Platón Sánchez (municipality)

Platón Sánchez
Municipality
Platón Sánchez Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°17′0″N 98°22′0″W / 21.28333°N 98.36667°W / 21.28333; -98.36667
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Municipal seat	Platón Sánchez
Municipality created	1868
Government
• Municipal President	Teodoro Hernández Hernández (Conv.), 2008-10
Area
• Total	227.84 km² (87.97 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	17,670
• Density	78/km² (200/sq mi)

Platón Sánchez Municipality is one of the 212 municipalities of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. The municipal seat is the town of Platón Sánchez.

Geography

The municipality covers a toal area of 227.84 km² and is located on Federal Highway 123.

Borders

It borders on Tempoal Municipality (north), Tantoyuca Municipality (east), Chalma Municipality (south) and Chiconamel Municipality (south-east). To the south it borders on the state of Hidalgo.

Products

Major products are corn, cereal, sugar, and fruits.

Demographics

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]

Settlements

There are 127 settlements in the municipality. The largest ones are:

Platón Sánchez (municipal seat; 2005 population 10,009)
Ahitic (population 568)
Plalpani (514)
Monte Grande (460)
Corralillo (432)

History

The municipality's name 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. 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.

References

↑ "Platón Sánchez". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ "Platón Sánchez: Población". Veracruz State Govt. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

External links

Platón Sánchez on Veracruz State Govt. web page

State of Veracruz

Xalapa (capital)

Municipalities of Veracruz

Huasteca Alta Region	Chalma Chiconamel Chinampa de Gorostiza El Higo Naranjos Amatlán Ozuluama de Mascareñas Pánuco Platón Sánchez Pueblo Viejo Tamalín Tamiahua Tampico Alto Tantima Tantoyuca Tempoal de Sánchez

Huasteca Baja Region	Álamo Temapache Benito Juárez Castillo de Teayo Cerro Azul Chicontepec de Tejeda Chontla Citlaltépetl Huayacocotla Ilamatlán Ixcatepec Ixhuatlán de Madero Tancoco Tepetzintla Texcatepec Tlachichilco Tuxpan Zacoalpan Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes

Totonaca Region	Cazones de Herrera Chumatlán Coahuitlan Coatzintla Coxquihui Coyutla Espinal Filomeno Mata Gutiérrez Zamora Mecatlán Papantla Poza Rica Tecolutla Tihuatlán Zozocolco de Hidalgo

Nautla Region	Atzalán Colipa Juchique de Ferrer Martínez de la Torre Misantla Nautla San Rafael Tenochtitlán Tlapacoyan Vega de Alatorre Yecuatla

Capital Region	Acajete Acatlán Actopan Alto Lucero Altotonga Apazapan Ayahualulco Banderilla Chiconquiaco Coacoatzintla Coatepec Cosautlán de Carvajal Emiliano Zapata (Dos Ríos) Ixhuacán de los Reyes Jalacingo Jalcomulco Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez Las Minas Las Vigas de Ramírez Landero y Coss Miahuatlán Naolinco de Victoria Perote Rafael Lucio Tatatila Teocelo Tepetlán Tlacolulan Tlalnelhuayocan Tonayán Villa Aldama Xalapa Xico

Sotavento Region	Boca del Río Cotaxtla Jamapa La Antigua (José Cardel) Manlio Fabio Altamirano Medellín Puente Nacional Soledad de Doblado Tlalixcoyan Úrsulo Galván Veracruz

Mountains Region	Acultzingo Alpatláhuac Amatlán de los Reyes Aquila Astacinga Atlahuico Atoyac Atzacan Calcahualco Camarón de Tejeda Camerino Z. Mendoza Carrillo Puerto (Tamarindo) Chocamán Coetzala Comapa Córdoba Coscomatepec Cuichapa Cuitláhuac Fortín de las Flores Huatusco Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc Ixhuatlán del Café Ixhuatlancillo Ixtaczoquitlán La Perla Los Reyes Magdalena Maltrata Mariano Escobedo Mixtla de Altamirano Naranjal Nogales Omealca Orizaba Paso del Macho Rafael Delgado Río Blanco San Andrés Tenejapan Sochiapa Soledad Atzompa Tehuipango Tenampa Tepatlaxco Tequila Tezonapa Tlacotepec de Mejía Tlaltetela Tlaquilpa Tlilapan Totutla Xoxocotla Yanga Zentla Zongolica

Papaloapan Region	Acula Ángel R. Cabada Alvarado Amatitlán Carlos A. Carrillo Chacaltianguis Cosamaloapan de Carpio Ignacio de la Llave Isla Ixmatlahuacan José Azueta Juan Rodríguez Clara Lerdo de Tejada Otatitlán Playa Vicente Saltabarranca Santiago Sochiapan (Xochiapa) Tierra Blanca Tlacojalpan Tlacotalpan Tres Valles Tuxtilla

Los Tuxtlas Region	Catemaco San Andrés Tuxtla Santiago Tuxtla Hueyapan de Ocampo

Olmeca Region	Acayucan Agua Dulce Chinameca Coatzacoalcos Cosoleacaque Hidalgotitlán Ixhuatlán del Sureste Jáltipan Jesús Carranza Las Choapas Mecayapan Minatitlán Moloacán Nanchital Oluta Oteapan Pajapan San Juan Evangelista Sayula de Alemán Soconusco Soteapan Tatahuicapan Texistepec Uxpanapa) Zaragoza

Coordinates: 21°17′N 98°22′W / 21.283°N 98.367°W / 21.283; -98.367

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