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Tabasco

Tabasco
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco
Flag of Tabasco
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Official seal of Tabasco
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Nickname(s): El Edén de México
(The Eden of Mexico)
Anthem: Marcha Tabasco
State of Tabasco within Mexico
State of Tabasco within Mexico
Coordinates: 17°58′N 92°35′W / 17.967°N 92.583°W / 17.967; -92.583Coordinates: 17°58′N 92°35′W / 17.967°N 92.583°W / 17.967; -92.583
Country Mexico
Capital Villahermosa
Largest City Villahermosa
Municipalities 17
Admission February 7, 1824
Order 13th
Government
 • Governor Arturo Núñez Jiménez PRD
 • Senators Fernando Enrique Mayans Canabal PRD
Rosalinda López PRD
Francisco Herrera PRI
 • Deputies
Area
 • Total 24,731 km2 (9,549 sq mi)
  Ranked 24th
Highest elevation 1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 2,395,272
 • Rank 20th
 • Density 97/km2 (250/sq mi)
 • Density rank 12th
Demonym(s) Tabasqueño (a)
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
Postal code 86
Area code
ISO 3166 code MX-TAB
HDI Increase 0.744 High Ranked 17th
GDP US$ 17,492,682,260
US$ 7,575, per capita (nominal)
Website Official Web Site
^ a. The state's GDP was $223,906,333,000 pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to $17,492,682,260 dollars, at a conversion rate of 1 dollar = 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).

Tabasco (About this sound taˈβasko ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It is located in the southeast of the country bordering the states of Campeche to the northeast, Veracruz to the west and Chiapas to the south, and the Petén department of Guatemala to the southeast. It has a coastline to the north with the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the state is covered in rainforest as, unlike most other areas of Mexico, it has plentiful rainfall year round. For this reason, it is also covered in small lakes, wetlands and rivers. The state is subject to major flooding events, with the last occurring in 2007, which affected eighty percent of the state. The state is also home to La Venta, the major site of the Olmec civilization, considered to be the origin of later Mesoamerican cultures. Even though it produces significant quantities of petroleum and natural gas, poverty is still a concern.


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