Grijalva River
Founded officially on 24 June 1564 by the Spanish Diego de Quijada on the banks of the Grijalva River under the name of "Villa Hermosa", in 1826 the village was raised to the rank of city under the name of "San Juan Bautista de la Villa Hermosa" (Saint John the Baptist). During the French intervention in Mexico, French troops occupied the city in 1863. In 1916, the governor of Tabasco, Francisco J. Múgica, ordered the restoration of the city's name to "Villahermosa".