Tabasco

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This article is about the Mexican state of Tabasco. For the condiment, see Tabasco sauce.

Tabasco

Location

Statistics
Capital	Villahermosa
Area	25,267 km² Ranked 24th
Population (2005 census)	1,989,969 Ranked 20th
HDI (2004)	0.7684 - medium Ranked 21st
Governor (2001-2007)	Manuel Andrade Díaz (PRI)
Federal Deputies	PRI: 6
Federal Senators	PRI: 2 PRD: 1
ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr.	MX-TAB Tab.

Tabasco is a state in Mexico. Its capital is Villahermosa.

Tabasco is bordered by the Mexican states of Veracruz to the west, Chiapas to the south, and Campeche to the north-east. To the east Tabasco borders with the Petén department of Guatemala, and to the north is the Gulf of Mexico. Tabasco is in the northern half of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Cities in Tabasco include: Ciudad Pemex, Cardenas, Emiliano Zapata, Macuspana, San Miguel, Tenosique, and Tortuguero.

1 Government and politics
2 Municipalities
3 Spanish
4 Regions
5 Tourist attractions
6 External links

[edit] Government and politics

The Constitution of the State of Tabasco provides that the government of Tabasco, like the government of every other state in Mexico, consists of three powers: the executive, the legislative and the judiciary.

Executive power rests in the Governor of Tabasco, who is directly elected by the citizens, using a secret ballot, to a 6-year term with no possibility of reelection. Legislative power rests in the Congress of Tabasco which is a unicameral legislature composed of 35 deputies. Judicial power is invested in the Superior Court of Justice of Tabasco.

Local elections in Tabasco are scheduled to be held on October 15, 2006.

[edit] Municipalities

Tabasco is subdivided into 17 municipios (municipalities) in 4 zones: The Chontalpa, the Center, the Sierra, and the River. See Municipalities of Tabasco.

[edit] Spanish

In Tabasco and Veracruz, unlike the rest of Mexico, the accent is considered Caribbean Spanish, partly due to the heavy Cuban influence.

[edit] 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 has beautiful rivers and waterfalls in the rainforest.