5,591
Olimpia ■ Säo Paulo Olimpia 8,929
Olinda Pernambuco Olinda 31,915
Ourinhos- Säo Paulo. Ourinhos 6,761
Ouro Fino Minas Gerais Ouro Fino 7,323
Ouro Preto. Minas Gerais Ouro Preto 8,928
Palmares Pernambuco Palmares 7,084
Palmeira dos Indios Alagoas Palmeira dos Indios. 5,529
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Table 9.—BRAZIL. POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado Municipio Population
Farà de Minas Minas Gérais Parà de Minas 6,830
Paranaguà Paraná Paranaguà 13^027
Parnaiba Piauí Parnaiba * 22,571
Passo Fundo Rio Grande do Sul Passo Fundo 17,585
Passos Minas Gérais Passos 12^980
Patos Minas Gérais Patos . 7,143
Patos Par alba Patos. 7,903
Patrocinio Minas Gérais Patrocinio 6J59
Paulista Fernambuco Paulista 12,887
Pederneiras Sào Paulo Pederneiras 5,207
Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul Pelotas 62^674
Penàpolis Sào Paulo Penàpolis 6,510
Penedo Alagoas Penedo 12,856
Pesqueira . Fernambuco Pesqueira 8,519
Petrópolis __ Rio de Janeiro Petrópolis 46,829
Filar Alagoas Filar 5,787
Pindamonhangaba Sào Paulo Pindamonhangaba 8,776
Pinhal Sào Paulo Pinhal j 9,467
Pinheiro Parà Belém 8,159
Piracicaba Sào Paulo Piracicaba 32,483
Pirajui Sào Paulo Pirajui. 5,292
Pirapora Minas Gérais Pirapora': 7,513
Pirassununga Sào Paulo Pirassununga 10,137
Pogos de Caldas Minas Gérais _ Pogos de Caldas 13,819
Pompéia Sào Paulo _ . Pompéia 7,265
Ponta Grossa Paraná Ponta Grossa 29,864
Ponte Nova Minas Gérais Ponte Nova 11,950
Pòrto Aiegre Rio Grande do Sul Pòrto Aiegre 262,678
Pòrto Feliz _ . Sào Paulo Pòrto Feliz 5,972
Pouso Aiegre Minas Gérais Pouso Aiegre 11741
Presidente Prudente Sào Paulo Presidente Prudente 12,764
Promissao Sào Paulo Promissao 6,800
Proprià Sergipe Proprià 10,414
QuaraL _ _ __ Rio Grande do Sul . Quarai. 7,794
Quixadà Ceará _ Quixadà 5,206
Recide Fernambuco Recife 327,753
Resende Rio de Janeiro. Resende 5,139
Ribeirao Preto Sào Paulo Ribeirao Preto 47,891
Rio Branco Minas Gérais.. _ Rio Branco 6,611
Rio Claro Sào Paulo.. Rio Claro 23,586
Rio de Janeiro Distrito Federai Rio de Janeiro 1,563,787
Rio Grande Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande. 50,340
Rio Largo Alagoas Rio Largo 8,917
Rio Negro. _ Paraná Bio Neg ■ 5,436
Rio Pardo Rio Grande do Sul.. Rio Fard 6,538
Rio Preto Sào Paulo Rio Pret 24,335
Rio Tinto Paraiba . _ Maman' uape 14,467
Rosàrio Rio Grande do Sul. Rosàrio 6,782
Sabarà : Minas Gérais Sabarà 7,684
Salto Sào Paulo Salto 8,178
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Table 9.—BRAZIL: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado Municipio Population
•Salvador Baia Salvador 293,278
Santa Cruz Bio Grande do Sul Santa Cruz 9,602
Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo Sào Paulo Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo. 6^388
Santa Maria Rio Grande do Sul Santa Maria. 39,492
Santarém Farà Santarém 7,666
Santa Rita Par alba Santa Rita 10,867
Santa Rita do Sapucai. _ Minas Gérais Santa Rita do Sapucai. 5,271
Santa Vitória do Palmar._ Rio Grande do Sul Santa Vitória do Palmar. 5788
Santiago Rio Grande do Sul Santiago 8,372
Santo Amaro Baia Santo Amaro 11,051
Santo André Sào Paulo Santo André 62,978
Santo Angelo ■ Rio Grande do Sul Santo Angelo 7,923
Santo António de Jesús... Baia Santo António de Jesús. _ 8,537
Santos Sào Paulo Santos 158774
Santos Dumont Minas Gérais Santos Dumont - 11,583
Säo Bernardo Sào Paulo Santo André 7,932
Säo Borja Rio Grande do Sul.. Säo Borja 8,774
Säo Carlos Sào Paulo Säo Carlos 24,763
Säo Felix Baia Säo Felix 6,560
Säo Francisco Santa Catarina Säo Francisco 10,280
Säo Gabriel Rio Grande do Sul Säo Gabriel 12,461
Säo Gonsalo Rio de Janeiro Säo Gongalo 8,612
Säo Joäo da Boa Vista. . Sào Paulo Säo Joäo da Boa Vista.. 12J90
Säo Joäo del Rei Minas Gérais Säo Joäo del Rei 22,912
Säo Joäo Nepomuceno Minas Gérais Säo Joäo Nepomuceno. _ 5,943
Säo José do Rio Pardo Sâo Paulo Säo José do Rio Pardo. _ 8,641
Säo José dos Campos Sâo Paulo Säo José dos Campos 13,584
Säo Lourengo Minas Gérais Säo Lourengo 7,443
Säo Leopoldo Rio Grande do Sul Säo Leopoldo 14,003
Säo Luiz Maranhâo Säo Luiz 59,476
Säo Luiz Gonzaga Rio Grande do Sul Säo Luiz Gonzaga 6,162
Säo Manuel Sâo Paulo Säo Manuel 5,989
Säo Paulo Sâo Paulo Säo Paulo.. 1,269,319
Säo Roque Sâo Paulo Säo Roque 5,430
Säo Sebastián do Paraíso. Minas Gérais Säo Sebastiäo do Paraíso. 7,882
Säo Vicente Sâo Paulo_ _ . _ Säo Vicente __ 13,130
Sertäozinho Sâo Paulo Sertäozinho 5,113
Sete Lagoas Minas Gérais Sete Lagoas. 10,388
Sete Pontes Rio de Janeiro Säo Gongalo 24790
Sobral Cearâ Sobral 13,625
Sorocaba Sâo Paulo Sorocaba __ 48,594
Taquara Rio Grande do Sul Taquara. _ 5,681
Taquaritinga Sâo Paulo Taquaritinga 8,247
Tatui. Sâo Paulo Tatui.. 10,514
Taubaté Sâo Paulo Taubaté. 28,070
Teixeiras Minas Gérais. _ Teixeiras 8,687
Teófilo Otoni Minas Gérais Teófilo Otoni _ _ 12,254
Ter esina Piaui Ter esina 35,254
Teresópolis Rio de Janeiro Teresópolis 9,877<
Tietè Sâo Paulo Tietè 6728
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Table 9.—BRAZIL: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5.000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado Municipio Population
Timbaûba___ Pernambuco Timbaûba 8,662
Très Coraçôes Minas Gerais Très Coraçôes 7,268
Très Lagoas Mato Grosso Très Lagoas 5,318
Très Pontas Minas Gerais Très Pontas 5,182
Tubarâo Santa Catarina Tubarâo 6,992
Ubâ Minas Gerais Ubâ 11,101
Uberaba Minas Gerais : Uberaba 33,786
Uberlândia Minas Gerais Uberlândia 21,837
Uniâo Alagoas Uniâo 6,191
Uruguaiana Rio Grande do Sul Uruguaiana 21,774
Valença Baia __ Valença 9,754
Valença__ Rio de Janeiro Valença. 10,709
Varginha Minas Gerais__ Varginha 11,123
Vassouras Rio de Janeiro Vassouras 5,025
Vera Cruz Sâo Paulo Vera Cruz , 5,879
Viçosa Alagoas Viçosa 6,745
Viçosa Minas Gerais Viçosa 6,424
Vigia Pará Vigia 6,163
Vitória Espirito Santo Vitória 42,873
Vitória Pernambuco Vitória 12,563
Votorantim Sao Paulo Sorocaba 5,062
Source: Servigo nacional de recenseamento. Recense amento geral de 1940 * (resultados preliminares). Número de prédios e populagao, por municipios, distritos e respectivos quadros urbano, suburbano e rural. Mimeographed tables, by states. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Reference Library.
CHILE
The first national population census in Chile was taken in 1831-35, followed by the censuses of 1843, 1854, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1907, 1920, 1930, and 1940. The results of the census of November 28, 1940, have not yet been published in final form, but many of the data are to be found in various numbers of Estadística Chilena, a monthly publication of the Dirección general de estadística. The “Resultados generales del XI censo de población, por provincias, departamentos, comunas y distritos” are given in the Estadística, Año XIV, No. 12, diciembre de 1941, pp. 659-673, and a table of “Habitantes por provincias, departamentos, comunas y distritos, clasificados por sexo” appears in Año XV, No. 6, junio de 1942, pp. 217-221. In this same number is the first of a series of tables on the “Número de viviendos por categoría, comunas, distritos, localidades y sexos,” by provinces. A second series of provincial tables was begun in the October 1942 number (Año XV, No. 10). These are entitled “Población urbana y rural, con distinción del sexo por provincias, departamentos, comunas y distritos.” Both of these series of tables are concluded in the synoptic edition of December 1943 (Año XVI, No. 12).
The Dirección general de estadística of Chile also releases estimates of the
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population, by provinces, as of December 31 of each year. These data have been published annually since 1941 in the December number of Estadística Chilena.
With respect to the 1940 population of Chilean towns and cities, many conflicting figures have been, and will therefore continue to be, cited in English-language sources. In some cases these errors may be traced to the use of preliminary figures, released by the Dirección general de estadística in October 1941. More frequently, however, the incorrect figures prove to be the enumerated populations of comunas or distritos having the same names as urban centers. The populations of the urban centers listed in table 11 are the official (final) figures from the census of 1940. Moreover, the list is complete. For a similar list of towns of from 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants see Estadística Chilena, Año XVII, Nos. 1-2, enero-febrero de 1944, pp. 53-54.
Table 10.—CHILE: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Dec. 31,1943 Area Population
. Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer8 Per square mile8
PROVINCIAS
Aconcagua 121,206 10,204 3,940 11.88 3076
Antofagasta 154,087 123763 47,515 1.25 3.24
Arauco 68,870 5756 2722 11.96 30.99
Atacama 90,105 79^883 30,843 1.13 2.92
Aysén 16700 88784 34457 0.19 0.49
Bío-Bío 118478 11748 4443 10.54 27.30
Cautín 348756 17470 6,707 20.08 52.00
Chiloé 91,355 23,446 9,052 3.90 10.09
Colchagua 133491 8465 3423 15.06 39.00
Concepción 335781 5701 2,201 58.81 152.33
Coquimbo 250*953 39^889 15,401 6.29 16.29
Curicó 90,490 5,737 2,215 15.77 40.85
Linares 133,705 9420 3791 13.62 35.27
Llanquihue 113787 18407 7,107 6.14 15.91
Magallanes 51J71 135418 52,285 0.38 0.98
Malleco 145799 14777 5412 10.18 26.36
Maule 65,418 5726 2J72 11.63 30.12
Nuble 226,904 14711 5487 15.97 41.35
O’Higgins 2OI499 7,112 2746 28.35 73.42
Osomo 80799 10715 3,867 8.Q2 20.77
Santiago 1,463441 16,988 6,559 86.15 223.12
Talca I4972O 9,640 3722 15.55 40.28
Tarapacá 99724 55787 21,346 1.80 4.67
Valdivia __ 210,256 20,002 7723 10.51 27.22
Valparaíso 476737 4*818 1,860 98.95 256.31
Total 5,237,432 741,767 286,396 7.06 18.29
1 Dirección general de estadística. Estadística Chilena, Año XVI, No. 12, diciembre de 1943, p. 745.
2------. Demografía y asistencia social, Año 1938, p. 7.
* Computed.
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Table 11.—CHILE: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND DEPARTAMENTO
Urban center Provincia Departamento Population
Andacollo Coquimbo Coquimbo 6,784
Angol __ M alleco _ Angol 12,398
Antofagasta Antofagasta Antofagasta 49 j 106
Arica Tarapacá Arica_. . 14^064
Calera Valparaíso Quillota 8*426
Cauquenes Maule Cauquenes 12,987
Chillán Nuble Chillán. 42*817
Concepción Concepción Concepción 85,813
Constitución Maulé Constitución 7,053
Copiapó Atacama Copiapó 15,693
Coquimbo Coquimbo Coquimbo 18^863
Coronel Concepción. Coronel 14,799
Curacautín Malleco Victoria 5,740
Curicó f Curicó Curicó 21,153
Illapel Coquimbo Illapel. 6*085
Iquique Tarapacá Iquique 38,094
La Serena _ Coquimbo La Serena 21,742
La Unión Valdivia La Unión 7,234
Lautaro __ Cautín Lautaro 9,602
Linares Linares Linares 17,108
Loncoche Cautín Villarrica 5,109
Los Andes. Aconcagua Los Andes 12,409
Los Angeles Bio-Bíoí Laja 20,979
Lota Concepción Coronel 31,087
Melipilla Santiago Melipilla 9,316
Molina Talca. Lontué 5,117
Mulchén Bío-Bío Mulchén 6,829
Nueva Imperial Cautín Imperial , 6,643
Osorno Osorno Osorno 25,075
Ovalle Coquimbo 0 valle 14,807
Parral Linares Parral 10,225
Penco. Concepción Concepción 6,803
Pitrufquén Cautín Pitrufquén 5,193
Puente Alto Santiago Santiago 10,145
Puerto Montt Llanquihue Llanquihue 21,360
Puerto Natales. Magallanes Ultima Esperanza 6,475
Punta Arenas Magallanes Magallanes. 29,883
Quillota Valparaíso Quillota 17,232
Quilpué Valparaíso Valparaíso 9,167
Rancagua O’Higgins Rancagua __ 31,018
Rengo O’Higgins Caupolicán 6,730
San Antonio Santiago San Antonio 11,859
San Bernardo Santiago San Bernardo 20,673
San Carlos Nuble : San Carlos 9,411
San Felipe Aconcagua.. San Felipe 13,168
San Fernando Colchagua San Fernando 14,410
San Francisco de Limache. Valparaíso ... Valparaíso.. 6,322
San Javier Linares j _ __ Loncomilla _ 5,183
Santaigo Santiago Santiago 952,075
Talagante Santiago Talagante 5,105
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Table 11.—CHILE: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND DEPARTAMENTO—Continued
Urban center Provincia Departamento Population
Talca Talca Talca ? 50,464
Talcahuano Concepción. Talcahuano 35,774
Taltal Antofagasta Taltal 5,659
Temuco Cautín Temuco 42,035
Tocopilla Antofagasta Tocopilla 15,516
Tomé Concepción Tomé 10,722
Traiguén < Malleco Traiguén 8,828
Valdivia Valdivia * Valdivia 34,496
Vallenar Atacama Huasco 8,472
V alparalso_^. Valparaiso Valparaíso •. 209,945
Victoria Malleco Victoria 9,039
Villa Alemana Valparaiso Valparaíso 5,615
Viña del Mar Valparaiso Valparaíso 65,916
Source: Dirección general de estadística. Estadística Chilena, Año XVII,' Nos. 1-2, enero-febrero de 1944. Santiago de Chile, June 10, 1944, p. 52.
COLOMBIA
On April 20, 1938, a national census of buildings was taken in Colombia, followed (July 5, 1938) by a national census of population. The results of these two censuses are published in 16 volumes,1 including a separate volume for each of the departments, one volume on the national territories (intendencias and comisarias), and a summary volume for the entire country. Each of the volumes is divided into two parts, part one containing the results of the population census, presented in a series of tables, summarizing, as well as showing in detail, the urban and rural composition of the population; population of municipios, by cabeceras and other settled localities; age; marital status, and sex of inhabitants; schooling, by age, sex, and urban communities within the municipios; nationality, marital status, and sex of the population; and the distribution of the economically active and inactive population, by types of activity, sex, and nationality.
The Dirección nacional de estadística of Colombia also publishes estimates of the population, by major civil divisions, as of June 30 of each year,2 in addition to which, and for reasons that are not clear, estimates of the population on other dates are released (see table 13).
1 Contraloria general de la República, dirección nacional de estadística. Censo general de la población, 5 de julio de 1938. Bogotá, Imprenta nacional, 1940-42.
2 ——, -----•. Anuario general de estadística and certain numbers of the Boletín of the Contraloria general.
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With the exception of the capital and a few other leading cities in Colombia, it is impossible to obtain, from official, published sources, current estimates of the population of urban centers. The populations given in table 14 are from the census of 1938, and the list is complete with respect to the number of towns of 5,000 or more inhabitants, as of that year. A comparison of these figures with those cited in many English-language sources reveals some startling discrepancies. The blame for this must be borne by those whose limited knowledge of Spanish has led them to the erroneous conclusion that the word municipio means “municipality” in the urban sense that this word is commonly used in the United States. In Colombia, as in many of the other Republics of Latin America, a municipio is comparable in every important respect to a county. Both normally have a rural (dispersed) population as well as an urban one, and the latter may be clustered in one or more centers. The comparison also holds with respect to the designation of one urban center as the cabecera del municipio, i.e., “county seat,” which may, and most frequently does, have the same name as the municipio.
Table 12.—COLOMBIA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 June 30, 1944 Area Population
Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer3 Per square mile3
DEPARTAMENTOS Antioquia 1,331,000 65,810 25,409 20.22 52.38
Atlántico * Bolívar 327,909 3,470 1,340 94.50 244.71
897,780 59,560 22,996 15.07 39.04
Boyacá 764,640 64,580 24,934 11.84 30.67
Caldas 919,480 13,370 5,162 68.77 178.12
Cauca 403,300 30,200 11,660 13.35 34.59
Cundinamarca 1,315,400 23,590 9,108 55.76 144.42
Huila 227,770 20,700 7,992 11.00 28.50
Magdalena 397,996 53,920 20,819 7.38 19.12
Nariño 512,580 29,910 11,548 17.14 44.39
Norte de Santander 387,630 21,490 8,297 18.04 46.72
Santander 681,290 32,070 12,382 21.24 55.02
Tolima 639,103 22,990 8,876 27.80 72.00
Valle del Cauca 785,990 20,940 8,085 37.54 97.22
Territorios4 313,880 676,555 261,217 0.46 1.20
Total 9,905,748 1,139,155 439,825 8.70 22.52
* Contrataría general de la República. Dirección nacional de estadística. Boletín, No. 643. (Estimated population, June 30, 1944). American Embassy, Bogotá, December 29, 1944. Report No. 690.
2-------. Anuario general de estadística: Colombia, 1941. Bogotá, 1942.
2 .Computed.
4 Includes comisarías and intendencias; see table 13.
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Table 13.—COLOMBIA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY TERRITORIOS
Territorios Estimated population1 Oct. 12, 1942 Area Population
Square kilometers2 Square railes’ Per square kilometer’ Per square mile’
COMISARIAS Arauca 11,490 25,830 9,973 0.44 1.15
Caquetá 21,650 102,990 39,764 0.21 0.54
Guajira 62,190 12,240 4,726 5.08 13.16
Putumayo 16,240 26,470 10,220 0.61 1.59
Vaupés 8,040 149,850 57,857 0.05 0.14
Vichada 9,920 102,990 39,764 0.10 0.25
INTENDENCIAS Amazonas 6,640 124,340 48,008 0.05 0.14
Chocó 115,150 46,570 17,981 2.47 6.40
Meta 55,630 85,220 32,903 0.65 1.69
San Andrés y Providencia. 6,630 55 21 120.55 315.71
Total 313,580 676,555 261,217 0.46 1.20
1 Dirección nacional de estadística. Published in El Tiempo (newspaper) of Bogotá, October 15, 1942.
2-------. Anuario general de estadística: Colombia, 19il. Bogotá, 1942.
8 Computed.
Table 14—COLOMBIA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND MUNICIPIO
Urban center Departamento Municipio Population
Aguadas Caldas Aguadas 7,631
Agua de Dios Cundinamarca 7,213
Andes Antioquia Andes 5,991
Anserma Caldas Anserma 5,458
Arjona _ Bolivar Arjona 10,416
Armenia Caldas Armenia 29,673
Armero Tolima Armero 6,401
Baranoa Atlantic© Baranoa 6,899
Barrancabermeja Santander Barrancabermeja 9,307
Barranquilla Atldntico Barranquilla 150,395
Bello. Antioquia Bello 8,180
Bogota Cundinamarca Bogotá 325,658
Bucaramanga Santander Bucar aman ga 41,714
Buenaventura.. Valle del Cauca Buenaventura 14,515
Buga Valle del Cauca Buga 19,595
Calamar Bolivar Calamar 6,934
Calar cá ' Caldas Calar cá 7,453
Cali. Valle del Cauca Cali 88,366
Campo de la Cruz. Atldntico Campo de la Cruz 5,458
Carmen Bolivar , Carmen. 8,228
Cartagena Bolivar Cartagena 73,190
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Table 14.—COLOMBIA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Departamento Municipio Population
Cartago Valle del Cauca Cartago 14,750
Chaparral.. Tolima Chaparral 5,506
Chiquinquirá Boyacá Chiquinquirá 6,998
Ciénaga Magdalena Ciénaga 22,783
Cisneros Antioquia Cisneros _ _ 5,423
Contratación Santander. 5,238
Cúcuta Norte de Santander.. Cúcuta 37,323
El Banco Magdalena El Banco 5,626
Espinal Tolima . Espinal 5,666
Facatativá. Cundinamar ca Facatativá .. 9,779
Girardot _ _ Cundinamarca.. _ Girardot 22,557
Honda. Tolima. _______ Honda _ 12,424
Ibagué _ Tolima Ibagué 27,448
Ipiales Narifio Ipiales 8,343
La Dorada Caldas La Dorada. _ _ 5,965
Líbano Tolima Líbano 7,659
Lorica Bolívar Lorica 6,146
Magangué Bolívar Magangué 9,770
Málaga. Santander Málaga _ 5,210
Manatí Atlántico. Manatí _ _. 5,426
Manizales. Caldas Manizales 51.025
Medellin Antioquia Medellín 143,952
Mompós Bolívar Mompós 6,694
Montería Bolívar Montería 12,804
Neiva _ Huila Neiva 15,096
Ocaña Norte de Santander. _ Ocaña 9,937
Palmira. Valle del Cauca Palmira 21,235
Pamplona Norte de Santander. _ Pamplona 13,126
Pasto. _ Nariño Pasto 27,564
Pereira i Caldas Pereira 30,762
Piedecuesta. Santander Piedecuesta 6,974
Plato _ Magdalena Plato 5,814
Popaván _ Cauca Popayán 18,292
Puerto Berrío. _ Antioquia Puerto Berrío 5,487
Puerto Tejada Cauca Puerto Tejada 5,566
Quibdó. _ Chocó (Intendencia).. Quibdó 5,278
Ríohacha _ _ Magdalena Ríohacha 5,650
Rí osucio Caldas Ríosucio 5,801
Sabanalarga Atlántico. Sabanalarga. 11,432
Salamina _ Caldas Salamina 6,183
•San Gil, Santander San Gil 7,811
San Jacinto Bolívar San Jacinto 5,891
Santa Marta Magdalena Santa Marta 25,113
Santa Rosa de Cabal Caldas Santa Rosa de Cabal 9,329
Sevilla _ Valle del Cauca Sevilla 10,450
Sincé Bolívar Sincé 8,287
Sincele jo. Bolívar Sincelejo ... 11,014
Socorro _ _ Santander Socorro 7,891
Sogamoso Boyacá Sogamoso 5,216
Soledad Atlántico Soledad 11,500
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Table 14.—COLOMBIA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Departamento Municipio Population
Tuluá ? Valle del Cauca Tuluá. 12,017
Tumaco Nariño í_ Tumaco 9,671
Tunja-_ Boyacá Tunja 16,597
Turbaco Bolívar Turbaco 8,977
Villavicencio Meta {Intendencia)-.- Villavicencio 6,074
Yarumal Antioquia Yarumal 8,693
Zipaquirá Cundinamarca Zipaquirá 6,955
Source: Dirección nacional de estadística. Censo general de población, 5 de julio de 1938. Tomo XVI. Bogotá, 1942, pp. 59-83.
COSTA RICA
The most recent national population census in Costa Rica was taken May 11, 1927. Since that time annual estimates of the population, by provinces, cantons, districts, and capital cities of provinces have been based on this census, adjusted according to current statistics on birth, deaths, immigration, and emigration. In recent years these estimates have been published in the Informe of the Dirección general de estadística. The estimated population of towns other than the capital cities does not appear to be given in any official, published source. The list of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants (table 16) is, therefore, incomplete.
Table 15.—COSTA RICA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Dec. 31,1943 Area Population
Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer2 Per square mile*
PROVINCIAS
Alajuela 148,771 9,460 3,652 15.73 40.74
Cartago 106,242 2,903 1,121 36.60 94.77
Guanacaste__________ 84,536 11,060 4,270 7.64 19.80
Heredia_____________ 53,023 2,932 1,132 18.08 46.84
Limón 38,793 8,751 3,379 4.43 11.48
Puntarenas 45,727 10,244 3,955 4.46 11.56
San José 229,504 4,477 1,729 51.26 132.74
Total. _■ 706,596 49,827 19,238 14.18 36.73
1 Dirección general de estadística. Informe, Año 1943. San José, 1944.
2 Computed.
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Table 16.—COSTA RICA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND CANTON
Urban center Provincia Cantón Population
Alajuela Alajuela Alajuela 9,999
Cartago Cartago Cartago 9,667
Heredia Heredia Heredia 10,331
Limón Limón Limón 9,760
Puntarenas Puntarenas Puntarenas 8,265
San Jose San José San José 74,872
Source: Dirección general de estadística. Informe, Año 1943. San José, 1944.
CUBA
The latest national population census in Cuba, taken July 25, 1943, is an enumeration only of the total population and the electoral population, by provinces, municipios, and barrios. Earlier censuses include those taken in 1899, which is probably the most comprehensive and accurate of the numerous Cuban censuses, 1907, 1919, and 1931.
In order to obtain from the census of 1943 the population of cities and towns “it must be understood that the cities of Cuba have no corporate limits separating sharply the urban element from the surrounding rural population. The cities, like the rural districts, are divided into barrios, and many of these barrios extend beyond the borders of the cities out into the country districts, much as do New England towns, and thus include both urban and rural population.”1 The list of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants (table 18) was compiled from a standard reference, which lists the towns and cities of Cuba, together with the names of the barrios officially included in each.2 The populations of these barrios were taken from the census of 1943.
1 Census of the Republic of Cuba, 1919. Havana, Maza, Arroyo y Caso, s. en. c., Printers, 1920?, pp. 164-165.
2 Cuba en la mano: Enciclopedia popular ilustrada. La Habana, Ucar, Garcia y via., 1940, PP» 6-210.
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Table 17.—CUBA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Area Population
population1 July 25. 1943 . Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer1 Per square mile2
PROVINCIAS Camagüey 487,701 26,346 10,172 18.51 47.95
La Habana 1,235,939 8,221 3,174 150.34 389.39
Las Villas8 938,581 21,411 8,267 43.84 113.53
Matanzas 361,079 8,444 3,260 42.76 110.76
Oriente 1,356,489 36,602 14,132 37.06 95.99
Pinar del Río 398,794 13,500 5,212 29.54 76.51
Total 4,778,583 114,524 44,217 41.73 108.07
1 Dirección general del censo. Censo de 19Jt3: Estados contentivos de habitantes y electores clasificados por provincias, municipios y barrios. Lá Habana, 1944. 112 pp.
2 Computed.
3 Formerly the Province of Santa Clara.
Table 18.—CUBA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS. LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND TERMING MUNICIPAL
Urban center Provincia Término municipal Population
Alacranes Matanzas Alacranes •_ _ 5,504
Alquízar La Habana Alquízar 6,360
Alto Songo Oriente Alto Songo 8,140
Artemisa Pinar del Río Artemisa 13,084
Bañes Oriente Bañes 16,000
Baracoa Oriente Baracoa 10,395
Batabanó La Habana Batabanó 5,447
Bauta La Habana Baúta 8,304
Bayamo Oriente_________ Bayamo 16,161
Bejucal La Habana Bejucal 8,319
Cabaiguán Las Villas Cabaiguán 15,656
Caibarién Las Villas Caibarién 19,815
Calabazar de Sagua Las Villas Calabazar de Sagua 8,131
Camagüey Camagüey Camagüey 78,458
Camajuaní Las Villas Camajuaní 12,087
Campechuela Oriente Campechuela 6,013
Cárdenas Matanzas Cárdenas 37,144
Ciego de Avila Camagüey Ciego de Avila _ 29,130
Cienfuegos Las Villas Cienfuegos 49,452
Colón Matanzas Colón 11,833
Consolación del Sur Pinar del Río Consolación del Sur 5,495
Cruces Las Villas Cruces 9,043
Encrucijada Las Villas Encrucijada. _ 7^511
Fomento. _ _ Las Villas Fomento 17,381
Gibara _ Oriente Gibara 8,045
Guanabacoa La Habana Guanabacoa _ 21,999
Guanajay Pinar del Río Guanajay 10,473
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Table 18.—CUBA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROVINCIAL AND TERMING MUNICIPAL—Continued
Urban center Provincia Término municipal Popula tiorí
Guantánamo Oriente Guantánamo . 42,445
Güines La Habana Güines 22,669
Güira de Melena La Habana Güira de Melena 10,824
Habana, La La Habana La Habana 676,376
Holguín Oriente Holguín 35,865
Jatibonico Camagüey Jatibonico. 7,409
JiguanL„2 _ Oriente Jiguaní _ 13,995
Jovellanos Matanzas Jovellanos 13,324
Manguito. Matanzas Manguito _ _ 6,340
Manzanillo Oriente Manzanillo 35,730
Marianao ; La Habana Marianao 114,743
Martí Matanzas Martí 5,060
Matanzas Matanzas Matanzas 49,591
Máximo Gómez Matanzas Máximo Gómez 5,416
Morón Camagüey Morón 17,023
Nuevitas Camagüey Nuevitas 12,029
Palma Soriano Oriente Palma Soriano 15,743
Palmira Las Villas Palmira 5,865
Pedro Betancourt Matanzas Pedro Betancourt 6,030
Perico Matanzas Perico 6,818
Pinar del Rio Pinar del Río Pinar del Río 26,241
Placetas Las Villas Placetas. 20,375
Puerto Padre Oriente Puerto Padre 8,187
Quemado de Güines Las Villas Quemado de Güines 8,414
Regla La Habana Regla 23,037
Remedios Las Villas San Juan délos Remedios 10 485
Sagua la Grande Las Villas Sagua la Grande 15,539
San Antonio de los Baños. La Habana San Antonio de los Baños 14,456
San José de las Lajas La Habana San José de las Lajas 7,949
San Luis Oriente___________ San Luis 10,819
San Luis Pinar del Río San Luis 7,389
Sancti Spiritus Las Villas Sancti Spiritus 14,164
Santa Clara.. ....... Las Villas Santa Clara 27,925
Santa Cruz del Norte La Habana Santa Cruz del Norte 6,265
Santiago de Cuba Oriente Santiago de Cuba 120,577
Santiago de las Vegas La Habana Santiago de las Vegas 9,385
Trinidad Las Villas Trinidad 15,453
Unión de Reyes Matanzas Unión de Reyes Q,743
Victoria de las Tunas Oriente Victoria de las Tunas 12,300
Yaguajay Las Villas Yaguajay 8 796
Zulueta Las Villas. Zulueta 5,905
Source: Dirección general del censo. Censo de 19^3: Estados contentivos de habitantes y electores clasificados por provincias, municipios y barrios. La Habana, 1944. 112 pp.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
The first national population census in the Dominican Republic was taken in 1920. This was followed by the census of May 13, 1935. the results of which are published in the Anuario estadístico de la República Dominicana for the years 1937, 1938, and 1939, and include enumerations according to race, religion, literacy, nationality, labor force, and urban-rural composition.
Since the second census was taken the Government has created five new provinces and altered the boundaries of virtually every major civil division in the Republic. Briefly the changes have been as follows: In 1938 tjie provinces of Libertador, Monseñor de Merino, and Benefactor were formed, respectively, from parts of the provinces of Montecristi, Trujillo, and Azua. In the same year the limits of the provinces of Duarte, Samaná, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, and Seibo were altered. In 1941 the común of Villa Melia, formerly a part of the Province of Monseñor de Meriño, was incorporated in the Distrito de Santo Domingo. In 1942 the Province of San Rafael was formed from a part of the Province of Benefactor, and in 1943 the Province of Bahoruco was created at the partial expense of Barahona.
The usefulness of the population data given in table 19 will be increased when an official map of the present territorial divisions of the Dominican Republic is published. The latest (1941) official map available in Washington does not show the provinces of San Rafael and Bahoruco.
The list of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants (table 20), compiled by the Dirección general de estadística, is complete as of July 1, 1944. According to the latest legal definition in the Dominican Republic, urban centers of 10,000 or more inhabitants are designated as cities; those under 10,000, but with not less than 1,000 inhabitants, are classed as towns.
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Table 19.—DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: POPULATION. AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 July 1,1944 Area Population
Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer2 Per square mile2
Distrito de Santo Domingo 136,702 1,419 548 96.34 249.46
PROVINCIAS
Azua 77,215 3,521 1,359 21.93 56,82
Bahoruco 65,397 3,488 1,347 18.75 48.55
Barahona 61457 3,473 1’341 17.70 45.83
Benefactor 97,504 3480 1,344 28.02 72.55
Duarte 148,718 2,890 1,116 51.46 133.26
Espaillat 108^338 658 254 164.65 426.53
La Vega 221,600 4,615 1,782 48.02 124.35
Libertador 36,244 922 356 39.31 101.81
Monseñor de Merino 78,791 2,541 981 31.01 80.32
Montecristi 61,655 2,978 1,150 20.70 53.61
Puerto Plata 1 143,793 2,130 822 67.51 174.93
Samaná 30^334 1,415 546 21.44 55.56
San Pedro de Macoris. __ 91,988 1,346 520 68.34 176.90
San Rafael 36,046 . 2,040 788 17.67 45.74
Santiago 259^616 3,541 1,367 73.32 189.92
Seibo 174,522 74)31 2,715 24.82 64.28
Trujillo 139,853 2,055 793 68.05 176.36
Total 1,969,773 49,543 19,129 39.76 102.97
1 Dirección general de estadística. Población de la República Dominicana por provincias y densidad por km2 según la división territorial de 19JH. Typewritten table. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Research Division.
2 Computed.
Table 20.—DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND COMUN
Urban center Provincia Común Population
Azua de Compostela Azua Azua 6,561
Baní Trujillo Banî 11,731
Barahona Barahona Barahona 13,751
Ciudad Trujillo Santo Domingo 120^380
Concepción de la Vega La Vega La Vega 11,683
Du vergé __ Barahona Du vergé 5,521
La Romana Seibo______ La Romana 13’814
Moca Espaillat Moca___ 8,720
San Cristóbal Trujillo San Cristóbal 7,923
San Felipe de Puerto Plata. Puerto Plata Puerto Plata 15,366
San Francisco de Macoris. Duarte S. F. de Macoris 15,418
San Juan de la Maguàna. Benefactor S. J. de la Maguana 5,809
San Pedro de Macoris San Pedro de Macoris, S. P. de Macoris ... 22,513
Santiago de los Caballeros. Santiago Santiago 52,943
Source: Dirección general de estadística. Población de las ciudades y villas con más de 5,000 habitantes según los estimados al 1° de julio de 1944- Typewritten table, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Research Division.
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ECUADOR
In spite of the fact that no national population census has ever been taken in Ecuador,1 the estimated population of provinces, cantons, and cities, issued each year by the Dirección general de registro civil, is frequently cited as a censo de población. The population figures given in the tables below are the latest official estimates. The area figures, also taken from an official source, may be found to differ appreciably from those given in other official sources, but until the territory of Ecuador has been accurately surveyed and mapped, there is little purpose in debating the relative merits of these conflicting estimates.
1 The area, was included in the Colombian census of 1825, and a partial census appears to have been taken in 1864.
Table 21.—ECUADOR: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Jan. 1, 1944 Area Population
Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer3 Per square mile*
PROVINCIAS
Azuay 263,873 7,799 3,011 33.83 87.64
Bolivar. 110,270 3,216 1,246 34.29 88.50
Cañar 125,109 2,677 1,034 46.73 121.00
Carchi 79,155 3,582 1,383 22.10 57.23
Chimborazo 276,685 6,161 2,379 44.91 116.30
Cotopaxi______ 202,385 4,614 1,781 43.86 113.64
El Oro 83,712 5,925 2,288 14.13 36.59
Esmeraldas 59,246 15,886 6,134 3.73 9.66
Guayas 431,903 21,259 8,208 20.32 52.62
Imbabura 148,993 4,803 1,854 31.02 80.36
Loja 212,429 11,494 4,438 18.48 47.87
Los Rios 134,805 5,937 2,292 22.71 58.82
Manabi 331,153 18,923 7,306 17.50 45.33
Pichincha 321,569 16,768 6,474 19.18 49.67
Tungurahua 209,872 3,204 1,237 65.50 169.66
OTHER DIVISIONS
Provincias orientales4 179,433 130,578 50,416 1.37 3.56
Archipiélago de Colón5. _ 661 7,844 3,029 0.08 0.22
Total 63,171,367 270,670 104,510 11.72 30.35
1 República del Ecuador. Registro oficial. Año I, No. 49, 29 de julio de 1944. Población de la República del Ecuador, al I ° de enero de 19H, pp. 332-334.
2 Ministerio de previsión social. Bioestadistica en el cosmos ecuatoriano. Quito, 1943, p. 13.
3 Computed.
4 Includes Napo-Pastaza (86,084 sq. km.) and Santiago-Zamora (44,494 sq. km.).
s Known also as Galápagos Islands.
3 Includes migratory increase of 114 persons.
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Table 22.—ECUADOR: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND CANTON
Urban center Provincia Cantón Population
Alausí Chimborazo Alausí 12,238
Ambato Tungurahua Ambato. _ _ 21,692
Atuntaqui Imbabura Ante _ _ _ . 8,701
Azogues _ _ _ _ Cañar ,__ Azogues _ __ 15,068
Baba Los Ríos Baba 6,478
Babahoyo. Los Ríos Babahoyo 13429
Bahía Manabí Sucre 10,499
Balzar Guavas Balzar . 9,306
Caj abamba Chimborazo Colta 15,043
Calceta _ __ Manabí Bolívar _. 13,366
Cañar ¿ Cañar Cañar 11,925
Cariamanga _ _ Loja Calvas 15,598
Catacocha. Loja Paltas 14,240
Cataramar Los Ríos Urdaneta _ _ _ 6,705
Cayambe Pichincha Cayambe 11,855
Célica Loja Célica 10,904
Chone Manabí Chone 21,834
Corazón_ __ Cotopaxi Pangua 5,571
Cotacachi Imbabura Cotacachi 7,703
Cuenca. Azuay Cuenca 52,519
Daule Guavas Daule 18,089
Esmeraldas Esmeraldas Esmeraldas 13,881
Girón Azuay Girón 12,224
Gualaceo Azuay_______ Gualaceo 9,334
Guano _ Chimborazo Guano 11,871
Guaranda Bolívar Guaranda 15,606
Guayaquil Guayas Guayaquil 172,948
Ibarra Imbabura Ibarra 13,798
Jipijapa Manabí Jipijapa 22,097
Latacunga __ _ Cotopaxi Latacunga. ._ _ 20,357
Loja. Loja Loja 20,776
Macará Loja Macará 10,006
Machachi_ Pichincha Mejía 8,165
Móchala El Oro Machala 7,730
Manta Manabí Manta 14,248
Milagro Guayas Milagro . 16,389
Montecristi. _ Manabí Montecristi 8,614
Otavalo Imbabura Otavalo _ 10,708
Pasaje El Oro Pasaje 7,409
Paute Azuay Paute 11,490
Pelileo Tungurahua Pelileo . 10,031
Píllaro Tungurahua Píllaro 8,465
Pifias El Oro Pifias 9,710
Portoviejo Manabí Portoviejo.. 13,998
Pujilí. Cotopaxi Pujilí 9,138
Quito Pichincha. _ Quito 165,924
Riobamba Chimborazo Riobamba. _ 27,459
Rocafuerte Manabí Rocafuerte 14,125
Salinas. Guayas Salinas 6,589
San Gabriel Carchi ' Montúfar 7,847
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Table 22.—ECUADOR: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS. LOCATED BY PROVINCIA AND CANTON—Continued
Urban center Provincia Cantón Population
San José Bolívar Chimbo 5,428 8,215 8,085 8,029 11,470 12,731 7,184 7,890 10,321 6,988 12,828 21,860 8,699 13,657
San Miguel Bolívar San Miguel ;
San Miguel Cotopaxi Salcedo
Sangolqui Santa Ana Pichincha Rumiñahui
Manabí Santa Ana
Santa Elena Guayas Santa Elena
Santa Rosa El Oro. Santa Rosa
Saraguro Sigsig-'__ Lo ja Saraguro
Azuay Sigsig
Tabacundo Pichincha Moncayo
Tvlcán Carchi Tulcán
Vinces Los Ríos Vinces
Yaguachi Guayas __ Yaguachi. _
Zaruma ; El Óro_ Zaruma__ '
Source : See footnote 1 , table 21. Population estimated as of January 1, 1944.
EL SALVADOR
The most recent national population census in El Salvador was taken May 1, 1930.1 Since that time the Dirección general de estadística has issued estimates of the population, as of December 31 of each year, together with estimates of the urban-rural composition of the population, by municipios. These data are published in the Anuario estadístico,2 and in certain numbers of the Boletín estadístico.
^Dirección general de estadística. Población de la República de El Salvador. Censo de Ia de mayo de 1930. San Salvador, 1942. 512 pp.
2 The Anuario estadístico de 1942 appears to be the latest year available in Washington.
Table 23.—EL SALVADOR: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Dec. 31,1942 Area Population
Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer2 Per square mile2
DEPART AMENTOS Ahuachapán 103,198 2,082 804 49.57 128.36
Cabañas 81,632 819 316 99.67 258.33
Chalatehango 112,939 3,346 1,292 33.75 87.41
Cuscatlán 106,079 1,740 672 60.96 157.86
La Libertad - 146,238 2,184 843 66.96 173.47
La Paz 113,890 2,354 909 48.38 125.29
La Unión , 105,628 2,286 883 46.21 119.62
Morazán 104,976 2,355 909 44.58 115.49
San Miguel 172,266 3,481 1,344 49.49 128.17
San Salvador 230,-951 2,047 790 112.82 292.34
San Vicente 100,978 2,287 883 44.15 114.36
Santa Ana 195,271 3,559 1,374 54.87 142.12
Sonsonate 123,967 2,242 866 55.29 143.15
Usulután , 164,967 3,344 1,291 49.33 127.78
Total 1,862,980 34,126 13,176 54.59 141.39
1 Dirección general de estadística. Anuario estadístico de 1942, Tomo I. San Salvador, 1943, p. 17.
2 Computed.
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Table 24.—EL SALVADOR: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5.000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND MUNICIPIO
Urban center Departamento Municipio Population
Ahuachapán Ahuachapán Ahuachapán 13,505
Armenia _____'_ Sonsonate Armenia 6,568
Atiquizaya Ahuachapán Atiquizaya 5,901
Chalchuapa Santa Ana Chalchuapa 9,626
Chinameca San Miguel Chinameca 6,502
Cojutepeque Cuscatlán Cojutepeque 14,912
Izalco Sonsonate Izalco 7,709
Jiquilisco Usulután Jiquilisco 5,884
Jucuapa Usulután Jucuapa í 6,196
La Unión La Unión La Unión 1 5,969
Mejicanos San Salvador Mejicanos 7,389
Nahuizalco Sonsonate Nahuizalco 6,111
Nueva San Salvador1 La Libertad Nueva San Salvador 23,755
Quezaltepeque La Libertad Quezaltepeque ¿ 6,382
San Juan Nonualco La Paz San Juan Nonualco 5,611
San Miguel _ San Miguel San Miguel 18,930
San Salvador • San Salvador San Salvador 105,193
San Vicente San Vicente San Vicente 13,158
Santa Ana Santa Ana Santa Ana 46,343
Santa Elena Usulután Santa Elena 5,100
Santiago de María Usulután Santiago de María 5,988
Sonsonate , Sonsonate Sonsonate 17,232
Suchitoto Cuscatlán Suchitoto 10,350
Usulután : Usulután Usulután 8,622
Villa Delgado San Salvador Villa Delgado 6,579
Zacatecoluca La Paz_____________ Zacatecoluca 10,822
Source: Dirección general de estadística. Anuario estadístico de 1942, Tomo I, San Salvador, 1943. Población urbana al 31 de diciembre de 1942 de todos los municipios de la República de El Salvador, pp. 51-61.
1 Formerly Santa Tecla.
GUATEMALA
The first national population census in Guatemala was taken in 1880, followed by the censuses of 1893, 1921, and 1940. The results of the census of April 7, 1940, are published and include tabulations of the total population, by region and department; class of population (rural, urban, and special); population by age, race, religion, language, and education; number of inhabitants of school age; civil status, by age groups; physical impediments; and the composition of the population according to nationality and occupation. All of the tabulations are divided according to sex, and the majority are given in detail for both departments and municipios.1
Although the Dirección general de estadística annually issues an estimate of the total population, as of December 31, no current publication of the Republic of Guatemala has been located in Washington that gives the estimated population by civil divisions or by urban centers.
1 Dirección general de estadística. Quinto censo general de población levantado el 7 de abril de 1940. Guatemala, C. A., 1942. 885 pp. (Considering the census taken in the Kingdom of Guatemala in 1778 to be the first, the census of 1940 is numbered the fifth.)
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Table 25.—GUATEMALA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION,
BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Enumerated population1 Apr. 7, 1940 Area Population
Square kilometers* 'Square miles3 Per square kilometer3 Per square mile3
DEPARTAMENTOS Alta Verapaz 282,562 11,582 4,472 24.40 63.18
Baja Verapaz 96,182 3,124 1,206 30.79 79.75
Chimaltenango 177,123 1,979 764 89.50 231.84
Chiquimula 144,011 2,376 917 60.61 157.05
El Progreso 65,302 1,922 742 33.98 88.01
Escuintla 176,280 4,384 1,693 40.21 104.12
Guatemala 319,197 2,126 821 150.14 388.79
Huehuetenan go 176,480 7,400 2,857 23.85 61.77
IzabaL 83,153 6,142 2,371 13.54 35.07
Jalapa 124,855 2,063 797 60.52 156.66
Jutiapa 200,416 3,219 1,243 62.26 161.24
Petén 11,475 35,854 13,843 0.32 0.83
Quezaltenango 233,655 1,951 753 119.76 310.30
Quiché 158,662 8,378 3,235 18.94 49.05
Retalhuleu 69,974 1,880 726 37.22 96.38
Sacatepéquez 83,024 465 180 178.55 461.24
San Marcos 204,208 3,791 1,464 53.87 139.49
Santa Rosa i 169,774 2,955 1,141 57.45 148.79
Sololâ 86,625 1,061 410 81.64 211.28
Suchitepéquez 182,162 2,486 960 73.28 189.75
Totonicapân 92,292 1,061 410 86.99 225.10
Zacapa 145,797 2,690 1,039 54.20 140.32
Total 3,283,209 108,889 42,044 30.15 78.09
1 Dirección general de estadística. Quinto censo general de población levantado el 7 de abril de 1910. Guatemala, 1942, p. 8.
2 Data prepared by the Sección de ingeniería for the Secretaria de relaciones exteriores of Guatemala, sent to the United States Bureau of the Census by Señor Guillermo Schwartz, Director general de estadística, March 21, 1944.
8 Computed.
Table 26.—GUATEMALA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND MUNICIPIO
Urban center Departamento Municipio Population
Alotenango Sacatepéquez Alotenango . 5,372
Antigua Guatemala Sacatepéquez Antigua Guatemala 12,601
Asunción Mita _ Jutiapa Asunción Mita. 5,343
Chimaltenango Chimaltenango. . Chimaltenango. 7,898
Chiquimula Chiquimula. Chiquimula 10^868
Chiquimulilla Santa Rosa Chiquimulilla 5,637
Ciudad Vieja Sacatepéquez Ciudad Vieja 6,011
Coatepeque Quezaltenango Coatepeque 6,425
Cobán Alta Verapaz Cobán 8^001
Comalapa Chimaltenango Comalapa 10361
Escuintla Escuintla Escuintla 6,158
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Table 26.—GUATEMALA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Departamento Municipio Population
Gualán Zacapa. Gualán 5,478
Guatemala. _ _ _ Guatemala Guatemala 163,826
Guazacapán Santa Rosa Guazacapán. 6,438
Jalapa Jalapa Jalapa 9,968
Jutiapa Jutiapa Jutiapa 6,480
Livingston _ Izabal Livingston 5,151
Mazaienango- Suchitepéquez Mazatenango 14’227
Patzicia Chimalten ango Patzicia 8,270
Patzún Chimaltenango Patzún 7'525
Puerto Barrios Izabal Puerto Barrios 15,784
Quezaltenango Quezaltenango Quezaltenango 33,538
Retalhuleu • Retalhuleu Retalhuleu 6,549
San Andrés Itzapa Chimaltenango San Andrés Itzapa 6,048
San Luis Jilotepeque Jalapa San Luis Jilotepeque 7,458
San Pedro Sacatepéquez.. San Marcos San Pedro Sacatepéquez. 5,469
Santa María de Jesús Sacatepéquez Santa María de Jesús 6,049
Santiago Atitlán Sololá Santiago Atitlán 6,742
Sumpango Sacatepéquez Sumpango 7,299
Tecpán Guatemala Chimaltenan go Tecpán Guatemala 5,671
Totonicapán Totonicapán Totonicapán 5,623
Zacapa Zacapa Zacapa 14,443
Source: Dirección general de estadística. Quinto censo general de población levantado el 7 de abril de 1940. Guatemala, 1942, pp. 28-48.
HONDURAS
After a long history of intermittent registrations, estimates, and enumerations of the population, Honduras adopted in 1930 a quinquennial system of national population censuses. The results of the census of June 30, 1940, are published and include analyses of population trends as well as detailed statistics on age, sex, urban and rural distribution, civil status, race, nationality, occupation, education, literacy, religion, physical and mental defects, and the number of property owners, families, and urban and rural homes.1
The Secretaría de gobernación, justicia, sanidad y beneficencia (see footnote 1, table 27) issues estimates of the population, by departments, as of June 30 of each year. No official publication has been located in Washington that gives current estimates of the population of urban centers.
1 Dirección, general de estadística. Resumen del censo general de población levantado el SO de junio de 1940. Tegucigalpa, 1942. 214 pp.
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Table 27.—HONDURAS: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION,
BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 June 30,1943 Area Population
Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer* Per square mile*
DEPARTAMENTOS Atlántida____ 46,350 4,957 1,914 9.35 24.22
Choluteca 92,844 5,091 1,966 18.24 47.22
Colón 32,012 44,300 17,104 0.72 1.87
Comayagua 57,845 4,970 1,919 11.64 30.14
Copán 87,672 3,703 1,430 23.68 61.31
Cortés 93,052 6,087 2,350 15.29 39.60
El Paraíso. _ 72,576 8,573 3,310 8.47 21.93
Gracias 82,098 3,355 1,295 24.47 63.40
Intibucá 54,837 2,738 1,057 20.03 51.88
Islas de la Bahía 7,485 373 144 20.07 51.98
La Paz 50,751 3,230 1,247 15.71 40.70
Ocotepeque 49,914 2,225 859 22.43 58.11
Olancho 67,325 33,634 12,986 2.00 5.18
Santa Bárbara 85,587 7,417 2,864 - 11.54 29.88
Tegucigalpa. í 167,987 10,024 3,870 16.76 43.41
Valle 57,118 2,112 815 27.04 70.08
Yoro 67,579 10,437 4,030 6.47 16.77
Total 1,173,032 153,226 59,160 7.66 19.83
1 Secretaría de gobernación, justicia, sanidad y beneficencia. Informe délos actos realigados por el poder ejecutivo . . . , Año fiscal de 1942—43. Tegucigalpa, 1944, p. 60.
2 Dirección general de estadística. Resumen del censo general de población levantado el SO de junio de 1940. Tegucigalpa, 1942, p. 7.
8 Computed.
Table 28.—HONDURAS: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS. LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND MUNICIPIO
Urban center Departamento Municipio Population
Choluteca Choluteca. _ Choluteca 5,057
El Progreso • Yoro El Progreso 5,409
La Ceiba Atlántida _ La Ceiba 11,293
Puerto Cortés Cortés Puerto Cortés 7,019
San Pedro Sula Cortés San Pedro Sula 20,392
Santa Rosa Copán Santa Rosa 6,018
Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa Distrito Central __ 47,223
Tela Atlántida Tela 8,969
Source: Dirección general de estadística. Resumen del censo general de población levantado el 30 de junio de 1940. Tegucigalpa, 1942, pp. 29-208.
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MEXICO
Although Mexico has a long history of population estimates and censuses, the establishment of the Dirección general de estadística in 1923 marked the beginning of a new era in the scope and standardization of Mexican censuses. With the precedents set by the censuses of 1929, 1930, and 1935, “the census law of May 23, 1938, provided for a decennial population census, an agricultural-livestock census in the years ending in zero, a decennial census of buildings in the years ending in nine, and industrial, commercial, transport, and land censuses every 5 years.” In accordance with this law the following censuses were taken in 1939 and 1940: The Second Buildings Census,1 the Agricultural-Livestock Census of 1940,2 the Second Ejidal Census,3 the Third Industrial Census,4 and the Sixth Population Census.5
Many of the data obtained from these censuses are first issued in installments in the Revista de estadística, a monthly publication of the Dirección general de estadística; final results are generally published in volumes, by major civil entities, and are released as they are completed. The 1940 census figures for cities of 20,000 or more inhabitants appear in several publications; those for other towns and cities appear only in the volumes of the census that have been published to date (see footnote 5). The second reference in footnote 5 (Población municipal) contains only the total populations of municipios and delegaciones. All states in Mexico are divided into municipios, i.e., counties; the comparable subdivisions of the territories and the Federal District are termed delegaciones. Attention is called to this because it has been noted in one English-language source that the above publication is referred to as a compilation of urban population figures.
Through the courtesy and cooperation of the Dirección general de estadística of Mexico, the list of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants (table 30) is complete, and all figures are from the census of 1940. Persons consulting this list are warned that the alphabetical order is based upon the full and official spelling of place names. For towns and cities that appear to be omitted, see entries under ciudad.
1 Dirección general de estadística. Segundo censo de edificios, SO de octubre de 1939. México 1941. 32 vol.
2-------. Censo agrícola-ganadero de 1940. Predios de 1 a 5 y menores de 1 hectárea. Revista
de estadística, 4 (3) :195-196. June, 1941.
8-------. Segundo censo ejidal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 6 de marzo de 1940. México,
D. F. (Being published in volumes by major civil entities.)
4-------. Tercer censo industrial, 1940. Resumen de las características fundamentales de la
industria. Revista de estadística, ,4 (7) :579-582. October, 1941.
8-------. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 6° censo de población, 1940. (Being published in volumes
by major civil divisions; 24 volumes, representing 26 civil entities, located in Washington.)
------. Sexto censo general de población de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 6 de marzo de 1940. Población municipal. México, 1943. 56 pp.
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Table 29.—MEXICO: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION,
BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Enumerated population1 Mar. 6,1940 Area Population
Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer8 Per square mile8
Distrito Federal. - 1,757,530 1,483 573
ESTADOS
Aguascalientes 1 _ 161,693 6,472 2,499 24.98 64.70
Campeche. 90,460 50,952 19,672 1.78 4.60
Coahuila 550’717 150,395 58,067 3.66 9.48
Colima 78,806 5,205 2,010 15.14 39.21
Chiapas 679,885 74,415 28,732 9.14 23.66
Chihuahua 623,944 245,612 94,831 2.54 6.58
Durango 483,829 123,520 47,691 3.92 10.15
Guanajuato 1,046,490 30,575 11,805 34.23 88.65
Guerrero 732,910 64,458 24,887 11.37 29.45
Hidalgo 771,818 20,870 8,058 36.98 95.78
Jalisco 1,418,310 80,683 31,152 17.58 45.53
México 1'146,034 21,414 8,268 53.52 138.61
Michoacán 1,182,003 60,093 23,202 19.67 50.94
Morelos 182’711 4,964 1,917 36.81 95.31
Nayarit4 216,698 27,317 10,547 7.93 20.54
Nuevo León 541,147 65,103 25,136 8.31 21.53
Oaxaca 1,192,794 94,211 36,375 12.66 32.79
Puebla 1,294,620 33,995 13,125 38.08 98.64
Querétaro 244J37 11,480 4,432 21.32 55.22
San Luis Potosi 678,779 63,241 24,417 10.73 27.80
Sinaloa 492,821 58,488 *22,582 8.43 21.82
Sonora 364,176 182,553 70,484 1.99 5.17
Tabasco _ 285,630 25,337 9,783 11.27 29.20
Tamaulipas 458,832 79,602 30,734 5.76 14.93
Tlaxcala 224,063 4,027 1,555 55.64 144.09
Veracruz 1,619,338 71,896 27,759 22.52 58.34
Yucatán 418,210 38,508 14,868 10.86 28.13
Zacatecas _, _ 565,437 72,843 28,125 7.76 20.10
TERRITORIOS
Baja California, Norte.. 78,907 71,627 27,655 1.10 2.85
Baja California, Sur 51,471 72,465 27,979 0.71 1.84
Quintana Roo.. 18,752 50,843 19,630 0.37 0.95
Total _ 19,653,552 51,964,647 5758,550 10.01 25.91
1 Dirección general de estadística. Sexto censo general de población de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 6 de marzo de 1940. México, 1942, p. 7.
-------. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 6° censo de población, 1940. México, 1943. (Separate volumes by major civil entities.) k
2 Dirección general de estadística. Anuario estadístico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 1941. México, 1943, p. 25.
3 Computed.
4 Includes the Marietas Islands, the archipelago of Islas Marias, whose most important island, María Madre, is used by the Federal Government as a penal colony, and the islands of San Juanico and Isabela.
5 Does not include 4,718 square kilometers (1,822 sq. mi.) of uninhabited islands.
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Table 30.—MEXICO: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5.000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS. LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO
Urban center Estado or Territorio Municipio Population
Abasolo Guanajuato Abasolo _ 5,115
Acámbaro Guanajuato Acámbaro __ 17,643
Acaponeta _ _ Nayarit , Acaponeta 7,111
Acapulco de Juárez Guerrero Acapulco de Juárez 9,993
Acatlán de Osorio Puebla. Acatlán 5,591
Acayucan Veracruz Acayucan 5,143
Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 82,234
Agujita, Coahuila Sabinas 5,069
Ahualulco de Mercado Jalisco Ahualulco de Mercado __ 6,433
Allende Coahuila Allende 5,613
Alvarado Veracruz Alvarado 5,776
Alvaro Obregón Tabasco * Centla 1 7,439
Ameca Jalisco Ameca 13,003
Amecameca de Juárez México Amecameca 7,573
Angangueo Michoacán.. Angangueo : 8,196
Apizaco Tlaxcala Barron Escandón 6,768
Aqüiles Serdán Chihuahua Aquiles Serdán 7,368
Arandas Jalisco.. ♦ Arandas : 7,254
Ario de Rosales Michoacán Ario 5,924
Atlixco Puebla Atlixco 17,034
Atotonilco el Alto Jalisco Atotonilco el Alto 9,249
Autlán de Navarro Jalisco £ Autlán 10,915
Azcapotzalco Distrito Federal., Azcapotzalco 31,496
Campeche Campeche Campeche 23,277
Cananea Sonora. Cananea 11,006
Cárdenas San Luis Potosi Cárdenas 8,478
Catemaco Veracruz Catemaco __ 5,374
Celaya Guanajuato Celaya 22,766
Cerritos San Luis Potosi Cerritos 6,980
Charcas San Luis Potosi Charcas 6,081
Chavinda Michoacán _ Chavinda 5,131
Chiapa de Corzo Chiapas Chiapa de Corzo 5,450
Chihuahua Chihuahua Chihuahua 56,805
Chilapa de Alvarez Guerrero Chilapa 6,094
Chüpandngo de los Bravos. Guerrero Chilpancingo de los Bravos 8,834
Cholula de Rivadabia Puebla San Pedro Cholula 8,424
Cintalapa Chiapas Cintalapa 5,043
Ciudad Camargo Chihuahua Camargo 7,705
Ciudad del Carmen Campeche Carmen 7,687
Ciudad de Mexico Distrito Federal Ciudad de México 1,448,422
Ciudad de Valles San Luis Potosi Ciudad de Valles 7,240
Ciudad Dr. Hernández Alvarez. Guanajuato Ciudad Dr. Hernández Alvarez 5,737
Ciudad Garcia Zacatecas Ciudad Garcia 8,775
Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco Ciudad Guzmán 22,170
Ciudad Hidalgo Michoacán x Hidalgo 7,594
Ciudad Ixtepec Oaxaca Ciudad Ixtepec 7,069
Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua Juárez 48,881
Ciudad Lerdo Durango Lerdo_________________ 9,349
Ciudad Madero Tamaulipas Ciudad Madero 28,075
Ciudad Mante Tamaulipas Mante 8,616
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Table 30.—MEXICO: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado or Territorio - Municipio Population
Ciudad Mendoza Veracruz Camerino Z. Mendoza. _ 10,970
Ciudad Obregón Sonora Cajeme 12,497
Ciudad Serdán__ Puebla Chalchicomula 7,791
Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas Victoria 19,513
Coatepec Veracruz _ _ _ Coatepec 11459
Coatepec Harinas México Coatepec Harinas 5,007
Coatzacoalcos1 Veracruz Coatzacoalcos 11,740
Cocula ._ Jalisco_________ Cocula 7,706
Colima Colima Colima 22,601
Colotlán Jalisco Colotlán 5,093
Comitán de Domínguez __ Chiapas Comitán de Domínguez. 8,683
Comonfort 1 Guanajuato. Comonfort 6,510
Córdoba Veracruz Córdoba 17,865
Cortazar Guanajuato Cortazar 9,044
Coscomatepec de Bravo __ Veracruz ______ Coscomatepec. 5,266
Coyoacán Distrito Federal Coyoacán . ._ 23,724
Cuantía Morelos Morelos. Cuautla 6,431
Cuernavaca Morelos , Cuernavaca 14'336
Cuetzalan del Progreso Puebla Cuetzalan del Progreso 7^087
Culiacán Sinaloa Culiacán 22,025
Delicias Chihuahua____ _ Delicias 6,020
Dieciocho de Marzo Tamaulipas Matamoros 6,163
Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato Dolores Hidalgo 5^915
El Grullo... Jalisco El Grullo 5433
El Oro de Hidalgo México El Oro 8,638
El Salto ~ Durango_ _ Pueblo Nuevo 6,070
El Salto Jalisco. _ Juanacatlán 5431
Encarnación de Diaz Jalisco Encarnación de Díaz 5,978
Escuinapa de Hidalgo Sinaloa ¿ Escuinapa 5*864
Etzatlán Jalisco Etzatlán 5,641
Fresnillo de Gónzales Echeverría Zacatecas_ __ Fresnillo 24,614
Gómez Palacio Durango Gómez Palacio __ 25,558
Guadalajara Jalisco Guadalajara 229,235
Guanajuato Guanajuato Guanajuato 23,521
Guaymas Sonora Guayamas ______ 8,796
Gustavo A. Madero Distrito Federal Gustavo A. Madero 25,929
Hermosillo Sonora Hermosillo 18,601
Hidalgo del Parral Chihuahua Hidalgo del Parral 24,231
Huamantla de Juárez: Tlaxcala Huamantla 7,287
Huatabampo Sonora Huatabampo 5,643
Huatusco de Chicuellar— Veracruz Huatusco 6,539
Huauchinango Puebla Huauchinango 5,779
Huixtla Chiapas Huixtla 6,828
Iguala Guerrero Iguala 12,756
Irapuato Guanajuato _ Irapuato : 32,377
Ixtacalco Distrito Federal Ixtacalco 5,245
Ixtapalapa Distrito Federal Ixtapalapa 9,238
Izamal Yucatán Izamal 5,305
Izúcar de Matamoros Puebla Izúcar de Matamoros 7^065
Jacona Michoacán Jacona 5750
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Table 30.—MEXICO: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
. INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado or Territorio Municipio Population
Jalapa Enríquez Veracruz Jalapa 39,530
Jalostotitlán Jalisco Jalostotitlán 6,467
Jamay Jalisco Jamay. 5,892
Jaral del Progreso Guanajuato Jaral del Progreso. _ 5,325
Jico Veracruz Jico 5,804
Jiménez Chihuahua Jiménez _ 5,175
Jiquilpan de Juárez Michoacán Jiquilpan 7,560
Juan Aldama Zacatecas Juan Aldama 5,506
Juchitán de Zaragoza Oaxaca Juchitán de Zaragoza.. 14,550
Juventino Rosas Guanajuato Juventino Rosas 6,831
La Barca Jalisco La Barca 13,427
La Magdalena Contreras. Distrito Federal La Magdalena Contreras _ 7,831
La Paz Baja California, Sur__ La Paz 10,401
La Paz San Luis Potosí La Paz 5,071
La Piedad Cavadas. _ Michoacán _ La Piedad 12,369
Lagos de Moreno Jalisco Lagos de Moreno 12,490
Las Rosas Chiapas Las Rosas. 5,712
León Guanajuato León 74J55
Linares Nuevo León Linares 9,918
Los Comales Tamaulipas Camargo ■ 6,380
Los Mochis Sinaloa Ahorne 12,937
Los Reyes de Salgado Michoacán Los Reyes 5,452
Manzanillo Colima Manzanillo 6,831
Mártires de Río Blanco
v Emiliano Zapata Distrito Federal Gustavo A. Madero 6,136
Matamoros Coahuila Matamoros 7^961
Matamoros Tamaulipas Matamoros 15,699
Matehuala San Luis Potosí Matehuala 16748
Mazatlán Sinaloa Mazatlán 32,117
Melchor Múzquiz. Coahuila _ Múzquiz 7,040
Menonitas Chihuahua Cuauhtémoc 8,014
Mérida Yucatán __ Mérida 98,852
Metepec México Metepec 5782
Mexicali Baja California, Norte Mexicali 18,775
Minatitlán Veracruz Minatitlán 18,539
Mineral del Monte Hidalgo Mineral del Monte 13,536
Monclova Coahuila Monclova 7J81
Montemorelos Nuevo León. _ Montemorelos 5,579
Monterrey Nuevo León Monterrey _ _. 186792
Morelia Michoacán Morelia 44,304
Moroleón Guanajuato Moroleón 10,418
Motul de Felipe Carillo Puerto.. Yucatán Motul 5,384
Navojoa Sonora Navojoa 11,009
Navolato Sinaloa ... Culiacán _ 5,151
Nogales Sonora Nogales 13’866
Nogales Veracruz Nogales 8,479
Nueva Rosita. ' Coahuila San Juan de Sabinas _ _ 25,551
Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas _ Nuevo Laredo 28,872
Oaxaca de Juárez. _ Oaxaca Oaxaca de Juárez 29,306
Octolán Jalisco Ocotlán 14789
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Table 30.—MEXICO: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5.000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued i
Urban center Estado or Territorio Municipio Population
Orizaba Veracruz Orizaba 47,910
Oxkutzcab Yucatán , Oxkutzcab 5,050
Pachuca de Soto Hidalgo Pachuca________ 53,354
Palau Coahuila Múzquiz 5J16
Pánuco Veracruz Pánuco 5,942
Papantla de Olarte Veracruz Papantla 6^644
Parras de la Fuente Coahuila Parras_________ 15,555
Pátzcuaro Michoacán ; Pátzcuaro 9,557
Pénjamo Guanajuato Pénjamo________ 8,795
Peto Yucatán Peto 5,104
Piedras Negras Coahuila Piedras Negras 15,663
Progreso Yucatán _ _ _ Progreso _______ 11,990
Pro Hogar Distrito Federal Azcapotzalco _ _ 7,155
Puebla de Zaragoza- Puebla Puebla. 138,491
Puerto México2
Purépero de Echáiz Michoacán Purépero __ 7,132
Puruándiro de Calderón Michoacán Purándiro________ 8,643
Querétaro Querétaro Querétaro 33’629
Reinosa__ _ Tamaulipas Reinosa 9,412
Río Grande • Zacatecas. Río Grande 5,111
Rioverde San Luis Potosí Rioverde 8^503
Romita Guanajuato. Romita 6,159
Rosario San Luis Potosí Rosario__ 8,323 1
Sabinas Coahuila Sabinas 6,825
Sabinas Hidalgo Nuevo León Sabinas Hidalgo 6,912
Sahuayo de Porfirio Díaz.. Michoacán >. Sahuayo 10465
Salamanca Guanajuato Salamanca 11,985
Salinillas Nuevo León Anáhuac 5,518
Saltillo _ _ Coahuila Saltillo 49430
Salvatierra Guanajuato Salvatierra 8,341
San Andrés Tuxtla Veracruz San Andrés Tuxtla 10,154
San Cristobal de las Casas. /Chiapas San Cristobal de las Casas 11,768
San Francisco del Oro Chihuahua San Francisco del Oro 10,809
San Francisco del Rincón. Guanajuato San Francisco del Rincón _ 12’015
San Gabriel Chilac Puebla San Gabriel Chilac 6,091
San Juan de los Lagos Jalisco Jan Juan de los Lagos 5,792
San Juan del Río Querétaro San Juan del Río 6,694
San Juan Jiquipilco México Jiquilpilco 5,241
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 77’161
San Martín Texmelucan.. Puebla San Martín Texmelucan. 7,572
San Miguel de Allende. _ Guanajuato Allende 9^030
San Miguel el Alto Jalisco San Miguel el Alto 5,442
San Pablo Autopan.. México Toluca. 5’533
San Pablo del Monte Tlaxcala San Pablo del Monte 7,652
San Pedro de las Colonias Coahuila San Pedro 15,713
San Rafael México Tlalmanalco. 5,150
Santa Bárbara ¡_ Chihuahua Santa Bárbara 13,902
Santa Inés Zacatelco Tlaxcala Santa Inés Zacatelco 7,029
SantaMaría Asunción Tlaxiaco. Oaxaca Santa María Asunción Tlaxiaco _ 6,604 4
Santa Rosalía Baja California, Sur.. Mulegé 5,451
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Table 30.—MEXICO: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado or Territorio Municipio Population
Santiago Ixcuintla Nayarit Santiago Ixcuintla 7,322
Santiago Tuxtla Véracruz Santiago Tuxtla 5,392
Santo Domingo Tehuantepec.. Oaxaca _ Santo Domingo Tehuantepec. 6,731
Sayula Jalisco Sayula 9,340
Silao _ - - - Guanajuato Silao 13,880
Sombrerete Zacatecas Sombrerete 5,628
Tala Jalisco Tala 5,460
Tamazula de Gordiano Jalisco. Tamazula de Gordiano.. 5,228
Tampico Tamaulipas Tampico 82,475
Tapachula Chiapas Tapachula 15,187
Tecuala Nayarit Tecuala 6,456
Tehuacán Puebla Tehuacán 16,278
Tekax de Alvaro Obregón Yucatán Tekax 6,061
Teloloapan Guerrero Teloloapan 5,140
Tennncingo de Degollado México Tenancingo 6,644
Tenango de Arista México Tenango del Valle 5,462
Tenango de Río Blanco Veracruz __ Tenango de Río Blanco.. 9,466
Teocaltiche Jalisco Teocaltiche 7,909
Tepatitlán de Morelos Jalisco Tepatitlán de Morelos.. 8,894
Tepe] i del Río Hidalgo Tepeji del Río 5,815
Te/rric Nayarit ’Tepic 17,547
Texcoco de Mora México. _ Texcoco 5,437
Tezíutlán Puebla Teziutlán 8,386
Tezontepec de Aldama Hidalgo Tezontepec de Aldama. 5,207
Tie.nl Yucatán. Ticul 9,034
Tierra Blanca Veracruz Tierra Blanca 7,255
Tijuana Baja California, Norte Tijuana 16,486
Tixtla de Guerrero Guerrero Tixtla de Guerrero 6,130
Ti zapón Distrito Federal Obregón 8,424
Tizimín Yucatán Tizimín 6,687
Tlacolula de Matamoros Oaxaca _ Tlacolula de Matamoros. 5,297
TI al pan Distrito Federal Tlalpan 10,436
Tlalpujahua de Rayón— Michoacán Tlalpujahua 5,385
Tlaquepaque Jalisco Tlaquepaque 11,486
TI at.il co Distrito Federal Azcapotzalco 5,481
Tnluca de Tjerdo México Toluca 43,429
Ton al 4 Chiapas Tonalá 6,379
Torreón Coahuila Torreón 75,796
Ti 11 Hti cin go Hidalgo. _ Tulancingo 12,552
Tnxpan Jalisco Tuxpan 6,763
Tnxpan Nayarit. _ _ Tuxpan 10,315
T’iixpan Veracruz Tuxpan 13,381
TuxtJ-f* (Gutiérrez Chiapas Tuxtla 15,883
TTr gato Guanajuato Uriangato 5,201
Uruapan del Progreso Michoacám a,. Uruapan i— 20,583
Vallad olid Yucatán Valladolid.. 6,402
Valle de Santiago Guanajuato Valle de Santiago 12,278
Vcraw'ifá TJavG Veracruz Veracruz 71,720
Victoria do Tytircmgo Durango Durango 33,412
Villa Acuña Coahuila Acuña 5,607
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Table 30.—MEXICO: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND MUNICIPIO—Continued
Urban center Estado or Territorio Municipio Population
Villa Frontera Coahuila Villa Frontera 6,035
Villa Obregón Distrito Federal Obregón 9,113
Villahermosa Tabasco_________ Centro 25414
Vista Hermosa de Negrete_ Michoacán Vista Hermosa de Negrete 5448
Xochimilco Distrito Federal Xochimilco___ _ 14^370
Yurécuaro Michoacán Yurécuaro 8^956
Yuriria Guanajuato Yuriria 5,698
Zacapu de Mier Michoacán Zacapu 6,169
Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas 21,846
Zacoalco de Torres Jalisco Zacoalco de Torres 6^227
Zamora Michoacán Zamora. _. 15447
Zapotiltic___________ Jalisco Zapotiltic 5,522
Zitácuaro Michoacán Zitácuaro 11,434
Zumpango de Ocampo México Zumpango 5,583
1 Formerly Puerto México.
2 See Coatzacoalcos,
Source : Dirección general de estadística, Departamento de los censos. Lista de las localidades con población de 5,000 o más habitantes . . . , censo de 1940. Typewritten table, Office of the’ Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Research Division.
NICARAGUA
Although there are a number of references to earlier enumerations and estimates of the population of Nicaragua, the first national population census appears to have been taken in 1920.1 This was followed in 1940 by the second national census, in addition to which censuses were taken of agriculture and livestock, industry, commerce, and housing.2
The schedule adopted for the 1940 population census was designed to obtain data on the sex, age, civil status, education, literacy, occupation, nationality, language, religion, and mental and physical defects of the population, together with information on certain personal practices or preferences relating to diet, footwear, beds, and books.
Preliminary figures on the population of departments and capitals of departments have been published,3 and the Dirección general de estadística has issued two typescript volumes: Población de Nicaragua por sexos, urbana y rural and Población según edades y sexo. Annual estimates of the population, by departments and municipios, are released in typescript form by the Direccción general de estadística. Calculations are as of December 31.
1 Oficina central del censo. Censo general de 1920. Managua, 1920. 827 pp.
2 Dirección general de estadística. Censo de edificios, 18 de enero de 1910. Resumen urbano y rural por departamentos y municipios. Typescript.
3-------. Boletín mensual de estadística. Nos. 2 a 25, julio a diciembre de 1940, p. 57-B.
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Table 31.—NICARAGUA: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Dec. 1, 1942 Area Population
Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer3 Per square mile3
DEPARTAMENTOS
Boaco 41,926 5,400 2,085 7.76 20.11
Carazo 61,956 950 367 65.22 168.82
Chinandega 82,404 4,600 1,776 17.91 46.40
Chontales 64,245 10*800 4,170 5.95 15.41
Esteli 53,225 2,000 772 26.61 68.94
Granada 54,384 1,400 541 38.85 100.52
Jinotega 50^993 15,200 5,869 3.35 8.69
León 94,808 6,100 2’355 15.54 40.26
Madriz 35,269 1,375 531 25.65 66.42
Managua. 141’688 3,450 1,332 41.07 106.37
Masaya 73,820 600 232 123.03 318.19
Matagalpa 121,513 8,750 3,378 13.89 35.97
Nueva Segovia 29*079 4425 1,593 7.05 18.25
Rivas 53 772 2,200 849 24.44 63.34
Zelaya4 71,618. 72’050 27,819 0.99 2.57
Total ; 1,030,700 5148,000 557,144 6.96 18.04
1 Dirección general de estadística. Movimiento demográfico registrado durante los años 1933-19^2. Typewritten table, United States Bureau of the Census, Division of Vital Statistics.
2-------. Anuario estadístico general de 1938.
3 Computed.
* Formerly Bluefields.
5 Includes Lago de Managua (1,000 sq. km., or 386 sq. mi.) and Lago de Nicaragua (8,000 sq. km., or 3,089 sq. mi.).
Table 32.—NICARAGUA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND MUNICIPIO
Urban center Departamento Municipio Population
Bluefields Zelaya Bluefields 10,099
Chinandega Chinandega Chinandega 15,377
Diriamba Carazo Diriamba 8,471
El Viejo Chinandega El Viejo 5,321
Esteli Estelí Estelí 5,645
Granada Granada Granada 25,530
Jinotega Jinotega Jinotega 5,194
Jinotepe Carazo Jinotepe 9,556
León León León 31,799
Managua Managua Distrito Nacional 87,620
Masaya Masaya Masaya 21,070
Matagalpa Matagalpa Matagalpa 8,802
Rivas Rivas Rivas 6,812
Source: Dirección general de estadística. Población de Nicaragua, calculada al SI de diciembre de 1941. Typewritten table, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Research Division.
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PANAMA
Four national population censuses have been taken in Panama since the country achieved political independence in 1903. The final results of the fourth census, taken September 8, 1940, are being published in nine provincial volumes,1 at least six of which have been issued. Each volume presents a general description of the province and a series of tables giving the composition of the population according to age, sex, race, nationality, civil status, education, religion, economic activity, and the composition of families. Similar tables are also given for the cities of Panamá, Colón, and David.
Selected results of the census of 1940, including population by provinces; population of urban centers; civilian population, by provinces and minor civil divisions, by sex; civilian and tribal Indian population, by provinces; and the population of the cities of Panamá and Colón, by barrio, by race and sex have already been published.2 Other preliminary releases have appeared in various numbers of Estadística panameña, a serial publication of the Dirección general de estadística.
In July 1941 a law was passed in Panama reducing the number of provinces from nine to seven. The census, however, is being published in accordance with the territorial divisions that were in existence in 1940. By including the figures for the provinces of Herrera and Darién with those of Los Santos and Panamá, respectively, the 1940 census figures may easily be adjusted to conform with the territorial revisions of 1941 (table 33).
1 Oficina del censo. Censo de población, 1940. The Reference Library of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs has received the volumes for Darién, Panamá, Colón, Chiriquí, Cocié, and Veraguas.
2-------. Censo de población, 1940. Informe preliminar. Panamá, Imprenta nacional, 1943.
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Table 33.—PANAMA: POPULATION. AREA. AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions1 Enumerated population2 Sept. 8, 1940 Area Population
Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer2 Per square mile’
PROVINCIAS Bocas del Toro 25,496 9,086 3,508 2.81 7.27
Chiriquí 111,294 9,564 3,693 11.64 30.14
Coció 55,737 3,807 1,470 14.64 37.92
Colón 78,119 7,279 2,810 10.73 27.80
Los Santos4 87,739 5,125 1,979 17.12 44.34
Panamá5 188,258 27,055 10,446 6.96 18.02
Veraguas 84,994 12,094 4,669 7.03 18.20
Total6 631,637 74,010 28,575 8.53 22.10
1 Law 103 of July 1941 reduced the number of provinces from nine to seven. Area and population figures have been adjusted accordingly.
2 Sección de estadística. Estadística panameña, Vol. 1, No. 6, marzo de 1942, pp. 2-3.
3 Computed.
♦ Includes former Province of Herrera.
5 Includes former Province of Darién.
* Canal Zone excluded.
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TABLE 34.—PANAMA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE
INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY PROYINCIA AND DISTRITO
Urban center Provincia Distrito Population
Colón Colón Colón 44,393
David Chiriquí. David 9,222
Panama Panamá Panamá 111,893
Source: Oficina del censo. Censo de población, 1940. Informe preliminar. Panamá, 1943, p. 25.
PARAGUAY
Although a number of national population censuses have been attempted in Paraguay, the records clearly indicate that none of these has been complete or accurate. The estimated populations given in tables 35 and 36 must, therefore, be accepted with reservation. Annual estimates of the population, by major civil divisions, are published in the Anuario estadístico de la República del Paraguay,' the latest available number of which appears to be that for the fiscal year 1940-41.
Estimates of the population of urban centers in Paraguay are rarely published. The figures given in table 36, although taken from an official source, are undated and of highly debatable accuracy. It is impossible to determine from the sources at hand whether the list includes all towns and cities of 5,000 or more inhabitants.
There are many conflicting estimates of the area of Paraguay, and no claims of authenticity are made for the figures given in table 35. It should be stated, however, that the areas of the civil divisions of the región oriental are more accurately known than is the area of the Chaco. The estimate of 230,000 square kilometers for the latter regiqn is taken from the Anuario estadístico for 1940-41; the estimates of the areas of the major civil divisions in eastern Paraguay are from the December 1940 bulletin of the Ministerio de agricultura, comercio e industrias.
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Table 35.—PARAGUAY: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Dec. 31,1941 Area Population
. Square kilometers2 Square miles3 Per square kilometer8 Per square mile8
Capital y su Jurisdicción. DEPARTAMENTOS 177,001 633 244 279.62 725.41
I. Concepción 53,065 26,779 10,339 1.98 5.13
II. San Pedro 47,719 41,424 15,994 1.15 2.98
III. Caraguatay 138,038 5,625 2,172 24.54 63.55
IV. Guairá 57,889 1,957 756 29.58 76.57
V. Yhú 49,401 14,882 5,746 3.32 8.60
VI. Caazapá 79,305 10,790 4,166 7.35 19.04
VII. Encarnación 86,055 27,363 10,565 3.14 8.15
vin. San Ignacio 41,758 7,648 2,953 5.46 14.14
IX. Quiindy 56,284 6,769 2,614 8.31 21.53
X. Paraguarí 101,494 2,836 1,095 35.79 92.69
XI. Villeta 65,738 4,495 1,736 14.62 37.87
XII. Pilar 37,598 8,633 3,333 4.36 11.28
Región Occidental (Chaco) 49,165 230,000 88,803 0.21 0.55
Total <1,040,420 389,834 150,516 2.67 6.91
1 Dirección general de estadística. Anuario estadístico de la República del Paraguay, 1940-41, Asunción, 1943, p. 33.
2-------. Anuario estadístico ...» 1940-41, p. 11. See also Ministerio de agricultura,
comercio e industrias, Boletín, diciembre de 1940.
8 Computed.
* The discrepancy between the total population and the sum of the populations of the civil divisions is present in the source.
Table 36.—PARAGUAY: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND PARTIDO
Urban center Departamento Partido Population
Acahaí Quiindy Acahaí 13,000
Altos _ _ Caraguatay. _ A’tos____________ 11,000
Areguá Villeta Areguá 7,500
Arroyos y Esteros. _ . Caraguatay Arroyos y Esteros 20,000
Atyrá Caraguatay Atyrá__ . 10,000
Asunción Cap tal Asunción 100,00o1
Belén __ Concepción Belén 8,000
Bella Vista Concepción Bella Vista 5,000
Bobí Encarnación Bobí 7,500
Caapucú Quiindy________ Caapucú._. 7,500
Caazapá Caazapá Caazapá 26,000
Capiatá Villeta Capiatá 22,000
Carapeguá _ Paraguarí Carapeguá 17,000
Carmen del Paraná Encarnación Carmen del Paraná 12,638
Colonia General Delgado. San Ignacio Santiago 5,000
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Table 36.—PARAGUAY: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND PARTIDO—Continued
Urban center Departamento Partido Population
Concepción 1 Concepción Concepción 8,500
Coronel Bogado Encarnación Coronel Bogado 10,000
Coronel Oviedo L. Yhú Coronel Oviedo 30,000
Encarnación Encarnación Encarnación 15,000
Escobar Paraguarí Escobar 6,000
Estación Borja Caazapá Yhacanguazú 10,000
Guarambaré Vil’eta ; Guarambaré 5^000
Hyaty Guariá Hyaty 11,000
Ibycuí Quiindy Ibycuí 15,000
Itá Villeta Itá..l... 24,000
Itacurubí del Rosario San Pedro Itacurubí del Rosario 10,000
Itauguá Paraguarí Itauguá 9,000
Iturbe Caazapá Iturbe 9,000
Jesús y Trinidad Encarnación Jesús y Trinidad 10,000
Limpio Capital Limpio 18,000
Loreto Concepción Loreto 9,000
Luque Capital Luque 25'000
Maciel Caazapá Maciel 5,000
Mbocayaty _ Guairá Mbocayaty. 6,000
Mbuyapey . Quiindy Mbuyapey 6,000
Paraguari Paraguarí Paraguari 8,000
Pedro Juan Caballero Concepción Pedro Juan Caballero 6,000
Pilar Pilar.. Pilar __ 10,000
Pirayú Paraguarí Pirayú 10,000
Quiindy Quiindy Quiindy ' 19,000
Quyquyo Quiindy Quyquyo 6,500
Rosario San Pedro Rosario 6,000
San Estanislao San Pedro San Estanislao... 15,000
San Joaquin Yhú San Joaquín. _ 5,000
San José Caraguatay _ _ San José 6,500
San Juan Bautista San Ignacio San Juan Bautista 12,000
San Lorenzo de la Frontera. Capital San Lorenzo delà Frontera ö'öOO
San Pedro San Pedro San Pedro 12,000
San Pedro del Paraná Encarnación San Pedro del Paraná 20^000
Santa Elena Caraguatay Santa Elena. _ _ 8,200
Santa Rosa San Ignacio Santa Rosa 6,500
Sant'ago San Ignacio Santiago 7,000
Sapucai Paraguarí Sapucai. _ 6,000
Tabapy Paraguarí Tabapy ÍO'OOO
Tobati Caraguatay Tobati. _ 5,000
Villa Oliva Villeta Villa Oliva 9,000
Vülarrica Guairá Vilarrica 40,000
Villeta Villeta Villeta 15,000
Yaguar ón Paraguarí Yaguar ón 18^000
Ybytymí Paraguarí Ybytymí 10,000
Ypacaraí Paraguarí Ypacaraí 10,000
Ypané Villeta Ypané 6^000
1 Estimate from Paraguayan Embassy, July 1944.
Source: Ministerio de economía. Anuario, 1938-39, pp. 251-480.
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PERU
Estimates and partial enumerations of the population of Peru were made at irregular intervals throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, and in 1879 a national population census was taken. This was followed in 1902 by an educational census of the population 4 to 14 years of age, and in 1933 by an electoral census.
The second national population census was taken June 9,1940, after careful plans and preliminary surveys had been made to insure its accuracy and completeness. Although the schedules used in rural areas were less detailed than those used in the large urban centers, certain basic data on sex, age, race, civil status, education, religion, nationality, and occupation were obtained for all categories of the population except the jungle Indians, whose inaccessibility made their enumeration impossible. Estimates of the numbers of these people obtained from missionaries, traders, and persons employed in the service of the Government, have been included, however, in the census (see footnote 5, table 37).
Certain preliminary data from the census of 1949 have appeared in various publications of the Ministerio de hacienda y comercio,1 and the first volume of the complete census has been issued.2 The latter is a compilation of tables giving population and density of population, by departments and provinces; population of the capitals of departments and provinces; urban and rural population, by departments, provinces, and districts ; civil status of the population, by age; number of children born, living, and dead, by ages of mothers; population, by years of schooling; and population by race.
1 Ministerio de hacienda y comercio. Censo nacional de 1940: Resultados generales. Primer informe oficial. Lima, 1941. 68 pp.
-------. Censo nacional de población y ocupación de 1940. Primer informe. Revista de hacienda, Año 1941, No. 6, Lima, 1941, pp. 121-186.
-------. Estado de la instrucción en el Perú según el censo nacional de 1940. Informe especial. Lima, 1942. 67 pp.
2 Dirección nacional de estadística. Censo nacional de población, 9 de junio de 1940. Cuadros estadísticos del primer volumen. Lima, 1943.
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Table 37.—PERU: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION,
BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Enumerated -population1 June 9, 1940
DEPARTAMENTOS Amazonas 89,560
Ancash . 465,135
Apurímac 280,213
Arequipa 270,996
Ayacucho 414,208
Caj amarca 568,118
Callao3 84,438
Cusco 565,458
Huanca vélica 265,557
Huánuco 276,833
lea 144,547
Junín4 500,161
La Libertad 404,024
Lambayeque. 199,660
Lima 849,171
Loreto 321,341
Madre de Dios 25,212
Moquegua 35,709
Piura 431,487
Puno 646,385
San Martín 120,913
Tacna 37,512
Tumbes5 26,473
Total 67,023,111
Area Population
Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer1 Per square mile2
36,122 13,947 2.48 6.42
38,085 14,705 12.21 31.63
21,209 8,189 13.21 34.22
56,857 21,952 4.77 12.34
47,111 18,190 8.79 22 77
32,482 12,541 17.49 45.30
37 14 2282.11 6031.29
144,344 55,731 3.92 10.15
21,496 8,300 12.35 31.99
39,965 15,430 6.93 17.94
25,379 9,799 5.70 14.75
59,105 22,820 8.46 21.92
26,441 10,209 15.28 39.58
11,952 4,615 16.71 43.26
38,984 15,052 21.78 56.42
308,991 119,301 1.04 2.69
152,402 58,842 0.17 0.43
14,375 5,550 2.48 6.43
39,468 15,239 10.93 28.31
67,703 26,140 9.55 24.73
45,202 17,452 2.67 6.93
12,747 4,922 2.94 7.62
4,120 1,591 6.43 16.64
U,249,049 7482,257 5.62 14.56
1 Dirección nacional de estadística. Censo nacional de población, 9 de junio de 19 íO. Lima, 1943.
2 Computed.
3 A Constitutional Province having the nominal status of a Department.
4 By an act of Congress (November 1944) the Department of Pasco was created out of a portion of the Department of Junin. No further information concerning this change in civil
divisions has been received.
6 By Law No. 9667 of November 25, 1942, the status of the Littoral Province of Tumbes was changed to that of a Department.
8 The number of persons enumerated in the census of June 9, 1940, was 6,207,967. Adding to this figure 465,144 (the calculated number of unenumerated persons) and 350,000 (the estimated number of persons living in the jungles of eastern Peru), brings the total population to 7,023,111.
7 Includes 4,440 square kilometers (1714 sq. mi.) of Lake Titicaca and 32 square kilometers (12 sq. mi.) of insular possessions.
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TABLE 38.—PERU: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS. LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO AND PROVINCIA <
Urban center Departamento Provincia Population
Abancay Apurímac Abancay 5,789
Arequipa Arequipa Arequipa 79,185 «,
Ayacucho Ayacucho Huamanga 18,275
Ayaviri Puno Melgar 6,586
Cajamarca Cajamarca Cajamarca 15,553
Callao m ; Callao. 1 84,438
Cerro de Pasco1. Junín Pasco 19,187
Chachapoyas Amazonas Chachapoyas 5,494
Chiclayo Lambayeque Chiclayo 32,646
Chincha Alta lea Chincha T 12,768
Chulucanas Piura Morropón 12,622
Cusco Cusco Cusco 45,158
Huacho Lima Chancay 13,320
Huancavelica - Huancavelica Huancavelica 8,139
Huancayo Junín Huancayo 28,679
Huánuco Huánuco Huánuco 12,877
Hitarás Ancash Huarás 12,099
lea lea lea 21,437
Iquitos Loreto Bajo Amazonas 34,231
Jauja Junín Jauja 8,276
Juliaca Puno San Román 7,002
Lamas San Martín Lamas 5,625
Lambayeque Lambayeque Lambayeque 6,846 X
La Oroya Junín. Yauli ' . 14,492
Lima Lima Lima 533,645
Moliendo Arequipa ' Islay 12,628
Moyobamba ¡ San Martín Moyobamba 7,497
Paita Piura Paita 7,177
Pisco lea Pisco 14,609
Piura Piura Piura 20,093
Puno Puno___ Puno_________________ 15,999
Puquio Ayacucho Lu canas 6,183
San Pedro de Lloc Libertad Pacasmayo 5,286
Sicuani Cusco Canchis 7,036
Sullana Piura Sullana 22,344
Tacna Tacna Tacna 11,378
Tarapoto San Martín San Martín 9,249
Tarma Junín Tarma 7,876
Trujülo Libertad Trujillo 38,961
Tumbes Tumbes.. Tumbes 6,355
Yurimaguas Loreto __ Alto Amazonas : 5,918
Source: See footnote 1, table 37.
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URUGUAY
The last national population census in Uruguay was taken October 12, 1908. All subsequent estimates of the population have been based on this census, adjusted according to natural and migratory increases. The Dirección general de estadística of Uruguay releases estimates of the population, by departments, as of December 31 of each year. These data are published annually in Síntesis estadística.
Official estimates of the population of Montevideo appear from time to time in the Boletín de estadística municipal; estimates of the population of other towns and cities do not appear to be printed in any of the official publications that are obtainable in Washington. The list of urban centers of 5,000 or more inhabitants (table 40) was compiled from a map, prepared by the Dirección de saneamiento of Urhguay. Although these figures are crude and undated, it is assumed that they are official. No information is available on the completeness of the list.
Table 39.—URUGUAY: POPULATION, AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Estimated population1 Dec. 31,1941 Area Population
Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer2 Per square mile2
DEPARTAMENTOS Artigas 55,748 11,378 4,393 4.90 12.69
Canelones 199,232 4,752 1,835 41.93 108.57
Cerro Largo 96,488 14,929 5,764 6.46 16.74
Colonia 129,322 5,682 2,194 22.76 58.94
Durazno 94,291 14,315 5,527 6.59 17.06
Flores 35,835 4,519 1,745 7.93 20.54
Florida 105,932 12,107 4,675 8.75 22.66
Lavalleja 115,181 12,485 4,820 9.23 23.90
Maldonado 66,539 4,111 1,587 16.19 41.93
Montevideo 536,533 664 256 808.03 2095.83
Paysandú 83,490 13,252 5,117 6.30 16.32
Río Negro- 47,147 8,471 3,271 5.57 14.41
Rivera 74,746 9,829 3,795 7.60 19.70
Rocha 82,156 11,089 4,281 7.41 19.19
Salto 99,754 12,603 4,866 7.92 20.50
San José 97,301 6,963 2,688 13.97 36.20
Soriano 92,671 9,223 3,561 10.05 26.02
Tacuarembó 104,889 21,015 8,114 4.99 12.93
Treinta y Tres 68,371 9,539 3,683 7.17 18.56
Total 2,185,626 186,926 72,172 11.69 30.28
1 Dirección general de estadística. Síntesis estadística de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Nos. 19-20, 1941 y 1942, p. 7.
2 Computed.
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Table 40.—URUGUAY: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY DEPARTAMENTO
Urban center Departamento Population
Artigas Artigas : ; 16,500
Carmelo Colonia _ 12,000
Colonia del Sacramento Colonia 7,700
Dolores Soriano 11,500
Durazno Durazno 27,000
Florida Florida 16,000
Fray Bentos Río Negro - 9,500
Maldonado L Maldonado 8,000
Melo Cerro Largo 23,000
Mercedes Soriano 30,000
Minas _• Lavalleja ’ 32,000
Montevideo Montevideo x708,233
Pando Canelones 9,600
Paso de los Toros Tacuarembó 9,000
Paysandú : Pay sand ú ' 46,000
Piriápolis Maldonado 8,600
Punta del Este Maldonado 6,500
Rivera _ Rivera________ 17,000
Rocha Rocha 25,000
Rosario Colonia 8,500
Salto Salto___ _ _ 46,000
San Carlos Maldonado 10,700
San José San José 30,000
San Ramón Canelones 6,000
Santa Lucía Canelones ______ 27,000
Sarandí del Yi Durazno 5,600
Sarandí Grande Florida 5,000
Tacuarembó Tacuarembó 24,000
Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres 18,500
Trinidad. Flores 15,700
Source: Ministerio de obras públicas, Dirección de saneamiento. Distribución de los servidos en fundonamiento en la República, clasificados de acuerdo a la dureza de sus aguas y al número de habitantes. Montevideo, noviembre de 1942. Map.
1 Population of the Capital, estimated as of September 30, 1943. Boletín de estadística municipal, Montevideo, September, 1943.
VENEZUELA
National population censuses were taken in Venezuela in 1873, 1881, 1891, 1920, 1926, 1936, and 1941. The schedule adopted for the seventh census, that of December 7,1941, solicited information on vaccination, sex, civil status, age, education and ability to read and write, place of birth, nationality, occupation, religion, and certain physical defects. The reverse side of the schedule was devoted to a series of questions pertaining to housing and sanitation.
Pending publication of the complete (final) results of the census of 1941,
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the Dirección general de estadística of Venezuela has issued certain provisional data from this census, some of which have been printed in the monthly bulletin1 and in the yearbook for 1942.2 Other preliminary data, including the population of various towns and cities (see source 1, table 42), appear to have been released, although they have not been located in any official publications of the Government of Venezuela.
1 Dirección general de estadística. Boletín mensual de estadística, enero, febrero y marzo de 1942. Año II, (1-3), January-March, 1942. Caracas, 1943.
2--------. Anuario estadístico de Venezuela, 19í2. Caracas, 1943. Contains total population,
by major civil divisions, and 10 tables of figures showing the composition of the population of the Distrito Federal according to age, sex, civil status, education, school age, and nationality.
Table 41.—-VENEZUELA: POPULATION. AREA, AND DENSITY OF POPULATION, BY MAJOR CIVIL DIVISIONS
Civil divisions Enumerated population1 Dec. 7,1941 Area Population
_ Square kilometers1 Square miles2 Per square kilometer2 Per square mile2
Distrito Federal 380,099 1,930 745 196.94 510.20
ESTADOS ✓
Anzoátegui 155,746 43,300 16,718 3.60 9.32
Apure 70,569 76,500 29,537 0.92 2.39
Aragua 138,235 5,600 2,162 24.68 63.94
Batinas 62,959 35,200 13,591 1.79 4.63
Bolívar 94,523 238,000 91,892 0.40 1.03
Carabobo 191^442 4,650 1,795 41.17 106.65
Co jedes 49,769 14,800 5,714 3.36 8.71
Falcón 232'644 24,800 9,575 9.38 24.30
Guárico 135,089 66,400 25,637 2.03 5.27
Lara 332,975 19,800 7,645 16.82 43.55
Mérida 192,994 11,300 4,363 17.08 44.23
Miranda 227,604 7,950 3,069 28.63 74.16
Monagas 122,901 28,900 11,158 4.25 11.01
Nueva Esparta 69,195 1,150 444 60.17 155.84
Portuguesa 87,151 15,200 5,869 5.73 14.85
Sucre 291,452 11,800 4,556 24.70 63.97
Táchira _ 245722 11,100 4,286 22.14 57.33
Trujillo. í _ 264,270 7,400 2,857 35.71 92.50
Yaracuy 127,030 7,100 2,741 17.89 46.34
Zulia 345,667 63,100 24,363 5.48 14.19
OTHER DIVISIONS
T. F. Amazonas 3,728 175,750 67,857 0.02 0.05
T. F. Delta Amacuro 28,165 40,200 15,521 0.70 1.81
Dependencias Federales. 852 120 46 7.10 18.52
Total 33,850,781 912,050 352,141 4.22 10.94
1 Dirección general de estadística. Anuario estadístico de Venezuela, 1942. Caracas, 1943, pp. 21-22.
2 Computed.
’Excludes An estimated 100,600 Indians (población indígena selvática), distributed in various states and territories as follows: Anzoátegui, 1,200; Apure, 14,000; Bolívar, 18,000; Zulia, 15,000; Amazonas, 43,400; and Delta Amacuro, 9,000.
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Table 42.—VENEZUELA: POPULATION OF URBAN CENTERS OF 5,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS, LOCATED BY ESTADO AND DISTRITO
Urban Center Estado Distrito Population Source
Barcelona Anzoátegui Bolívar 12,910 1
Barquisimeto. Lara Iribarren 53,865 1
Cabimas Zulia Mara 11,193 1
Cagua Aragua Mariño 5,029 2
Caracas Distrito Federal Libertador (Dept.)_. 266,706 1
Carora Lara Torres , 8,806 1
Carúpano- Sucre Bermúdez 16,220 1
Ciudad Bolivar Bolivar Heres 19,764 1
Coro Falcón.: Miranda 18,750 1
Cuicas Trujillo Carache 5,068 2
Cumaná.. Sucre Sucre 25,811 1
El Tocuyo Lara Morán 5,365 2
El Valle Distrito Federal Libertador (Dept.).. 5,384 2
Güiria Sucre. Mariño 5,283 2
La Guaira — Distrito Federal Vargas (Dept.) 9,717 2
La Victoria Aragua Ricaurte 9,078 1
Lagunillas Zulia Bolívar 6,850 2
Los Teques Miranda Guaicaipuro 10,326 1
Maiquetia Distrito Federal Vargas (Dept.) 13,216 2
Maracaibo Zulia Maracaibo 135,582 1
Maracay Aragua Girardot. 30,051 1
Maiurin Monagas Maturin 12,549 1
Mérida Mérida Libertador 14,440 1
Ocumare del Tuy Miranda Lander 6,496 2
Porlamar Nueva Esparta Mariño 8,325 2
Puerto Cabello Carabobo Puerto Cabelló 16,772 1
Punta de Piedras Nueva Esparta Díaz 5,214 2
Río Caribe Sucre Arismendi 6,110 2
Sabana Grande Distrito Federal -- 13,959 2
San Cristóbal Táchira San Cristóbal 31,344 1
San Felipe Yaracuy San Felipe 10,133 1
San Fernando de Apure. Apure San Fernando 8,751 1
San Juan de los Moros. Guárico Roscio 6,150 1
Trujillo Trujillo Trujillo 12,688 1
Valencia Carabobo Valencia 54,037 1
Valera Trujillo Valera 10,553 1
Villa de Cura Aragua Zamora 8,208 1
Yaritagua Yaracuy Yaritagua 5,495 2
Sources: 1. American Embassy, Caracas, April 30, 1943. Voluntary Report No. 99: “The population of the principal cities in Venezuela according to preliminary figures compiled from the census taken in December 1941. . . .”
2. Dirección general de estadística. Sexto censo de población, 1936. Caracas, 1940, Vol. 3, p. 545.
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