Tamazollan

Tamazollan was a polity centred on Tlamazolan, the place of toads, in the warm lowlands of southern Xalisco. Its people included older village populations, Nahuatl speakers and Purépecha newcomers.

At the Spanish arrival its lord Calizendo ruled hamlets along the river. In 1521 he joined the rulers of Tuxpan and Zapotlán in alliance with the Spaniards against Tzome of Colima. The district became part of the Provinces of Ávalos; Franciscans began evangelization in 1524 and had founded a convent and hospital by 1561.