Tabasco

This article is about the Mexican state. For the condiment, see Tabasco sauce. For other uses, see Tabasco (disambiguation).

Tabasco
State
Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco
Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco (Spanish)
Comalcalco (archaeological site)
Comalcalco (archaeological site)
Coat of arms of Tabasco
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
El Edén de México
(The Eden of Mexico)
Anthem: Marcha Tabasco
Coordinates: 17°59′17″N 92°55′10″W / 17.98806°N 92.91944°W / 17.98806; -92.91944
CountryMexico
Capital
and largest city		Villahermosa
Municipalities17
AdmissionFebruary 7, 1824[1]
Order13th
Government
 • Governor Javier May Rodríguez
 • Senators[2] Adriana Manzanilla Fojaco
Ovidio Peralta Suárez
Juan Manuel Fócil Pérez
 • Deputies[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total
24,731 km2 (9,549 sq mi)
 Ranked 24th
Highest elevation
[5]
1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population
 (2020)[6]
 • Total
2,402,598
 • Rank20th
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
  • Rank12th
DemonymTabasqueño (a)
GDP
[7]
 • TotalMXN 748 billion
(US$37.2 billion) (2022)
 • Per capita(US$15,092) (2022)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code
86
Area code
ISO 3166 codeMX-TAB
HDIIncrease 0.774 high Ranked 18th of 32
Websitehttps://visitmexico.com/eng/tabasco-en[dead link‍]

Tabasco (Spanish pronunciation: [taˈβasko] ⓘ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.

It is located in southeast Mexico and is bordered by 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. The state is also home to La Venta, the major site of the Olmec civilization, considered to be the origin of later Mesoamerican cultures. It produces significant quantities of petroleum and natural gas.


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  2. ^ "Senadores por Tabasco LXI Legislatura". Senado de la Republica. Archived from the original on September 3, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Tabasco". Camara de Diputados. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "Resumen". Cuentame INEGI. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  5. ^ "Relieve". Simulador de Flujos de Agua de Cuencas Hidrográficas (INEGI). Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  6. ^ "Mexico in Figures: Estados Unidos Mexicanos". INEGI. January 2016. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Citibanamex (June 13, 2023). "Indicadores Regionales de Actividad Económica 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2023.