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Jalpa De Méndez Municipality
Jalpa de Méndez is a municipality in the Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ... of Tabasco. The seat is at Jalpa de Méndez. The municipality of Jalpa de Méndez makes up part of the Grijalva River region of the state and the Chontalpa sub-region. It borders the municipalities of Paraíso, Tabasco, Paraíso, Centla Municipality, Centla, Cunduacán, Nacajuca and Comalcalco (municipality), Comalcalco. There are 64 active communities in the municipality, with a population of 83,356 in 2010, up from 72,969 in 2005, with a count of 19,630 residences in 2010. It is considered to be one of the Chontal Maya people, Chontal Maya areas of the state of Tabasco, but only 396 people speak an indigenous language, and about half of those speak Zapotec language, Zapotec ...
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Municipalities Of Mexico
Municipalities () are the administrative divisions under the List of states of Mexico, states of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico, constitution. Municipalities are considered as the second-level administrative divisions by the Federal government of Mexico, federal government. However, some state regulations have designed intrastate regions to administer their own municipalities. Municipalities are further divided into Localities of Mexico, localities in the structural hierarchy of administrative divisions of Mexico. As of December 2024, there are 2,462 municipalities in Mexico. In Mexico, municipalities should not be confused with cities (). Cities are Localities of Mexico, locality-level divisions that are administered by the municipality. Although some List of cities in Mexico, larger cities are consolidated with its own municipality and form a single level of governance. In addition, the 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs of Mexico City are considered municipali ...
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Chontalpa
Chontalpa is a region in the northwest of the Mexican state of Tabasco, consisting of four municipalities. Although the name refers to the state's Chontal Maya population, modern Chontalpa is a subregion of the Grijalva Region that surrounds the Grijalva River, with boundaries defined by economic concerns. A large percentage of the state's Chontal Maya population does live in the region, with the municipality of Nacajuca having the largest concentration of Chontal Maya indigenous individuals, while the next largest concentration is found just east of the region, in the Villahermosa area. The Chontalpa economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, especially livestock, as well as on its oil industry. The reliance on these sectors has prompted conflict since the 20th century, as the environmental effects of the oil industry have caused concerns of effects on agriculture. Chontalpa is also home to Tabasco's two main archeological sites, La Venta and Comalcalco, along with numerous sma ...
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Zapotec Language
The Zapotec languages are a group of around 50 closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages that constitute a main branch of the Oto-Manguean language family and are spoken by the Zapotec people from the southwestern-central highlands of Mexico. A 2020 census reports nearly half a million speakers, with the majority inhabiting the state of Oaxaca. Zapotec-speaking communities are also found in the neighboring states of Puebla, Veracruz, and Guerrero. Labor migration has also brought a number of native Zapotec speakers to the United States, particularly in California and New Jersey. Most Zapotec-speaking communities are highly bilingual in Spanish. Name The name of the language in Zapotec itself varies according to the geographical variant. In Juchitán (Isthmus) it is ''Diidxazá'' , in Mitla it is ''Didxsaj'' , in Zoogocho it is ''Diža'xon'' , in Coatec Zapotec it is ''Di'zhke , in Miahuatec Zapotec it is ''Dí'zdéh'' and in Santa Catarina Quioquitani it is ''Tiits S ...
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Chontal Maya People
The Chontal Maya are a Maya people of the Mexican state of Tabasco. "Chontal", from the Nahuatl word for ''chontalli'', which means "foreigner", has been applied to various ethnic groups in Mexico. The Chontal refer to themselves as the Yokot'anob or the Yokot'an, meaning "the speakers of Yoko ochoco", but writers about them refer to them as the Chontal of Centla, the Tabasco Chontal, or in Spanish, ''Chontales''. They consider themselves the descendants of the Olmecs, and are not related to the Oaxacan Chontal. Location The Yokot'an inhabit 21 towns in a large area known as "la Chontalpa" that extends across five municipalities of Tabasco: Centla, El Centro, Jonuta, Macuspana, and Nacajuca. In Nacajuca, they form a majority of the population. The terrain is highly varied — no single landform dominates — and it has many bodies of water. The land is traversed by seasonally-flooding rivers, and there are numerous lakes, lagoons, and wetlands. The climate is ...
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Comalcalco (municipality)
Comalcalco is a municipality in the Mexican state of Tabasco. The municipal seat is the city of Comalcalco Comalcalco is a city located in Comalcalco Municipality about 45 miles (60 km) northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Tabasco. Near the city is the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya archaeological s .... References Municipalities of Tabasco {{Tabasco-geo-stub ...
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Nacajuca
Nacajuca ( Yokot'an: ''Yäxtup'') is a city in Nacajuca Municipality in the state of Tabasco, Mexico. It is part of the Chontalapa region in the north center of the state and a major center of Tabasco's Chontal Maya population. Although the local economy is still based on agriculture and livestock, oil production, handcrafts and some tourism are important aspects as well. The environment of the area is low-lying flat land susceptible to flooding including being hard hit by the 2007 Tabasco flood and more recent flooding in 2011. The city The city of Nacajuca is located in the north of the state of Tabasco, Mexico, in the Chontalpa Region, 26 km from the state capital of Villahermosa. It is the seat for the municipality of the same name with all governmental functions thereof. It also is the location for most state and federal buildings and services as well. Its main economic activities are commerce and agriculture. It has a population of about 8,200 people. The Parque Ce ...
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Cunduacán
Cunduacán is a municipality in the central portion of the Mexican state of Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i ..., in Mexico. It is located at about 18°4'0"North, 93°10'0"West. It is located in the Grijalva River Region, Chontalpa subregion. Its name originates from the Mayan ''cum-ua-cán'', which means "place of pots of corn and serpents", which is also the name of the city which is the municipal seat of the municipality. It is made up of 10 villages, 31 ranches (''rancherías''), 59 ''ejidos'' and 13 ''colonias''. The town had a 2005 census population of 81,392 inhabitants (the sixth-largest community in the state after Villahermosa, Cárdenas, and Comalcalco, Huimanguillo, and Macuspana), while the municipality had a population of 112,036 (www.inegi.gob. ...
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Centla Municipality
Centla is a municipality in the Mexican state of Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i .... The municipality reported a population of 107,731 in the 2020 Census, up 5.5% from 2010. The municipal seat is the city of Frontera. References {{coord, 18, 20, N, 92, 30, W, source:kolossus-ruwiki, display=title Municipalities of Tabasco ...
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Paraíso, Tabasco
Paraíso is a town and municipalities of Tabasco, municipality located in the north of the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Tabasco, about 75 km due north of the state capital of Villahermosa on the Gulf of Mexico. Much of the area is traditionally dedicated to fishing and agriculture. Today, it is also an oil-producing area with the mostly oil-dedicated port of . There is also some tourism connected to the area's beaches and natural attractions, and the area is promoted under the state's Cacao Route tourism program. The town The town of Paraíso is located on the coast of Tabasco, 75 km north of the capital of Villahermosa. Although one of its important economic activities is tourism, the center of the town has not been overwhelmed with hotels and other tourist oriented businesses. Most of the houses of the town are modest, constructed with brick or adobe with a few hacienda style houses with lavish gardens. The center of the town is marked by a larg ...
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Grijalva River
Grijalva River, formerly known as Tabasco River (, known locally also as Río Grande de Chiapas, Río Grande and Mezcalapa River), is a long river in southeastern Mexico."Grijalva." '' Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary'', 3rd ed. 2001. () Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., p. 450. It is named after Spanish conquistador Juan de Grijalva who visited the area in 1518. This river is born in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes in the department of Huehuetenango in Guatemala, where it is known as Río Seleguá and is one of the most important rivers in that country. The river rises from Río Grande de Chiapas in southeastern Chiapas and flows from Chiapas to the state of Tabasco through the Sumidero Canyon into the Bay of Campeche. Beginning as "Río Grande de Chiapas" or "Río Mezcalapa", later, Río Grande is stopped at the Angostura Dam (Mexico), one of the largest reservoirs in Mexico, and then its course is now named "Grijalva River". The river's drainage basin is ...
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Administrative Divisions Of Mexico
Mexico is a federal republic composed of 32 federative entities (): 31 states and Mexico City. According to the Constitution of Mexico, the states of the federation are free and sovereignty, sovereign in all matters concerning their internal affairs. Since 2016, Mexico City was made a fully autonomous entity on par with the states. Each state federative entity has its own congress and constitution. Overview The current structural hierarchy of Mexican administrative divisions are outlined by Constitution of Mexico as well as the constitutions and laws of federative entities. The laws together established the following levels of administrative divisions. The levels in bold are those regulated by the federal constitution. * List of states of Mexico, State () ** Intrastate region, Region () or district () — only in some states *** Municipalities of Mexico, Municipality () **** List of cities in Mexico, City (), town (), village (), or Localities of Mexico, others ***** Coloni ...
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