Municipalities of Tabasco

Map of Mexico with Tabasco highlighted

Map of Mexico with Tabasco highlighted

Tabasco is a state in southeast Mexico that is divided into 17 municipalities.<ref name="census2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to the 2020 INEGI census, it has the 20th largest population with Template:Nts inhabitants and is the 24th largest by land area spanning Template:Convert.<ref name="census2020" /><ref name="Landarea">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Municipalities in Tabasco are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.<ref name="constitution">Template:Cite act</ref> Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal), by a plurality voting system, who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) which is responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.<ref name="Mexicolaws">Template:Cite book</ref> They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />

The largest municipality by population is Centro, with 683,607 residents while the smallest is Jonuta with 30,798 residents.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest municipality by land area is Huimanguillo which spans Template:Convert, and the smallest is Jalpa de Méndez with Template:Convert.<ref name=Landarea /> Tabasco has kept the same number of municipalities since 1883, one of the few Mexican states without recent changes.<ref name=dates />

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Tabasco by population
• Laguna de las Ilusiones, Villahermosa
  Centro, largest municipality by population in Tabasco
• Downtown Cárdenas
  Cárdenas, second largest municipality by population
• Old Mayan city of Comalcalco
  Comalcalco, third largest municipality by population

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Name	Municipal seat	Population (2020)<ref name="census2020" />	Population (2010)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Change	Land area<ref name="Landarea" />		Population density (2020)	Incorporation date<ref name=dates>Template:Cite book</ref>
				km2		sq mi
Balancán	Balancán	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Cárdenas	Cárdenas	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Centla	Frontera	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Centro	VillahermosaTemplate:Dagger	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Comalcalco	Comalcalco	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Cunduacán	Cunduacán	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Emiliano Zapata<ref group="lower-alpha">Emiliano Zapata was originally incorporated as Montecristo, changing its name on Template:Dts.<ref name=dates/></ref>	Emiliano Zapata	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Huimanguillo	Huimanguillo	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Jalapa	Jalapa	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Jalpa de Méndez	Jalpa de Méndez	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Jonuta	Jonuta	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Macuspana	Macuspana	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Nacajuca	Nacajuca	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Paraíso	Paraíso	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Tacotalpa	Tacotalpa	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Teapa	Teapa	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Tenosique	Tenosique	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Tabasco	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	—
Mexico	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	—