Tepecoacuilco de Trujano

Tepecoacuilco de Trujano
Municipal seat and city
Tepecoacuilco de Trujano
Tepecoacuilco de Trujano
Coordinates: 18°18′N 99°29′W / 18.300°N 99.483°W / 18.300; -99.483
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
MunicipalityTepecoacuilco de Trujano
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)

Tepecoacuilco de Trujano is a city and seat of the municipality of Tepecoacuilco de Trujano, in the Mexican state of Guerrero.[1]

History

Before the Spanish conquest, this was the capital of an extensive Aztec tributary province which also included Iguala, Huitzuco, Teloloapan, Ixcateopan, Chilapa, Cuetzala, Cocula, Oztoma and Alahuixtlan. Tribute from this province consisted of cotton clothing, warrior costumes, grain, honey, jade, copal, gourds, and copper axes. Both Nahuatl and Chontal were spoken here, as well as Matlame (probably Matlatzinca) in smaller numbers. There was an Aztec garrison here.[2]

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on December 23, 2008
  2. ^ Berdan, Frances (1996). Aztec imperial strategies. Washington, D.C: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. pp. 274–275. ISBN 9780884022114.