Coliman

Colima was a Teco polity on the Pacific coast of western Mexico, in the region of the later state of Colima. Its rulers bore the Nahuatl title of huey tlatoani.

In the Saltpeter War of 1480 to 1510, the ruler Colimotl led resistance to the expanding Purépecha; Sayula, Zapotlán and Amula became tributaries of Colima. Its warriors defeated Spanish expeditions at Trojes and Tecomán, but Gonzalo de Sandoval's campaign of 1522 and 1523 broke their resistance. Colimotl fell at Alima, and in 1523 Sandoval founded the Spanish Villa de Colima at Caxitlán.