Macuspana is a city

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 in Macuspana Municipality in the south-central part of the state

States of Mexico

The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...

 of Tabasco

Tabasco

Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa....

 in southeastern Mexico

Mexico

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. 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

Macuspana (municipality)

Macuspana Municipality is a municipality in Tabasco in south-eastern Mexico.-References:...

, 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).

Name

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

• From the Nahuatl
  Nahuatl
  Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...
  
   Macui-chpana, meaning "place of the five sweepings" or "place of the five cleansings".
• From the Zoque
  Zoque languages
  The Zoque languages are languages of the Zoquean branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family indigenous to southern Mexico.The Zoque languages are spoken in the in northern Chiapas and far eastern Chiapas around Chimalapa, and in Ayapa Tabasco altogether by around 88,000 indigenous Zoque people...
  
  Macu-pane, meaning "place where the priest goes".
• A corruption of the given names Marcos and Juana, presumbaly the founders of the settlement.