Tempoal | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Tempoal de Sánchez |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Area Total Km2: | 1487.15 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 33107 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 21.5167°N -98.3833°W |
Elevation M: | 50 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | https://www.tempoal.gob.mx/ |
Tempoal is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. The municipal seat is Tempoal de Sánchez.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 33,107 (down from 35,600 in 1995), of whom 12,237 lived in the municipal seat.[1]
Of the municipality's inhabitants, 3252 (9.33%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Wastek (Huasteco); the municipality's name comes from the Wastek tam-puhal, meaning "place of toads".[2]
The municipality of Tempoal covers a total surface area of 1,487.15 km².