7-639: Cunduacán is a municipality in the central portion of the Mexican state of Tabasco , in Mexico. It is located at about 18°4'0"North, 93°10'0"West. It is located in the Grijalva River Region, Chontalpa subregion. Its name originates from the Mayan cum-ua-cán , which means "place of pots of corn and serpents", which is also the name of the city which is the municipal seat of the municipality. It
14-474: 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 ). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and
21-475: Is divided into 17 municipalities . According to the 2020 Mexican census , it has the 20th largest population with 2,402,598 inhabitants and is the 24th largest by land area spanning 24,738 square kilometres (9,551 sq mi). Municipalities in Tabasco are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico . Every three years, citizens elect
28-403: Is made up of 10 villages, 31 ranches ( rancherías ), 59 ejidos and 13 colonias . The town had a 2005 census population of 81,392 inhabitants (the sixth-largest community in the state after Villahermosa, Cárdenas, and Comalcalco, Huimanguillo, and Macuspana), while the municipality had a population of 112,036 (www.inegi.gob.mx). The municipality has an area of 1,017 km (393 sq mi),
35-545: Is part of the coastal plain. Its hydrography consists of the rivers Mezcalapa, which marks its southern border with the municipalities of Centro, Samaria, Guayabal, Cucuyulapa, Barí, Cunduacán and Tular; and the lagoons of Cucuyulapa and Ballona. The state's Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco has various centers in Cunduacán. Municipalities of Tabasco Tabasco is a state in Southeast Mexico that
42-679: The eighth in the state in terms of geographical coverage and corresponding to 2.54% of the total area of the state. To the North are the municipalities of Comalcalco and Jalpa de Méndez, to the East are the municipalities of Nacajuca and Centro, to the South is the municipality of Centro and the State of Chiapas, and to the West is the municipality of Cárdenas. Geophysically the municipality is completely flat, as it
49-464: The maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. 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. The largest municipality by population
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