Cárdenas is the second-largest city 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
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 southeastern
Mexico
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. At the census of 2005 the city had a population of 79,875 inhabitants, while the municipality had 219,563 inhabitants. There are numerous smaller communities in the municipality, but the largest are
Sánchez Magallanes and
Campo Magallanes. The area of the municipality is 2,112 km² (815.45 sq mi).
Geography
The city lies in the northwestern part of the state, on the
Gulf of Mexico
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coast, east of the city of
Coatzacoalcos
Coatzacoalcos (; formerly known as Puerto México; ; Zapotec: ; Popoluca: ''Puertu'') is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Ca ...
,
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
. The city is the municipal seat of
Cárdenas Municipality.
Climate
Education
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Universidad Popular de la Chontalpa
References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
TabascoEnciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
Ayuntamiento de CárdenasOfficial website
Populated places in Tabasco
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