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This article refers to Tabasco state; for the condiment see Tabasco sauce
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Tabasco (sometimes historically spelled Tobasco) is a state in Mexico. Its capital is Villahermosa.
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 Petén Department of GuatemalaFor the city, see Guatemala City. The Republic of Guatemala is a country in Central America, in the south of the continent of North America, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, Belize to the north, and to the north is the Gulf of MexicoThe Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America. The gulf's eastern, north, and northwestern shores lie within the United States of America (specifically, the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,. Tabasco is in the northern half of the Isthmus of TehuantepecThe Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. The name comes from the town of Tehuantepec (formally, "Santo Domingo Tehuantepec") in Oaxaca state, which in turn co.
Cities in Tabasco include: Ciudad Pemex, Emiliano Zapata, San Miguel, Tenosique, Tortuguero, the OlmecThe Olmec were a people living in south-central Mexico, roughly what would now be the Veracruz and Tabasco regions of the Mexican isthmus. Their immediate cultural influence went much further though, Olmec artwork being found as far afield as El Salvador. ruins of La VentaLa Venta is the name of a Pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization. The site is located in the state of Tabasco, Mexico. The Olmec civilization was prominent in Mesoamerica from as early as 1500 B. up through A. The Olmec heartland, an, and the MayaThis article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. See Maya people for a discussion of the modern Maya. The Maya are a people of southern Mexico and northern Central America with some 3,000 years of rich history. The Maya were part of the Mesoamer ruins of Comalcalco .