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Tabasco is a state
States of Mexico

The Mexico are a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Mexico City, a territory which does not belong to any state but to all, as well as the islands, atolls and reefs that do not belong to any stat...
 in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz
Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states of Mexico that constitute the republic of Mexico....
 to the west, Chiapas
Chiapas

Chiapas is the southernmost States of Mexico of Mexico, located towards the southeast of the country. Chiapas is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the north, Veracruz to the northwest, and Oaxaca to the west....
 to the south, and Campeche
Campeche

The State of Campeche is a state in the south-east region of the Mexico. It is bordered by the Mexican states of Yucat?n to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west....
 to the north-east. To the east Tabasco borders with the Petén
Petén (department)

Pet?n is a Departments of Guatemala of the nation of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest in size — at 12,960 square miles it accounts for about one third of Guatemala's area....
 department
Departments of Guatemala

|||}Guatemala is divided into 22 Department :#Alta Verapaz Department#Baja Verapaz Department#Chimaltenango Department#Chiquimula Department...
 of Guatemala
Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast....
, and to the north with the Bay of Campeche
Bay of Campeche

The Bay of Campeche is the southern bight of the Gulf of Mexico. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mexico States of Mexico of Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz....
 (part of the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
). Tabasco is in the northern half of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Isthmus of Tehuantepec

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and prior to the opening of the Panama Canal was a major shipping route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route....
.

The state capital
State capital

In countries with federation constitutions divided into administrative division known as state , the state capital is the administrative center of a state....
 is Villahermosa
Villahermosa

Villahermosa is the capital city of the Mexican Mexican state of Tabasco, and the municipal seat of the Centro, Tabasco municipalities of Mexico....
.

Constitution of the State of Tabasco
Constitution of the State of Tabasco

The Constitution of the State of Tabasco is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the Tabasco. The 1919 constitution, which took effect on April 5, 1919, is the current constitution of Tabasco....
 provides that the government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
 of Tabasco, like the government of every other state in Mexico, consists of three powers
Political power

Political power is a type of power held by a political organization in a society which allows administration of some or all of public resources, including labour, and wealth....
: the executive
Executive (government)

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, the legislative
Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
, and the judiciary
Judiciary

In law, the judiciary is the system of courts which administer justice in the name of the Sovereignty or state, a mechanism for the dispute resolution....
.

Executive power is vested in the office of the Governor
Governor of Tabasco

List of governors of the Mexican state of Tabasco* V?ctor Manuel Barcel? served as a governor temporarily when Roberto Madrazo requested license...
.






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Tabasco is a state
States of Mexico

The Mexico are a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Mexico City, a territory which does not belong to any state but to all, as well as the islands, atolls and reefs that do not belong to any stat...
 in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz
Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states of Mexico that constitute the republic of Mexico....
 to the west, Chiapas
Chiapas

Chiapas is the southernmost States of Mexico of Mexico, located towards the southeast of the country. Chiapas is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the north, Veracruz to the northwest, and Oaxaca to the west....
 to the south, and Campeche
Campeche

The State of Campeche is a state in the south-east region of the Mexico. It is bordered by the Mexican states of Yucat?n to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west....
 to the north-east. To the east Tabasco borders with the Petén
Petén (department)

Pet?n is a Departments of Guatemala of the nation of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest in size — at 12,960 square miles it accounts for about one third of Guatemala's area....
 department
Departments of Guatemala

|||}Guatemala is divided into 22 Department :#Alta Verapaz Department#Baja Verapaz Department#Chimaltenango Department#Chiquimula Department...
 of Guatemala
Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast....
, and to the north with the Bay of Campeche
Bay of Campeche

The Bay of Campeche is the southern bight of the Gulf of Mexico. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mexico States of Mexico of Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz....
 (part of the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
). Tabasco is in the northern half of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Isthmus of Tehuantepec

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and prior to the opening of the Panama Canal was a major shipping route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route....
.

The state capital
State capital

In countries with federation constitutions divided into administrative division known as state , the state capital is the administrative center of a state....
 is Villahermosa
Villahermosa

Villahermosa is the capital city of the Mexican Mexican state of Tabasco, and the municipal seat of the Centro, Tabasco municipalities of Mexico....
.

Government and politics

The Constitution of the State of Tabasco
Constitution of the State of Tabasco

The Constitution of the State of Tabasco is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the Tabasco. The 1919 constitution, which took effect on April 5, 1919, is the current constitution of Tabasco....
 provides that the government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
 of Tabasco, like the government of every other state in Mexico, consists of three powers
Political power

Political power is a type of power held by a political organization in a society which allows administration of some or all of public resources, including labour, and wealth....
: the executive
Executive (government)

Sorry, no overview for this topic
, the legislative
Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
, and the judiciary
Judiciary

In law, the judiciary is the system of courts which administer justice in the name of the Sovereignty or state, a mechanism for the dispute resolution....
.

Executive power is vested in the office of the Governor
Governor of Tabasco

List of governors of the Mexican state of Tabasco* V?ctor Manuel Barcel? served as a governor temporarily when Roberto Madrazo requested license...
. The Governor is directly elected by the citizens, using a secret ballot, and serves a six-year term with no possibility of re-election. Legislative power resides in the Congress of Tabasco
Congress of Tabasco

The Congress of the State of Tabasco is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Tabasco. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Tabasco, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive ....
, a unicameral legislature composed of 35 deputies. Judicial power rests with the Superior Court of Justice of Tabasco.

Local elections in Tabasco
Tabasco state election, 2006

A local election was held in the States of Mexico of Tabasco on Sunday, October 15, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level:*A new Governor of Tabasco to serve for a six-year term....
 were held on 15 October 2006.

Municipalities


Tabasco is subdivided into 17 municipios (municipalities
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
) in four zones: The Chontalpa, the Center, the Sierra, and the River. See Municipalities of Tabasco
Municipalities of Tabasco

File:Mexico map, MX-TAB.svgThe Mexico States of Mexico of Tabasco is made up of 17 municipalities .''...
.

Major communities

  • Cárdenas
    Cárdenas, Tabasco

    C?rdenas is the second-largest city in the state of Tabasco, in southeastern Mexico. It lies in the northwestern part of the state, on the Gulf of Mexico coast, east of the city of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz....
  • Comalcalco
    Comalcalco

    Comalcalco is both a modern-day city and municipalities of Mexico about 45 miles northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexico States of Mexico of Tabasco and a Pre-Columbian Maya civilization archaeological site....
  • Frontera
  • Huimanguillo
  • Macultepec
    Macultepec

    Macultepec is a village of the Centro, Tabasco municipalities of Mexico, in the Mexican state of Tabasco. The etymology of Macultepec's name comes from the Chontal Maya language Macuiltepeque, meaning "on five hills"....
  • Macuspana
    Macuspana

    Macuspana is a city and its surrounding municipalities of Mexico in the south-central part of the states of Mexico of Tabasco in southeastern Mexico....
  • Paraíso
  • Teapa
    Teapa

    Teapa is a municipality in the Mexican state of Tabasco.Its name comes from the word Teaoan from the Nahuatl language, which means is "river over stones" or "stone's river"....
  • Tenosique de Pino Suárez
  • Villahermosa
    Villahermosa

    Villahermosa is the capital city of the Mexican Mexican state of Tabasco, and the municipal seat of the Centro, Tabasco municipalities of Mexico....


Regions

Some of its major rivers are the Grijalva and the Usumacinta, which run through the Tabasco Plain. The Tabasco plain is a coastal plain, with heavy rainfall, and covered in rainforest. It also contains beautiful rivers and waterfalls in the rainforest.

Tourist attractions


Tourist attractions include, along with many others, the Olmec
Olmec

The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day Mexican state of Veracruz and Tabasco....
 ruins of La Venta
La Venta

La Venta is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization located in the present-day Mexican state of Tabasco....
, and the Mayan ruins of Comalcalco
Comalcalco

Comalcalco is both a modern-day city and municipalities of Mexico about 45 miles northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexico States of Mexico of Tabasco and a Pre-Columbian Maya civilization archaeological site....
. The town of Puerto Ceiba in the municipality of Paraíso
Paraíso

Para?so may refer to:...
 is known for being the place where poet Carlos Pellicer Cámara
Carlos Pellicer

Carlos Pellicer C?mara , born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, was part of the first wave of modernist Mexico poets and was heavily active in the promotion of Mexican art and literature....
 got inspiration for much of his work.

The state capital Villahermosa
Villahermosa

Villahermosa is the capital city of the Mexican Mexican state of Tabasco, and the municipal seat of the Centro, Tabasco municipalities of Mexico....
 is the primary lodging location for most tourists visiting the Mayan ruins in Palenque in the adjacent state of Chiapas.

Flooding

Tabasco was subject to heavy rain
Rain

Rain is liquid precipitation . On Earth, it is the condensation of atmospheric water vapor into droplet heavy enough to fall, often making it to the surface....
 in late October and early November 2007, causing widespread flooding. There are estimates that approximately 80% of Tabasco's land area was under water, affecting over 1,000,000 residents.

"The situation is extraordinarily serious: This is one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country," President
President of Mexico

The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. Under the 1917 Constitution of Mexico, the president is also the head of government and the Commander-in-chief of the Mexican Military of Mexico....
 Felipe Calderón
Felipe Calderón

Felipe de Jes?s Calder?n Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for one six-year term that will end in 2012 without the possibility of re-election....
 said in a televised address on the night of 1 November 2007.

Planned hydropower infrastructure


Tabasco is contemplating construction of a hydropower
Hydropower

Hydropower, hydraulic power or water power is power that is derived from the force or energy of moving water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes....
 infrastructure. Tabasco’s hydropower resources could be more important than hydrocarbons if they are correctly used.

The volume of the annual rainfall is favorable for the development of mini hydroelectric projects. The National Commission for the Conservation of Energy (CONAE) estimates that the exploitation of mini hydroelectric power has reached 3,200 MW.

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