Cuauhtemallan

Cuauhtemallan was a Nahuatl name later applied to Guatemala; the region included Nahua-speaking Pipil settlements such as Itzcuintlan, among Poqomam Maya villages. The Pipil descended from migrants from central Mexico.

In 1524 Pedro de Alvarado marched along the Pacific coast with Tlaxcalan allies. After the highland kingdoms fell, the Kaqchikel rebellion was suppressed in 1530. The Nahuatl name, first applied to the Kaqchikel capital Iximche, came to designate the Spanish province and city of Guatemala and gave the later republic its name.