| Platón Sánchez | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Veracruz |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Veracruz |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Platón Sánchez |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Teodoro Hernández Hernández (Conv.), 2008-10 |
| Established Title2: | Municipality created |
| Established Date2: | 1868 |
| Area Total Km2: | 227.84 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 17670 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 21.2833°N -98.3667°W |
| Elevation M: | 60 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Platón Sánchez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. The municipal seat is the town of Platón Sánchez.
The municipality covers a toal area of 227.84 km² and is located on Federal Highway 105.
It borders on the municipalities of Tempoal (north), Tantoyuca (east), Chalma (south) and Chiconamel (south-east). To the south it borders on the state of Hidalgo.
Major products are corn, cereal, sugar, and fruits.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 17,670 (down from 18,229 in 1995), of whom 10,009 lived in the municipal seat.[1] Of the municipality's inhabitants, 5,633 (33%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl; 6.14% of the municipality's population did not speak Spanish.[2]
There are 127 settlements in the municipality. The largest ones are:
The municipality's name honours (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. The municipality was established with Platón Sánchez's name in 1868.
In 1938 Platón Sánchez (together with Chiconamel) lost territory which then formed the new municipality of Chalma.