Tempoal de Sánchez, Veracruz

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox settlement |name =Tempoal |settlement_type =City and municipal seat |other_name = (Tempoal de Sánchez) |native_name = |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline =Tempoal..jpg |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |pushpin_label_position =above |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mexico}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Veracruz |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = Tempoal |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title =Municipal President |leader_name = |leader_title1 = Federal electoral district |leader_name1 = Veracruz's 1st |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Settled |established_date = pre-Conquest |established_title2 = Town status |established_date2 = 27 May 1927 |established_title3 = City status |established_date3 =29 November 1927  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of =2005 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =12,237 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone =Zona Centro |utc_offset = -6 |coordinates = {{coord|21|31|0|N|98|23|0|W|region:MX|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 50 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 92060 |area_code = 789 |blank_name =Demonym |blank_info =Tempoalense |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = https://www.tempoal.gob.mx/ |footnotes = }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tempoal|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30161a.htm|work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|publisher=Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal|access-date=6 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081548/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30161a.htm|archive-date=17 June 2011}}</ref>

Tempoal is the terminus of Federal Highway 105, which runs through the Sierra Madre Oriental and across the state of Hidalgo to Pachuca, Hidalgo.

==Name== Tempoal comes from the Wastek ''Tam-puhal'', meaning "place of toads".<ref>{{Cite web |title=H. Ayuntamiento de Tempoal |url=https://www.tempoal.gob.mx/tu-municipio/nomenclatura |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.tempoal.gob.mx}}</ref> "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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=H. Ayuntamiento de Tempoal |url=https://www.tempoal.gob.mx/tu-municipio/cronologia-de-hechos-historicos |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.tempoal.gob.mx}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|Tempoal Municipality}} *[http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=1645,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ciudad=30161 Tempoal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081125093516/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=1645,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ciudad=30161 |date=25 November 2008 }} Web page of the Veracruz State Govt. Retrieved 6 November 2008.

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