Amecan

Amecan was a small Nahua kingdom centred on Ameca in the Valles region of western Jalisco, beside the river of the same name. Its Nahuatl name Amecatl meant “string of water”.

In 1522 the soldier Juan de Anesta entered the town barefoot and alone, sword in hand; its people recalled a prophecy of strangers who would rule and welcomed him as a son of the sun. The kingdom came under Spanish control in 1524. Ameca's warriors joined the Mixton War rising in 1541, and the town was declared a city in 1833.