Tabasco
Tabasco (Spaingie pronunciation: [taˈβasko]), offeecially Free an Sovereign State o Tabasco (Spaingie: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 17 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Villahermosa. It is locatit in the sootheast o the kintra alang the Guwf o Mexico borderin the states o Campeche, Chiapas an Veracruz, as well as the kintra o Guatemala. Maist o the state is covered in rainforest as, unlike maist ither auries o Mexico, it haes plentiful rainfaw year roond. For this raison, it is covered in sma lakes, wetlands an rivers. The state is subject tae major floodin events, wi the last occurrin in 2007, which affectit aichty percent o the state. The state is hame tae La Venta an aw, the major steid o the Olmec ceevilization, considered to be the oreegin o later Mesoamerican culturs. Even though it produces significant quantities o petroleum an natural gas, poverty is still a concern. The state is the oreegin o the cocoa bean, frae which chocolate is made.
Tabasco | |
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Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco | |
Eik-name(s): El Edén de México (The Eden of Mexico) | |
Anthem: Marcha Tabasco | |
State o Tabasco athin Mexico | |
Coordinates: 17°58′20″N 92°35′20″W / 17.97222°N 92.58889°W | |
Kintra | Mexico |
Caipital | Villahermosa |
Lairgest Ceety | Villahermosa |
Municipalities | 17 |
Admission | 7 February 1824[1] |
Order | 13t |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Andrés Granier Melo |
• Senators[2] | Arturo Núñez Jiménez Rosalinda López Francisco Herrera |
• Deputies[3] | |
Area | |
• Total | 24738 km2 (9,551 sq mi) |
Rankit 24t | |
Highest elevation | 1100 m (3,600 ft) |
Population (2010)[6] | |
• Total | 2,238,603 |
• Rank | 20t |
• Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 12t |
Demonym(s) | Tabasqueño (a) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Postal code | 86 |
Aurie code | |
ISO 3166 code | MX-TAB |
HDI | 0.796 Medium Rankit 25t |
GDP | US$ 17,492,682.26 th[a] |
Website | Official Web Site |
^ a. The state's GDP was $223,906,333 thousand of pesos in 2008,[6] amount corresponding to $17,492,682.26 thousand of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).[7] |
References
eedit- ↑ "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Senadores por Tabasco LXI Legislatura". Senado de la Republica. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Tabasco". Camara de Diputados. Archived frae the original on 20 Julie 2018. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Resumen". Cuentame INEGI. Archived frae the original on 12 Mey 2013. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Relieve". Simulador de Flujos de Agua
de Cuencas Hidrográficas (INEGI). Retrieved 11 November 2011. line feed character in
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at position 29 (help) - ↑ a b "Mexico en Cifras". INEGI. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Reporte: Jueves 3 de Junio del 2010. Cierre del peso mexicano". www.pesomexicano.com.mx. Archived frae the original on 8 Juin 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
Freemit airtins
eeditWikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Tabasco. |
- (in Spaingie) Tabasco State Govrenment
- (in Spaingie) Tabasco State Wab Directory Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine