Teapa (municipality)

Teapa Municipality is a municipality in Tabasco in south-eastern Mexico. Its name comes from the word "Teaoan" from the Nahuatl language, which means "river over stones" or "stone's river". It refers to one of the rivers that crosses the town.

The municipal seat is Teapa city, and possess a division constituted by 18 ejidos, 15 ranches, 1 populated, 6 neighborhoods and 1 villa. Its territorial extension is 679.78 square kilometres (262.46 sq mi), which corresponds to 2.76% of the state total; this places the municipality 16th in territorial extension. There is a border to the north with the municipalities of Centro and Jalapa; and in the south, east and west with the state of Chiapas. According to the results presented for the 2nd population and home count from 2005, the municipality has a population of 49,262 people.