The Popular University of Chontalpa (in

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: Universidad Popular de la Chontalpa), popularly known as UPCh, is a

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located in the city of Cárdenas,

Tabasco Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, 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 ...

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. It was founded on August 24, 1995, by the municipal government of the city of Cárdenas, thus becoming the first municipal university of the country. On November 17, 1998, the university becomes registered as a national institution of higher level education.

External links

Official Website
Popular University of the Chontalpa Universities and colleges in Tabasco Educational institutions established in 1995 1995 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-edu-stub