Chiametlan

Chiametlan, also known as Chametla, lies beside the Baluarte River on the southern Sinaloa coast. Before the Spanish conquest it was inhabited by Totorame people, whose communities occupied the coastal plain and river valleys. In 1531 Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán’s forces seized the settlement after fighting its inhabitants. The Spanish founded a villa there as they advanced north toward Culiacán, bringing the region into the violent expansion of New Galicia.