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Coixtlahuaca

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Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican state in the Mixteca Alta This article is about the pre-Columbian state. For other uses, see Coixtlahuaca (disambiguation).
CoixtlahuacaNguichee
Yodzocoo
Coaixtlahuacan
1080–1490
CapitalCoixtlahuaca
Common languagesChocho
Mixtec
Nahuatl
Religion Mesoamerican
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established 1080
• Incorporated into the Aztec Empire 1490
Succeeded by
Aztec Empire
Atonal's death and the conquest of Coixtlahuaca, in the Aztec Codex Mendoza.
Dominican Convent in San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca, Oaxaca

Coixtlahuaca (Chocho: Nguichee; Mixtec: Yodzocoo; Nahuatl: Coaixtlahuacan) was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican state in the Mixteca Alta (now in Oaxaca, Mexico). Coixtlahuaca was a multi-ethnic polity, inhabited by both Chochos and Mixtecs. In addition to the Chocho and Mixtec languages, Nahuatl was used as a lingua franca. Its name means "plain of snakes". The state also exerted power over the Cuicatecans.

Coixtlahuaca was defeated by the Aztecs under Moctezuma I in the 15th century.

According to Hernán Cortés, envoys of Coixtlahuaca surrendered to the Spanish in September 1520. Coixtlahuaca was incorporated into New Spain as the municipality of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca.

See also

References

  1. "Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca". Archived from the original on 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  2. Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972), p. 54


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