Tabasco

This is an article about the state of Tabasco in Mexico. For the hot sauce produced in Louisiana, see: Tabasco sauce.

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Tabasco (sometimes historically spelled Tobasco) is a state in Mexico.

Location:

Tabasco is bordered by the Mexican states of Veracruz to the west, Chiapas to the south, and Campeche to the north east. To the west Tabasco borders with the Peten Department of Guatemala, to the north is the Gulf of Mexico. Tabasco is in the northern half of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Basic facts:

• As of 2000 Tabasco had a population of 1,748,769.
• The capital city of Tabasco is Villahermosa.
• The ISO 3166-2 code for Tabasco is MX-TAB.
• Tabasco has an area of 24,578 km square.

Cities in Tabasco include: Ciudad Pemex, Emiliano Zapata, San Miguel, Tenosique, Tortuguero, the Olmec ruins of La Venta, and the Maya ruins of Comalcalco.