Tollohcan

Tollohcan was a Matlatzinca town in the Toluca Valley west of the Valley of Mexico. It remained secondary to Calixtlahuaca, the valley’s dominant centre.

In the late 1470s the Aztec ruler Axayacatl conquered the valley and destroyed Calixtlahuaca. He made Tollocan the seat of a province that sent maize, mantles and warrior costumes as tribute. The Matlatzinca soon rebelled, but the valley remained under Aztec rule. Nahuatl-speaking colonists moved in and the Matlatzinca language declined.