Ometepec

Ometepec was an Amuzgo town in the Yacuyagua mountains. Its name meant between two hills in Mixtec and Nahuatl. The Amuzgo dominion centred on Xochistlahuaca was subjugated by the Mixtecs around 1100 and paid tribute for about three centuries as part of Ayacastla.

The Aztecs conquered Ayacastla in 1457 but never controlled it fully or directly, suppressing Amuzgo revolts in 1494 and 1504–1507. Ometepec became a provincial seat sending cotton, gold and cacao to Tenochtitlan. Pedro de Alvarado subdued the region for Spain in 1522; in 1818 the provincial capital moved from Igualapa to Ometepec.