Tacotalpa

Tacotalpa
Municipal seat
Interior of the Iglesia de la Virgen de la Asunción, completed in 1710, it is the oldest church in the State of Tabasco
Tacotalpa Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°35′35″N 92°49′33″W
Country	Mexico
State	Tabasco
Municipality	Tacotalpa
Elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	8,071
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time)

Tacotalpa is a small town in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco, the seat of the municipality of the same name. The city is located about 160 km (100 mi) miles south of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and about 50 km (31 mi) kilometers from the state capital Villahermosa, near the border with the state of Chiapas. Tacotalpa is located near the Usumacinta River. In 2010, the population of the town consisted of 8,071 inhabitants.

Population

The city of Tacotalpa currently has a population of 7,710 inhabitants, being one of the two smallest municipal capitals in Tabasco. INEGI 2020

Place names

Its name comes from the Nahuatl word Taco-tlal-pan , which means "land of brambles or weeds ." During the colonial era, when it was declared the capital of the province of Tabasco in 1677, the mayor Diego de Loyola founded the town with the name of Tacotalpa de la Real Corona.