Tenosique

Tenosique Town

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 Suárez. The town had a 2020 census population of 34,946 inhabitants (the fourth-largest community in the state after Villahermosa, Cárdenas, and Comalcalco), while the municipality had a population of 62,310.

Etymology

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

Tenosique was founded c. 1000 B.C. in the Preclassic Maya Period (according to Magnolia Paz Nexo in her book Tenosique Prehispánico y Colonial edited by the Government of Tabasco). Since then Tenosique has been occupied uninterruptedly. Vice President and national hero of the Revolution, José María Pino Suárez was born in Tenosique in 1869, and the town now bears his name.

Geography

Tenosique is on the Usumacinta River, downstream from where the river emerges from the Cañón del Usumacinta onto the plains of Tabasco.

Climate

Climate data for Tenosique de Pino Suárez
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) 		120
(4.8) 		2,100
(81)
Source: Weatherbase [1]

Transportation

Tenosique is also the site of a railway station on the Tren Maya.[2]

Services
Preceding station Tren Maya Following station
Boca del Cerro
toward Palenque
 Tren Maya El Triunfo
toward Cancún Airport

Notes

  1. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Tenosique de Pino Suárez, Tabasco". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
  2. ^ "Mayan Train Tenosique Station: Tourism, Hotels & Activities". TrenMayaa. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

References

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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 Suárez)


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