Platón Sánchez is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
''(villa)'' in the
Mexican state
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of
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
. It is located in the state's
Huasteca Alta
Huasteca Alta Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the ...
region. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Platón Sánchez.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the town reported a total population of 10,009.
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The town'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
Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo, known as Miguel Miramón, (29 September 1831 – 19 June 1867) was a Mexican conservative general who became president of Mexico at the age of twenty seven during the Reform War, serving b ...
and
Tomás Mejía Tomás may refer to:
* Tomás (given name)
* Tomás (surname) Tomás is a Spanish and Portuguese surname, equivalent of ''Thomas''.
It may refer to:
* Antonio Tomás (born 1985), professional Spanish footballer
* Belarmino Tomás (1892–1950), ...
to death by firing squad in
Santiago de Querétaro
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
on 19 June 1867.
References
External links
Platón Sánchezon Veracruz State Govt. web page
Populated places in Veracruz
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