Ozumatzin

Ozumatzin was a Chinantec-speaking polity in the Papaloapan basin, centred on a settlement now called San Pedro Ozumacin in northern Oaxaca. Tradition recalled a wider kingdom founded around 1100 by King Quiana and later divided into rival highland and lowland states.

The Aztecs built a garrison and tribute centre at nearby Tuxtepec around 1455; after a campaign in 1479, Ahuitzotl completed the conquest of Chinantla in 1488. The Chinantecs joined Hernan Cortes in 1519, fighting with unusually long lances, but rose against Spanish rule around 1530.