Political District Boundaries of Michoacán, Mexico, 1899

Shapefile containing the district boundaries of Michoacán in 1899, towards the end of the privatization of indigenous corporate land holdings (officially known as the reparto de tierras.) The district boundaries are made of 15 contiguous polygons. The map depicts the 15 districts the state of Michoacán was divided into in the year 1899. Each of the districts also shows 1888 population data, the municipalities found within the district circa 1888, and the number of communities that were presented hijuelas during the reparto. District boundaries were based on those drawn by Antonio García Cubas in 1899.