Ajuchitlan

Ajuchitlán lies in the Tierra Caliente of the Balsas basin, where the river runs through the warm interior of southern Mexico. Its Nahuatl name refers to flowers and water. Before the Spanish conquest the communities of this region lay between the expanding powers of the Purépecha and the Mexica. Under colonial rule Ajuchitlán paid tribute to the Spaniards, while the Balsas remained a defining feature of the surrounding valley.