Town in the Mexican state of Tabasco
Tenosique
is a town located in
Tenosique Municipality
in the southeastern corner of the
state
of
Tabasco
, in
Mexico
. Its official name is
Tenosique de Pino Suarez
. The town had a 2020 census population of 34,946 inhabitants (the fourth-largest community in the state after
Villahermosa
,
Cardenas
, and
Comalcalco
), while the municipality had a population of 62,310.
Etymology
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From the
Maya
words "Tana" or house and "tsiic" weaving or counting threads. Which leaves us with "casa de los hilanderos " or "House of Weavers or thread counters".
History
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Tenosique was founded c. 1000 B.C. in the
Preclassic Maya Period
(according to Magnolia Paz Nexo in her book
Tenosique Prehispanico y Colonial
edited by the Government of Tabasco). Since then Tenosique has been occupied uninterruptedly. Vice President and national hero of the Revolution,
Jose Maria Pino Suarez
was born in Tenosique in 1869, and the town now bears his name.
Geography
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Tenosique is on the
Usumacinta River
, downstream from where the river emerges from the
Canon del Usumacinta
onto the plains of Tabasco.
Climate
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Climate data for Tenosique de Pino Suarez
|
Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
28.3
(82.9)
|
30.1
(86.2)
|
32.4
(90.3)
|
34.7
(94.5)
|
35.6
(96.1)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
33.4
(92.1)
|
33.4
(92.1)
|
33
(91)
|
31.3
(88.3)
|
30.1
(86.2)
|
28.6
(83.5)
|
32.1
(89.8)
|
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
19
(66)
|
19.7
(67.5)
|
21
(70)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
23.6
(74.5)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
22.6
(72.7)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
22.1
(71.8)
|
20.8
(69.4)
|
19.5
(67.1)
|
21.7
(71.1)
|
Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
|
110
(4.3)
|
71
(2.8)
|
61
(2.4)
|
69
(2.7)
|
140
(5.6)
|
260
(10.4)
|
200
(8)
|
240
(9.3)
|
360
(14.1)
|
280
(11)
|
140
(5.6)
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120
(4.8)
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2,100
(81)
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Source: Weatherbase
[1]
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Notes
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References
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External links
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17°28′32″N
91°25′21″W
/
17.47556°N 91.42250°W
/
17.47556; -91.42250
(
Tenosique de Pino Suarez
)