Tempoal de Sánchez, Veracruz

Tempoal
Tempoal ; (Tempoal de Sánchez)
	City & municipal seat
	Tempoal Location in Mexico
	Coordinates: 21°31′0″N 98°23′0″W
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Municipality	Tempoal
Settled	pre-Conquest
Town status	27 May 1927
City status	29 November 1927
Government
• Municipal President	Sandra Malerva PAN (Partido Accion National)2011-2014
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	12,237
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Demonym	Tempoalense
Website	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 Tempoal Municipality.

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". "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 on 27 May 1927 and city (ciudad) status on 29 November 1927.

References

"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.

External links

Tempoal Web page of the Veracruz State Govt. Accessed 6 November 2008.

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[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.