Tempoal Municipality is one of the 212
municipalities
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 the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
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. The municipal seat is
Tempoal, Veracruz.
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.
Of the municipality's inhabitants, 3252 (9.33%) spoke an
indigenous language
An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous peoples. This language is from a linguistically distinct community that originated in the area. Indigenous languages are not neces ...
, primarily
Wastek
The Huastec (or Wasteko or Huasteco) language of Mexico is spoken by the Huastecos living in rural areas of San Luis Potosí and northern Veracruz. Though relatively isolated from them, it is related to the Mayan languages spoken further south ...
(Huasteco).
Tempoal Municipality covers a total surface area of 1,487.15 km
2.
Settlements in the municipality
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Tempoal (municipal seat; 2005 population 12,237)
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Corozal (population 2,000)
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El AguacateTerrero (1,200)
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Horcón Potrero (1,100)
References
External links
TempoalWeb page of the Veracruz State Govt. Accessed 6 November 2008.
{{Veracruz
Municipalities of Veracruz