Teloloapan

Teloloapan was a principal Chontal town in northern Guerrero, ruled by a hereditary lord called the tletecutli. Its Nahuatl name meant round stone on the water.

The Aztecs conquered the Chontal country, probably under Moctezuma I. At Ahuitzotl's coronation in 1486, Teloloapan and Oztuma joined a revolt; after reconquering them, the Aztecs rebuilt the fortresses against the Purépecha. Vicente Guerrero took the town in 1818, and the Embrace of Acatempan, which sealed Mexican independence, occurred in its municipality in 1821.