Amaticoztitlan

Amaticoztitlan, later known as Amacuzac, lies in the warm country south of the Mexican highlands. Its Nahuatl name is associated with the yellow amate tree. The settlement belonged to the lands of the Marquisate of the Valley of Oaxaca after the Spanish conquest, and nearby estates came to dominate much of the surrounding countryside and its cultivated land.

Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries Amacuzac lost considerable land to the hacienda of San Gabriel. The estate was among the early sugar-producing properties of the region, on the road toward Acapulco. During the struggle for independence, Agustín de Iturbide used San Gabriel as a headquarters and opened negotiations with Vicente Guerrero. Their agreement helped bring about the Plan of Iguala in 1821.