Southeast Mexico
[[File:Sureste de Mexico.png|thumb|350px|{{legend|#006400|border=solid 1px black|Southeast Mexico.}}]]
The '''Southeast Mexico''' ({{lang-es|Sureste de México}}) is a region of [[United Mexican States]], formed by the states of [[Yucatán]], [[Campeche]], [[Quintana Roo]] and [[Tabasco]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gómez Mont, con aliados en Tabasco, Yucatán, Campeche y Quintana Roo. |url=http://notisureste.com.mx/noticias/yucatan_3/gomez-mont-aliados-tabasco-yucatan-campeche-quintana_39 |publisher=NotiSureste|accessdate=September 15, 2010}}</ref> The area is almost flat, except for the presence of the hills and mountains that form the ''Sierra Atravesada''. The mountains are about 250 km in length, and its highest point is in the passage of Chivela, about 2500 of [[elevation]]. Further east, near the boundary between [[Oaxaca]] and [[Chiapas]], is the ''Cerro Azul'', reaching an elevation of 2300.
== Description ==
South-southeast [[México]] is the fastest growing region in formal employment registered in the [[Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social]] ({{lang-en|Mexican Institute of Social Security}}). This region is stronger in giving added value to natural resources in a sustainable way, also gaining national and international markets and diversifying the economy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Actividades |url=http://fox.presidencia.gob.mx/actividades/girasnacionales/?contenido=23387 |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica |date=2006 |page=1 |accessdate=September 15, 2010}}</ref> The border with Guatemala is formed by the [[Suchiate River]], the [[Usumacinta River]] and three artificial lines and the length of this border is 871 km.<ref>{{cite web |title=Descripción de la Región, Anexo I. |url=http://portal.semarnat.gob.mx/sitioantiguo/presenciainternacional/fronterasur/Paginas/DescripciondelaRegion_AnexoI.aspx |publisher=SEMARNAT |date=2006 |accessdate=September 15, 2010}}</ref> With Belize, the border is 251 km and is marked in whole by [[Hondo River (Belize)|Hondo River]].<ref>{{cite web |title=México es un país localizado en América del Norte. |url=http://www.yep4110mexico.org/outbounds/archivos/Aspirantes/Guia%20de%20Estudio.pdf |publisher=Rotary International |accessdate=September 15, 2010}}</ref> The territorial waters of Mexico consists of two regions: the territorial sea is measured from the shoreline to 25 km offshore, and the exclusive economic zone, which reaches {{convert|200|nmi|km}} from the coast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metodos de delimitacion en derecho del mar y el problema de las islas. |url=http://www.juridicas.unam.mx/publica/rev/boletin/cont/93/art/art3.htm |publisher=Biblioteca Juridica Virtual |accessdate=September 15, 2010}}</ref>
== States ==
{| align=center | class="wikitable sortable"
! State
! Official Name
''Estado Libre y Soberano de'':
! Flag
! Capital
! Largest city
! Area<ref>{{cite news |url= http://cuentame.inegi.gob.mx/monografias/default.aspx?tema=me|title= INEGI}}</ref>
! Population (2009)<ref>[http://www.conapo.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&Itemid=234 CONAPO]</ref>
! Order of Admission<br />to Federation
! Date of Admission<br />to Federation
|-
| [[Campeche]]
| align=center | ''Campeche''
| [[File:Flag of Campeche.svg|border|100px]]
| align=center | [[San Francisco de Campeche]]
| align=center | [[San Francisco de Campeche]]
| align=right | <span style="display:none">057924</span>{{convert|57924|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| align=right | <span style="display:none">0</span>791.322
| align=center | <span style="display:none">0</span>{{nts|25}}
| <span style="display:none">18630429</span>29-04-1863<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www2.sepdf.gob.mx/efemerides/consulta_efemerides.jsp?dia=29&mes=4|title= Secretaria de Educación Publica}}</ref>
|-
| [[Quintana Roo]]
| align=center | ''Quintana Roo''
| [[File:Flag of Quintana Roo.svg|border|100px]]
| align=center | [[Chetumal]]
| align=center | [[Cancún]]
| align=right | <span style="display:none">042361</span>{{convert|42361|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| align=right | <span style="display:none">0</span>1.290.323
| align=center | <span style="display:none">0</span>{{nts|30}}
| <span style="display:none">19741008</span>08-10-1974<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.qroo.gob.mx/qroo/Estado/Historia.php|title= Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tabasco]]
| align=center | ''Tabasco''
| [[File:Flag of Tabasco.svg|border|100px]]
| align=center | [[Villahermosa]]
| align=center | [[Villahermosa]]
| align=right | <span style="display:none">024738</span>{{convert|24738|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| align=right | <span style="display:none">0</span>2.045.294
| align=center | <span style="display:none">0</span>{{nts|13}}
| <span style="display:none">18240207</span>07-02-1824<ref>{{cite news |url= http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=i_GK_-6deKIC&lpg=PA227&ots=eyvDzsrMIz&dq=22%20De%20Mayo%20De%201824%20durango&pg=PA227#v=onepage&q=&f=false|title= La Diputación Provincial y El Federalismo Mexicano}}</ref>
|-
| [[Yucatán]]
| align=center | ''Yucatán''
| [[File:Flag of Yucatan.svg|border|100px]]
| align=center | [[Mérida (Yucatán)|Mérida]]
| align=center | [[Mérida (Yucatán)|Mérida]]
| align=right | <span style="display:none">039612</span>{{convert|39612|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| align=right | <span style="display:none">0</span>1.909.965
| align=center | <span style="display:none">0</span>{{nts|8}}
| <span style="display:none">18231223</span>23-12-1823<ref>{{cite news |url= http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=i_GK_-6deKIC&lpg=PA227&ots=eyvDzsrMIz&dq=22%20De%20Mayo%20De%201824%20durango&pg=PA227#v=onepage&q=&f=false|title= La Diputación Provincial y El Federalismo Mexicano}}</ref>
|}
== Major Cities ==
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|colspan=5 style="background:#4b6791; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center|'''Major Cities of Yucatán'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Night in Merida.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Valladolid Mexico Cathedral.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Progreso Beach.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Church of the Three Kings.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Portada wiki.jpg|125px]]
|-
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Valladolid, Yucatán|Valladolid]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Progreso, Yucatán|Progreso]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Tizimín]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Motul, Yucatán|Motul]]
|-
|}
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|colspan=5 style="background:#4b6791; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center|'''Major Cities of Quintana Roo'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Chetumal_aerea.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Atardecer en Cancun.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Cozumel Aerial View.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Playadelcarmenbeach.jpg|125px]]
|-
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Chetumal, Quintana Roo|Chetumal]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Benito Juárez Municipality, Quintana Roo|Benito Juárez]] ([[Cancún]])
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Cozumel]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Playa del Carmen]]
|-
|}
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|colspan=5 style="background:#4b6791; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center|'''Major Cities of Campeche'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Campeche - Altstadt 1.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Ciudaddelcarmen.jpg|125px]]
|-
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Campeche, Campeche|San Francisco de Campeche]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Ciudad del Carmen]]
|-
|}
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|colspan=5 style="background:#4b6791; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center|'''Major Cities of Tabasco'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Mirador_laguna_ilusiones.JPG|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Cárdenas Parque Independencia.jpg|125px]]
|-
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Villahermosa]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Cárdenas, Tabasco|Heroica Cárdenas]]
|-
|}
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== See also ==
* [[Eastern Mexico]]
* [[North-Central Mexico]]
* [[Northeastern Mexico]]
* [[Northwestern Mexico]]
* [[South-Central Mexico]]
* [[Southwestern Mexico]]
* [[Western Mexico]]
== External Links ==
* [http://www.sectur.gob.mx Secretaría de Turismo]
* [http://www.visitmexico.com Consejo de Promoción Turística de México]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Regions of Mexico]]
[[Category:Southern Mexico| ]]
[[es:Sureste de México]]