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Tempoal

(Tempoal de Sánchez)
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Tempoal is located in Veracruz
Tempoal
Tempoal
Location in Veracruz
Tempoal is located in Mexico
Tempoal
Tempoal
Location in Mexico
Country  Mexico
State Veracruz
Municipality Tempoal
Settled pre-Conquest
Town status 27 May 1927
City status 29 November 1927
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total 12,237
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
92060
Area code(s) 789
Demonym Tempoalense
Website https://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.

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 in 1927 and city (ciudad) status in 1960.

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