TABASCO

'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.

Contents

Government and politics

Municipalities

Major communities

Spanish

Regions

Tourist attractions

External links

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 without any 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 were held on October 15, 2006.

Municipalities

Tabasco is subdivided into 17 ''municipios'' (municipalities) in 5 zones: The Chontalpa, the Center, the Sierra, and the River. See Municipalities of Tabasco.

Major communities

★ Cárdenas

★ Comalcalco

★ Frontera

★ Huimanguillo

★ Macuspana

★ Paraíso

★ Teapa

★ Tenosique de Pino Suárez

★ Villahermosa

Spanish

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

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 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. As well as the town of Puerto Ceiba in the municipality of Paraíso, known for being the place where poet Carlos Pellicer Camara got inspiration for many of his work, also one of the places in the state with the most fish restaurants.

External links

★ Tabasco State Government

★ Towns, cities, and postal codes in Tabasco

★ Paraíso Tabasco

★ TourTabasco (Regional Magazine)

★ Diario Tabasco Hoy (State and regional News)