Macuspana is a
city
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in
Macuspana Municipality in the south-central part of the
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, 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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. The city of Macuspana had a 2005 census population of 30,661 and is the fifth-largest city in the state. It is the municipal seat of the
municipality of Macuspana, which has an area of 2,551.7 km
2 (985.22 sq mi) and a population of 142,954, which includes numerous smaller communities. The largest of these communities is Benito Juárez (San Carlos).
It is the birthplace of
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...
, the current Mexican President.
Name
The etymology of Macuspana's name is uncertain. The ''Enciclopedia de los municipios de México'' offers three possible explanation
*From the
Nahuatl
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''Macui-chpana'', meaning "place of the five sweepings" or "place of the five cleansings".
*From the
Zoque ''Macu-pane'', meaning "place where the priest goes".
*A corruption of the given names ''Marcos'' and ''Juana'', presumably the founders of the settlement.
Geography
The geographical vicinity is also known as the Macuspana Basin.
Climate
References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México''
Populated places in Tabasco
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