Tenamaztlan

Tenamaxtlán was a Nahua chiefdom in the Sierra de Amula, among the Cuyuteco-speaking peoples of Mixtlán. Its ruler governed towns including Atengo and Ayutla, while the Coca chiefdom of Cocollán also counted Tenamaxtlán among its tributaries.

Spanish forces conquered the region in 1524 and 1525. In 1538 they gathered indigenous families into Santiago de Tenamaxtlán on its present site. The governor Bartolomé de Jiménez was succeeded by his son Diego in 1613, when work also began on the Franciscan church of Santiago.