Tempoal de Sánchez, Veracruz

Tempoal
(Tempoal de Sánchez)
City and municipal seat
Tempoal is located in Veracruz
Tempoal
Tempoal
Tempoal is located in Mexico
Tempoal
Tempoal
Coordinates: 21°31′0″N 98°23′0″W / 21.51667°N 98.38333°W / 21.51667; -98.38333
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
MunicipalityTempoal
Settledpre-Conquest
Town status27 May 1927
City status29 November 1927
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
12,237
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
92060
Area code789
DemonymTempoalense
Websitehttps://www.tempoal.gob.mx/

Tempoal (formally: Tempoal de Sánchez) is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Located in the state's Huasteca Alta region, it serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Tempoal.

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the city of Tempoal reported a total population of 12,237.[1]

Name

Tempoal comes from the Wastek Tam-puhal, meaning "place of toads".[2] "De Sánchez" honours Rafael Platón Sánchez (1831–1867), a native of the area who fought in the Battle of Puebla of 5 May 1862 and later chaired the court martial that sentenced Emperor Maximilian and his generals Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía to death by firing squad in Santiago de Querétaro on 19 June 1867.

History

Tempoal was founded in pre-Hispanic times. It was given town (villa) status in 1927 and city (ciudad) status in 1960.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tempoal". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
  2. ^ "H. Ayuntamiento de Tempoal". www.tempoal.gob.mx. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ "H. Ayuntamiento de Tempoal". www.tempoal.gob.mx. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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