Tabasco

Tabasco One of Mexico's 32 federal institutions. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital is Villahermosa. It is located in the southeast of the country in the south-east of the state of Campeche, Veracruz to the west and Chiapas to the south and Peten Department of Guatemala in the south-east. It is a beach in the north with the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the state is covered in rainforests, as opposed to most other areas of Mexico, it has a rainy season. For this reason, it is covered in small lakes, wetlands and rivers. The state is under major flood incidents, with the final incident in 2007, which affected eighty percent of the state.

The state is also home to La Lata which is the main site of the Olmec civilization, which is considered to be the origin of later Mesoamerican cultures. Even though it produces significant amounts of petroleum and natural gas, poverty is still a matter of concern. The origin of the name Tabasca is certainly not known, among many linguists, many theories have been debated. This name appears in the chronology of Bernal Diage del Castillo during the Vijay period, which says that it comes from the name of a river in the area. A possible derivation is that it comes from a mean phrase which means the owner of eight tigers.