Note XXXVII‑48 — Chapter XXXVII · GUATEMALA AND CHIAPAS. 1701-1800.

In the beginning of the century the alcaldías mayores of Amatique and San Andrés de la Nueva Zaragoza were suppressed; a few years later the corregimientos of Escuintla and Guazacapan were consolidated to form the alcaldía mayor of Escuintla; and that of Sololá was formed of the corregimientos of Atitlan and Tecpanatitlan; in 1753 the alcaldías mayores of Chimaltenango and Sacatepeques were formed of the corregimiento of the valley of Mexico; in 1760 the corregimiento of Acasaguastlan was annexed to that of Chiquimula; and in 1764 the provinces of Chiapa and Zoques was separated from the alcaldía mayor of Ciudad Real and formed into that of Tuxtla. Juarros, Guat., ii. 38. About the middle of the century, according to Nueva España, Breve Resúmen, MS., ii. 349, there were nineteen governments in nine provinces and ten districts; and Cadena, Breve Descrip., 9, writing in 1774, says there were twenty-four governments and alcaldías mayores.