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Nacajuca
Sign in to saveNacajuca (Yokot'an: Yäxtup) is a city in Nacajuca Municipality in the state of Tabasco, Mexico. It is part of the Chontalapa region in the north center of the state and a major center of Tabasco's Chontal Maya population. Although the local economy is still based on agriculture and livestock, oil production, handcrafts and some tourism are important aspects as well. The environment of the area is low-lying flat land susceptible to flooding including being hard hit by the 2007 Tabasco flood and more recent flooding in 2011.
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- Locality
- Nacajuca
- Region
- Tabasco
- Country
- México
- Population
- 11,289
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Nacajuca
- Settlement.name
- Nacajuca
- Settlement.native_name
- Yäxtup (Yokot'an)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.total_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nacajuca Iglesia.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- San Antonio de Padua Church
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tabasco
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Marco Antonio Leyva
- Settlement.leader_title2
- Federal electoral district
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Tabasco's 5th
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_title2
- Municipal Status
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_footnotes
- Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- The city
- History
- Chontal Maya
- Geography
- Climate
- Flora and fauna
- Culture
- Socioeconomics
- References
Nacajuca (Yokot'an: Yäxtup) is a city in Nacajuca Municipality in the state of Tabasco, Mexico. It is part of the Chontalapa region in the north center of the state and a major center of Tabasco's Chontal Maya population. Although the local economy is still based on agriculture and livestock, oil production, handcrafts and some tourism are important aspects as well. The environment of the area is low-lying flat land susceptible to flooding including being hard hit by the 2007 Tabasco flood and more recent flooding in 2011.
==The city== The city of Nacajuca is located in the north of the state of Tabasco, Mexico, in the Chontalpa Region, 26 km from the state capital of Villahermosa. It is the seat for the municipality of the same name with all governmental functions thereof. It also is the location for most state and federal buildings and services as well. Its main economic activities are commerce and agriculture. It has a population of about 8,200 people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nacajuca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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