Cihuatlan

Cihuatlan was a tributary province on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico, in the country around Zihuatanejo. Its lands extended between the Balsas River and the vicinity of Acapulco, with the Sierra Madre del Sur rising inland. The tribute records of the Mexica represented the province with the glyph of a woman’s head. After the Spanish conquest, the sheltered bay of Zihuatanejo became a point of departure for voyages across the Pacific.