| Tempoal | |
| Settlement Type: | City and municipal seat |
| Other Name: | (Tempoal de Sánchez) |
| 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: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tempoal |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| 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 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 12,237 |
| 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 |
| Postal Code: | 92060 |
| Area Code: | 789 |
| Blank Name: | Demonym |
| Blank Info: | 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.[1]
Tempoal comes from the Wastek Tam-puhal, meaning "place of toads".[2] "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.
Tempoal was founded in pre-Hispanic times. It was given town (villa) status in 1927 and city (ciudad) status in 1960.[3]