Macuspana

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Macuspana is a city in Macuspana Municipality in the south-central part of the state of Tabasco in southeastern Mexico. 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 km² (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, the current Mexican President.

Name

The etymology of Macuspana's name is uncertain. The Enciclopedia de los municipios de México offers three possible explanations:[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210109/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/tabasco/mpios/27012a.htm]

From the Nahuatl 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 =

{{Weather box

|location = Macuspana

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|Jan high F = 82.9

|Feb high F = 85.6

|Mar high F = 90.3

|Apr high F = 94.3

|May high F = 96.4

|Jun high F = 94.5

|Jul high F = 93.9

|Aug high F =93.7

|Sep high F = 91.8

|Oct high F = 89.1

|Nov high F =86.5

|Dec high F = 83.7

|year high F = 90.3

|Jan low F = 64.6

|Feb low F = 65.7

|Mar low F = 68.2

|Apr low F = 71.6

|May low F = 73.6

|Jun low F = 73.8

|Jul low F = 73.2

|Aug low F = 73.2

|Sep low F = 73.2

|Oct low F = 72

|Nov low F = 69.1

|Dec low F = 66.2

|year low F = 70.3

|Jan precipitation inch = 5.9

|Feb precipitation inch =4.7

|Mar precipitation inch = 2.7

|Apr precipitation inch = 2.6

|May precipitation inch = 4.9

|Jun precipitation inch = 11.8

|Jul precipitation inch = 7.9

|Aug precipitation inch = 10.7

|Sep precipitation inch = 15.7

|Oct precipitation inch = 13.3

|Nov precipitation inch = 8.1

|Dec precipitation inch = 6.3

|year precipitation inch = 94.5

|source 1 = Weatherbase

{{cite web

|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=927030&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Macuspana, Tabasco

|publisher=Weatherbase

|year=2011

}}

Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

|date=November 2011

}}

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210109/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/tabasco/mpios/27012a.htm Macuspana] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Category:Populated places in Tabasco