Tlapan

Tlapan was the principal city of the Tlapanec, or Me'phaa, people of the Guerrero mountains. In the fourteenth century it belonged to the kingdom of Tlachinollan, ruled by Mixtec and Tlapanec-Nahua lineages.

From 1349 the kingdom expanded across much of the Montaña, leaving conquered towns their own rulers as tributaries. In 1486 Ahuitzotl and his allies ended its independence. Renamed Tlapan, the city became an Aztec provincial capital, sending gold, clothing and cacao vessels to Tenochtitlan. Augustinian friars evangelised it after the Spanish conquest.