| State of Tabasco | |||
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| Country |  Mexico | ||
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| Capital | Villahermosa | ||
| Municipalities | 17 in 4 zones | ||
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| - Governor | Andrés Rafael Granier Melo (PRI) | ||
| - Federal Deputies | PRD: 8 | ||
| - Federal Senators | PRD: 2 PRI: 1 | ||
| Area Ranked 24th | |||
| - Total | 25,267 km² (9,755. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Municipalities ( municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the The United Mexican States (or Mexico) is a union of 31 thirty one States and one Federal District (the Mexican Federal District, or Distrito Andrés Rafael Granier Melo (b 1948 in Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI The Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, Mexico 's bicameral The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The Senate ( Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexico 's Bicameral Congress. The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. The following table presents a listing of Mexico 's 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state ranked in order of their surface area Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 1,989,969 (Ranked 20th) | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| HDI (2004) | 0. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The following table is a list of the 31 federal states and the Federal District of Mexico, ranked in order of their total population based on data from the 2000 and The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Daylight saving time ( DST The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during The Human Development Index ( HDI) is an index combining normalized measures of Life expectancy, Literacy, Educational attainment, and GDP 7684 - medium Ranked 21st | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MX-TAB | ||
| Postal abbr. The following table presents a listing of Mexico 's 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state ranked in order of their Human Development ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO | Tab. | ||
| Website: Tabasco State Government | |||
Tabasco is a state in Mexico. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the west, Chiapas to the south, and Campeche to the north-east. Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the republic of Mexico. Chiapas is the southernmost state of Mexico, located towards the southeast of the country Campeche is the name of both a state in Mexico and its capital city To the east Tabasco borders with the Petén department of Guatemala, and to the north with the Gulf of Mexico. |||} Guatemala is divided into 22 departments ( departamentos) Alta Verapaz Baja Verapaz Chimaltenango Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world Tabasco is in the northern half of the 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
The state capital is Villahermosa. In countries with federal Constitutions divided into subnational entities known as states, the state capital is the administrative center
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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. The Constitution of the State of Tabasco (Constitución Política del Estado de Tabasco is the document that describes the structure and function of the Government of the For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. Political power ( Imperium in Latin is a type of power held by a group in a Society which allows administration of some or all of In Political science and Constitutional law, the executive is the branch of government responsible for the day-to-day management of the State. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation In Law, the judiciary or judicial system is the system of Courts which administer Justice in the name of the sovereign or State
Executive power is vested in the office of the Governor. List of governors of the Mexican state of Tabasco See also List of Mexican state governors Source 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, a unicameral legislature composed of 35 deputies. The Congress of the State of Tabasco (aka Congress of Tabasco) is the Legislative branch of the government of the State of Tabasco. Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or Parliamentary chamber Judicial power rests with the Superior Court of Justice of Tabasco.
Local elections in Tabasco were held on 15 October 2006. A local election was held in the Mexican state of Tabasco on Sunday October 15, 2006. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Municipalities
Tabasco is subdivided into 17 municipios (municipalities) in four zones: The Chontalpa, the Center, the Sierra, and the River. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or See Municipalities of Tabasco. The Mexican state of Tabasco is made up of 17 municipalities (municipios
Major communities
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Spanish
In Tabasco and Veracruz, unlike the rest of Mexico, the accent is considered Caribbean Spanish, partly due to the heavy Cuban influence. Cárdenas is the second-largest city in the state of Tabasco, in southeastern Mexico. Comalcalco is both a modern-day City and municipality about 45 miles (60 km northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexican state of Macuspana is a City and its surrounding municipality in the south-central part of the state of Tabasco in southeastern Mexico 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 Tenosique is a municipality in the southeastern corner of the state of Tabasco, in Mexico. Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the republic of Mexico. Caribbean Spanish ( español caribeño) is the general name of the Spanish language dialects spoken in the Caribbean region The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
Regions
Some of its major rivers are the Grijalva and the Usumacinta, which run through the Tabasco Plain. Grijalva River, also Tabasco R ( Spanish: Río Grijalva, known locally also as Río Chiapa is a 480 km The Usumacinta River is a River in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala. 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 ruins of La Venta, and the Mayan ruins of Comalcalco. The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Columbian people living in the Tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states This article is about the archeological site in Mexico For the fossil site in Colombia see La Venta (Colombia. The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican Civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the Pre-Columbian Americas Comalcalco is both a modern-day City and municipality about 45 miles (60 km northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexican state of The town of Puerto Ceiba in the municipality of Paraíso is known for being the place where poet Carlos Pellicer Cámara got inspiration for much of his work. Carlos Pellicer Cámara ( January 16, 1897 &ndash February 16, 1977) born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, was part of the
The state capital Villerhmosa is the primary loding location for most tourists visiting the Mayan ruins in Palenque in the adjacent state of Chiapas.
Flooding
Tabasco was subject to heavy rain in late October and early November 2007, causing widespread flooding. The 2007 Tabasco flood occurred in late October and early November 2007 in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas, in which as much Rain is Liquid precipitation. On Earth it is the condensation of atmospheric Water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall often making it to A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge There are currently estimates that approximately 80% of Tabasco's land area was under water, affecting over 1,000,000 residents. [1][2]
"The situation is extraordinarily serious: This is one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country," President Felipe Calderón said in a televised address on the night of November 1, 2007. The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States (the official title in Spanish is Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos This article is about the current president of Mexico For the Filipino politician and historical figure see Felipe Calderón y Roca. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [3]
Planned hydropower infrastructure
Tabasco is contemplating construction of a hydropower infrastructure. Hydropower, hydraulic power or water power is power that is derived from the Force or Energy of moving water which may Tabasco’s hydropower resources could be more important than hydrocarbons if they were correctly used. [4]
The volume of the annual rainfall is favorable for the development of mini hydroelectric projects. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water The National Commission for the Conservation of Energy (CONAE) estimates that the exploitation of mini hydroelectric power has reached 3,200 MW. [5]
References
- ^ Devastating floods prompt outbreak fears in Mexico - CNN.com
- ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21590403
- ^ Devastating floods prompt outbreak fears in Mexico - CNN.com
- ^ HERNÁNDEZ HADDAD HUMBERTO (2007-11-02). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 KAOSENLARED.NET. La corrupción causa estragos en Tabasco. Retrieved on 2007-11-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
- ^ Conae (2005-10-24). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Comision Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia. Energias Renovables. Retrieved on 2007-11-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
External links
- (Spanish) Tabasco State Government
- (Spanish) Towns, cities, and postal codes in Tabasco
- (Spanish) Paraíso Tabasco
- (Spanish) TourTabasco (Regional Magazine)
- (Spanish) Diario Tabasco Hoy (State and regional News)
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